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At 2000 it appeared again that the Name
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abandoned the evacuation All ships except
He replied that he had received orders to proceed
anne and he could not get them back to me.
ROYAL/ the Golden? Eagle - had departed fully lader
to
He weighed unmediately and departed; that was the
more ships were arriving for more solding
last time that 9 saw my own group of saulows
At this time an operations started J.
in
Royal
more acute our section of the beach
For half an han a was stranded the golden?
which we were now operating [to the Westwand
Eagle with no means of getting off Before she
stranded Crested? Eagle was bombed twice
sailed a Commander RN in a flat bottom power
driven boat arrived alongside 9 went about
24. Firing from the shore was also apprecially
and returned to the shore with him The Golden
and occasional busts of shells started G
Eagle souled almost immediately
Renal
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25. The Golden? Eagle signalled me to come
Unfortunately at midnight we grounded on the
ebb tide and filled our circulator with sand
Her Captain - a Commander RN- informed
how water was not until 0100.
that his ship was almost full, that
that the evacuation was over and that
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The Commander remained with the boat for the
add
to tow some of the closest boats of
tide to turn and 3 left to try and get another
to his ship and then bring my saule
boat. 9 found a pulling boat aground with
for evacuation.
twenty soldiers setting in her trying to get her
off by puching with three paddles I do not
26. g ordered my Petty officer to do this,
think they realised that they were aground!
Captain of the Royal golden? Eagle continued While to
me about the general situation
We got her off after about half an how by
motor boat was away it broke down
carrying the boat badily out to rea. we
were pushed back continually 50 ground by out the
started to drift to the Eastward
surf as the soldiers were leathe to This wade
dest
chest deep before getting into her was
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About 2100 - just after dark many My
one of many examples where naval boatkupers
and sloops started to arrive.
were so urgently required.
by
the motor boat were picked up
that anchored close to us. 9 sign
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After a very long interval and numense labour
Captain of this ship to ask him to send was
we succeeded in reaching the Eastern most ship
and now that more ships had arrived
motor boat back as evacuation