CONTINUING FIGHT

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20259, 29 May 1940, Page 7

CONTINUING FIGHT

BRITISH ARMY COHERENT WHOLE NEVER BEATEN BACK LINE NEVER BROKEN SUCCESS IN COUNTERS (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. May 29, noon) LONDON, May 28. The Minister of Information, Mr. A. Duff-Cooper, in a broadcast address delivered in consequence of the Belgian capitulation, said: “The British Expeditionary Force suddenly finds itself in a position of extreme gravity, out there is not the slightest reason for panic.”

It is authoritatively stated that there is no need to emphasise that the British Expeditionary Force faces a critical situation, but it is not a beaten force and it has done everything it has been asked to do.

In the position in which the British Expeditionary Force finds itself it Is obvious that it is impossible to reorient the front to meet attacks from several sides simultaneously. It is certain, however, that the British troops and their French allies will continue fighting.

Aiding French Resistance

The majority of the British Expeditionary Force is in northern France, but it is not alt there. In continuing the fight it is serving a most useful purpose, giving the French time to strengthen the front on the Somme and the Aisne.

When the history of this battle 1* written it_will rank among the finest of the British Army. The British Expeditionary Force has been moving and fighting continuously for a fortnight, bombed, shelled and attacked by tanks, but it has never wavered. The British Expeditionary Force throughout has moved as a coherent whole. There are no gaps and no confusion.

Man to man it has proved better than the Geimans. The British Expeditionary Force was never beaten back. It has never broken and it has been successful every time it has been ordered to counter-attack.