As the Germans slowly closed their steel wall around Dunkirk yesterday, the Allies massed their remaining artillery behind a ring of rising flood waters in an effort to keep control of the last vital 12 miles of roads around the city.
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London, June 2.
Mr. Eden declared that the greater part of the B.E.F/s war material was destroyed to prevent it from falling into the hands of the enemy. This loss, he said, is yet one more reason ior increased production of war materials in the Empire.
Mr. Eden paid a high tribute to the members of the BEF. who walked hundreds of miles, fighting all the way, to reach safety. Their spirit was highly admirable, he declared.
"In man to man fighting," he continued, "they proved their superiority over the enemy wherever they met him...
The expeditionary force that Britain sent to Belgium upon the appeal of the King of the Belgians, and which found itself encircled owing to that King's betrayal, is nearly intact despite desperate enemy efforts to prevent its evacuation." He indicated that Calais had fallen when he ai nounced that "the small Allied gar-risen at Calais defended itself heroically and resisted to the end."—Havas.
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