The Archive · 1940

Precautions Taken

"We know we shall be exposed to a heavy bombardment from the air, and we are not so foolish as to neglect our precautions against a possible invasion, Yet even the perfected organization of the German.land and Jair armies cannot detract from the act that the British Navy exists, and today more powerful and cient than ever in its history.

"The whole country will rise as tone man to resist the invasion, and whatever confusion or destruction may momentarily occur, the ultimate issue is beyond doubt "We have conquered them once, and shall: conquer' them again," con: eluded Mr. Nicolson,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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