A total of 335,000 Anglo-French troops was safely evacuated from Flanders, Mr, Winston Churchill, the Prime. Minister, announced in' the House of Commons today amid cheers.
Tndicating the terrific Aight which the Allles put up, Mr. Churchill re. vealed that out of the 4000 Allied forees defending Calais all were wiped Out except 30 men who were evacuate ed to Britain unwounde "The Navy has carried 335,000 Anglo-French troop from Flanders," he said. "What has happened in Fronee and Belgium is a_ colossal military disaster. The French Army weakened. Belgium is lost," Mr. Churchill frankly announced.
The Prime Minister disclosed that ihe British losses amounted to 30,000, "Our losses are 80,000 killed, wounded and missing.... Calais is given an hour to surrender. There were four days of street fighting before there was silence over Calais. Only 30 unwounded survivors were brought off by the Navy," he said.
"We shall not be content with a de fensive war..."The whole of the Channel ports are in Hitler's hands. We ust expect another blow struck almost "immediately at us or French,"—United Press.
While Aghting continued to rage violently and relentlessly _around Dunkirk, Allied troops, despite air bombings and the heavy shelling of JGerman artillery units, proceeded methodically with their' withdrawal this morning.
Since the region around Dunkirk was flooded last week, water has penetrated deeply into the ground and the entire area is a huge quagmire in which tanks are bogged and motorized units useless.
Despite the huge diiculties encountered, however, the German forces persist in their attacks agains the Allied defence lines. As soon they set foot on the strips of dry ground, the Allied troops force them back into the swamps. Every bulld-ing is used as a pillbox from where machine-guns strafe the enemy.
While these fights go on, the eva-enation of troops proceeds at the same rhythm day and night. Section by section and company by company, the soldiers arrive at the beaches and knee-deep in the water. until freighters, and other vessels which are them back to England oF France.
The German air force Is trying its Jbost to sink as many as possible of the transports taking the troops back home, while. the" torpedo-equipped motor-boats are also very active.
British and French destroyers are Jconvoying the transports. They have already sunk a number of the motorboats and their anti-aircraft batteries have taken a heavy toll of enemy bombers.
Along the rest of the war front the situation is quiet in general. Yesterday, the Germans made two or three weak attempts to capture French outposts but were easily repelled. This fool place in the Saar region, while long the Else French artillery. bat~ feries opened fire against enemy troop Paris, June 3.
Allied forces covering the final stages of the evacuation of Flanders today launched repeated counter-attacks against the enemy, who relentlessly continued pounding at Dunkiric in a desperate effort to prevent em-the barkations, the French General Staff communique declared this evening.
Sedan Break Through Effects London, June 4.
"From the moment French defences at Sedan and on the Meuse were broken during the second week of May, only a rapid retreat to Amfons and the south could have saved the British and French Armies who had entered Belgium at the appeal of the Belgian King," declared Mr. Churchill, the Prime Minister, in the House of Commons today, making a statement on the progress' of the war.
"But this fact was not immediately realized. The French High Command first thought they would be able to close the gap, and the Armies of the north were under their orders. Moreover, retirement then would have "the French Navy, like the British Navy." the communique continued, "ig. ce-operating, under enemy fire, im the defence of Dunkirk and is proceeding successfully to embark troops In accordance with orders from the High Command, giving an example of the greatest braver}
Turning to operations on other fronts, the communique briefly stated: "The enemy today launched, without success, a local "attack against our advanced posts in the region of Saint-Avoid.. The enemy are reinforcing themselves on the Fight bank of the River Aisne and are establishing loser contact with our positions west of the Saar.
"Our bombing craft last night attacked a great number of enemy
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