The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-01


THE Battle OF slAnosis" NaAR IT'S sNo
The battle Of Flanders todAy-valantw fought
and lost by the Aiesbut British and French sodsrs sti
resisted in the sandhils Of the coast.
with their lives and their Last bullets they exartnx
from an Overwhelming enemy said 10 oatnumber them
they we're delaying Nazi thrust al Paris London.
The chances that most 81 the aIisd rsmssnts.
sso,. ea.a n. S. he'll" Of s'I sai night sess.
death or capture were estimated n not ! IN 100.
Regardless Of odds. the fight
Under blizzard OF bombs and bullets BrifIsh sxpe-
dictionary force troops dug defense Ine
protecting Dunkirk Appropriately i ~ss ehrisssnsd The
corunna' Iinean echo Of the Napoeone when Sir
John Moore In 1908 In similar desperate circumstances
fought heroic rearruard action cornna. Spain which
saved the bulk of bis espeditionary force.
Thick fog covered the English channel and Flanders
coast today the official German DNB agency
ported protesting esaeossins allied troops from German
Tn. ns~. agency indisstsd thai. b~esa~e ~
weather conditions. The Gesman air fleet haA besn
forced 10 discontinue. for ths time benx The terrific
rain Of bombs and machine gun fire With which
harass~d the allied retirement.
The agency admitted that the British making =
stand around Dunkirk in apparent effort 10 project
evacuation operations TO the iast moment However Il
sas said only few remnants of the frrnsh forces IN
Flanders remained IN action.
The agency asserted IN. generals In eomm.sd NJ
both the first and ninth French armies have
been taken prisoner and "ths list Of captured French
general. Is BY ma mean. exhausted" German saast
artillery sAid 10 have bssn mounted along tbs
northern belgian and French coastal seetoss n Ger
man hands.
Msanw hile. London reported d armada NJ
hundreds Of ships sailed Dunkrk hafbor ard embarked
additional thousands Of trapped British and French soders
while allied guard fighting ike eats To
hold off the Germans
How many allied troops already have hen
uatsd from Flanders military secret. hwf sOme
estimated that II 1901 900 had be<n withdraw.
The achievement would rank high In military snnzA.
Possibly 10000 French and British were estimated
Ia he sill In Flanders.
With the FLANDERS chapter In lta final episode n<v
phas. Of the appeared Reports from British
persisted that ali hope Of keeping Italy out Of ths
had and that Italian Germany side must
be expected Al time some suggested u might coma
the weekend.
The next Herman msys. IA .ssmsd ssrtxis VII
be = stroke III London Paris hath Gsrmsn
propaganda agencies gu~h~d with = torrent Ut
stories. charging all Of erusliiss and atrocities
against The French.
The object Of this propaganda drive not clear
alone concentrated efforts drive .sdgs between
Britain and France.
Some suggested the Germans trying m&sk their
BY arousing suspicious II would fall France
fent At Paris might then be made, while the real German
power hammered home ut England
British military quarters denied the Germans had been
able to nfet large casualties svaeuatiuK allied tf0ops
There Was an indication that bad weather. which re-
strcsd air activity may have helped evacuation oper~
atoms Yesterday.
Returning members Of The REF had uass-
imeus comment FLANDERS II WAS; For GndH
sake give more planes" They agreed ths British
air force SUPERIOR plane for plane and Pilot ief
pilot 10 the German machine. but Sa4 qunnusy
needed 10 cops with the great German cir neetA
On the home front in England whIrlwind preparations
for the expected German blow continued scotland Yard
raded all warehouses along the Thames looking for caches
clubs ordered dx up fr
planes
aid psfsehutislA Coli Land