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Political pressure was now being brought to bear
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on the C.in C. that the evacuation must be on a fifty-fifty
load
basis with the French. My only stipulation was that at all
costs we should be allowed free use of the Eastern arm while
the French used the port, outer harbour and beaches.
0605.
I made a signal to Commander Maund at Dunkirk to
for
provide personnel ships for General Laurencie's troops
(some 5,000 in number) at C.in C's. request. I also asked
Admiral Wake-Walker to keep Dunkirk going at 100%..
0940,
you
Little progress could be made off the beaches owing
to the surf.
0945, "Sun 1s BOV coning through have
G.H.Q. informed 100 that a plan was being worked out
for
hours
for naval co-operation to bombard advancing German tanks in
"Lord Goart
the later stages. This, however, was never necessary, as
far as / am aware. versels. dusk.
Request
necessary
ships
my
1004. "Wo have been continually heavily boxibarded and
they are gradually finding the range of our leading
berth, would only enter ships 88
necessary for the flow or treops,
Continuous and beary shelling all the morning, but the
evamition proceeded fairly speedily. At Last ships were
arriving in Large numbers and strong a * protection kept
bonging attack away. The only thing necessary use to scop the
shelling. At 1800 a signed was received from the Air Lisison
Officer at Dover asking for position of energy battary, This
was not known with any certainty as the lettery vas probably
mobile, but it vos in the district of Loon Plage larguage Kark
regly use and to this affect, The bechardsent,
nevertheless, become more intense and a great deal more securate.
Very heavy attacks 1820 delivered during the ovening but were
concentrated shiefly upon develist ships in the reads. Dive
hombing attacks here carried out 00 the ships loading but without
sussess. The embarkation processed easethly.