The Archive · 1940

No Surrender

Allied troops arriving from Dunkirk yesterday gave the appearance of having been through a nightmare. Many of the soldiers had not slept for more than a week and were on the verge of collapse. Some of them had spent the entire week on the, Dunkirk beach, subject to almost, continuous bombardment from the land and air, while awaiting their turn to embark for England, Uniforms on the men arriving yesterday were tattered and covered with mud and blood. Most of the soldiers had beards and their eyes were red from lack of sleep, After arriving in England the BEF. survivors are immediately placed on trains for military camps in other parts of the country where they will be reorganized and given an opportunity to recover from their experience in France and Belgium—United Press,

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