The British senior naval officer made a wireless signal in clear lange uage stating that he was using a hospital ship by daylight that was plainly marked and that he was strictly observing the Geneva Convention by which the ship could only be used for wounded doctors and nurses.
In spite of this, three hours later the hospital ship was bombed and sunk. The naval officer paid tribute to the gallant action of the French warships. and merchantmen which were continually occupied in embarking the French troops from the other side of the pier.
The naval staff agreed to take equal numbers of French and British and this agreement was most carefully observed. Speaking of the work of the Royal Air Force, the naval officer described it as magnificent and said that immediate help was given by British fighters who kept the sky clear of German bombers for a considerable space of time—British Official Wireless.
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