DEFENCE OF CALAIS
DECORATION TO OFFICER ENEMY BATTERY ENGAGED NAVAL PARTY LANDED (United Prees Assn. —Elec. Tel. CopyrlgUt) LONDON, July 1 Among the decorations awarded to officers and men of the British Expeditioanry Force appears the Military Cross given to Captain Francis Robinson, Royal Artillery. After taking a leading part in the defence of Calais, this officer successfully engaged an enemy battery with a 12-pounder gun, mounted on a trawler in Calais Harbour, fighting the gun until all the ammunition was exhausted. Captain Robinson then took the trawler to Dover, but returned the next day with two armed yachts. He landed a naval party under enemy fire and succeeded in embarking three | officers and 55 men of the Calais gari rison. | The official account concludes: “As no fire could then be heard from the | citadel, Captain Robinson returned to j England.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21155, 3 July 1940, Page 7
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