FRENCH NAVY
MANY SHIPS ENGAGED AT DUNKIRK
CO-OPERATING IN DEFENCE & EMBARKATION.
SMALL CRAFT DOING SPLENDID WORK.
LONDON, June 2. Arriving troops from Flanders revealed that 100 French warships and 200 merchantmen co-operated in the defence and evacuation of Dunkirk.
Many small boats were manned by volunteers who brought their own craft from British yachting stations. Both age and youth were represented among those manning these small boats as ferries to larger ships which were unable to approach near the beach because of the shallowness of the water. One motor-boat had on board a boy of 15 who did yeoman service. Another, in charge of a man of 69, towed across eight wherries laden with cans of water. When these landed the wherries were used in conjunction with the motor-boat to get the soldiers from the shore to the larger ships. For three days and nights this work continued, though under continuous attack.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 June 1940, Page 5
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