THE DUNKIRK TRUCE

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 84, 6 October 1944, Page 5

THE DUNKIRK TRUCE

FOUR HOURS' EXTENSION

Rec. 12.40 p.m. LONDON* October V The Dunkirk truce has been extended by four hours to 10 ajn. tomorrow, says Reuters correspondent at Twenty-first Army Group headqilarters. The Germans apparently/ found difficulty in lifting the mines and repairing the bridges on the roads, by which the; civilian evacuees are leaving the city, and ! therefore they have been granted additional time to enable them again to blow up the bridges and relay the mines; Eleven thousands civilians had left Dunkirk before noon today, and 4000 more were expected. ■*' A "Daily Express" correspondent near Dunkirk says: "Only .-the-"width of the tarmac road over which a long string of N rain-drenched evacuees is moving divides the British and German outposts. On the left-hand side are four men from British units serving with the Canadians. Opposite them are four Germans. The British major-supervising the truce told the Germans: 'We must See that every civilian goes. There will be a terrible bombardment after this.' The refugees scarcely looked at the Germans, but all waved to the British soldiers. The children seemed to be reasonably well, but old women sagging under the weight of heavy bundles looked pathetic. One said: 'Monsieur, I pray you, don't take any prisoners in Dunkirk,' and she looked daggers at the four Germans." • "- .