The Archive · 1940

KILOMETRES

Allies Fighting Magnificently After Surrender

Despite the very grave effects of the Belgian surrender the British and French troops trapped by the Germans are fighting with their backs to the wall and are giving a really magnificent account of themselves.

Calais, which is completely surrounded by the Germans, still holds out, while Dunkirk, which is not yet directly threatened, is still in Allied hands, Boulogne has been reduced to a shambles by Allied action and the R.A.F. is busy creating havoc among German divisions which are engaging the rear of the retreating Allied Army, which is making for the sea intact,

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