The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-03

fun loads Of troops and raced back
to England.
German air attacks, the arriv.
ing troops said, lessened In inten.
sity during the night which was dc.
scrihed as comparatively peace
full" In contrast with previous ter.
rifle barrageS. However, guns oil
the German land forces kept up an
unceasing barrage, Even so casual-
ties we're reported n have been
surprisingly small.
One paddle-Steamer ordinarily
employed In excursions on the
British coast arrived from Dun
kirk with It's flag at half-maSt, II
bore Allied dead,
A royal artillery sergeant de.
scribcd q new German attack meth.
Cd employed against an open row.
boat loaded with British soldiers.
A plane dropped bombs and ma
chine-gunned the boat without ef-
feet. Then II spilled oil or gasoline
on the water he said and used ira
Ger bullets 10 set II afire,
The roWboat managed TO cut
through the inferno TO the side Of
q rescue transport,
Dunklrk Mass Of Fires
Dunkirk was described by the
latest arrivals as O mass OF TRES,
Hardly q house or building close TO
the waterfront was left,
Tho troops now IN the defense
lines around Dunkirk were said 10
be largely French but some Scots
were at their SIDE,
A British destroyer which emerged
spiek and span from It's dock O few
weeks after q rift, Shuttled back
and forth 10 Dunkirk today, help
Ing 10 evacuate tho last OF the Al.
lied northern army, It's decks and
hull torn, blood congealing on itS
decks or streaking the gray paint on
It's sides.
In six trips UP 10 yesterday The
ship had withStood attacks by air.
planes, German ARTILLERY firing from
outside Dunkirk and motor torpodo
boats. On the sixth trip It's engine
room was damaged and It's speed
was reduced by half On Its return
here, the destroyer commander was
asked II II could go back again,
Bombs and shells had dropped q
few yards from II, and fragments
had torn through men lying on It's
decks, It's guns remained In action,
Evacuation had become increas.
ingly difficult as fewer and fewer
men remained In the Dunkirk area
10 make the last stand. The Ger.
mans were attacking ceaselesSly In
overwhelming force and now big
guns had been brought up TO the
Airing lines to blast the beaches
where soldiers agaited transport.
The evacuation was hardly more
than a trickle compare dto what II
had been, because most OF the army
OF the north had been brought 10
England.
Invasion Expected
London, June 3 - (U.P) - Gov.
eminent authorities, expecting 0
German invasion at any time, have
ordered sentries 10 shoot pedestrians
who approach airdromes and war
factories except by authorized en-.
frances, II was disclosed today, and
two men have been killed already
for falling 10 heed orders 10 halt.
A ministry Of information bulle.
tin was published today warning
the public OF the shoot-to.kill or.
der.
Pedestrians who approach air.
dromes and war factories even by
authorized entrances must be pre-.
pared to Identify themselves.
One man, II was revealed, was
killed on q road yesterday and one
near Royal Air Force camp for
failing TO heed sentries' orders 10
halt The identity Of the men was
kept secret.
A grammar school teacher at
Cheltenham was wounded when In
musketry practice by local de.
Tense corps, OF which he was q
member, live ammunition was used
accidentally instead Of blanks.
A tightening of internal defense