Supplement 38017 — Dunkirk evacuation despatch
Supplement 38017 — Dunkirk evacuation despatch
The London Gazette Supplement 38017: Vice-Admiral Bertram Ramsay’s despatch on the evacuation of the Allied armies from Dunkirk and neighbouring beaches. OCR is stored for searching; the public table shows short research extracts and small page previews.
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17 JULY, 1947 3301 night, Vice Admiral, Dover, was informed of required to bring the surviving boats effectively continuous -bombing and machine gunning of to bear on the beaches.) 'troops in the beaoh areas, and directed Senior 14. During the forenoon it became more Officers present on the beach to use their dis- evident that the greatest effort must be made cretion in ordering withdrawal of the Naval the following night and the Admiralty instructed forces, observing that a strong fighter protec- Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches, tion should.be expected after dawn; this having and Commander-in-Chief, Ports… |