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to the line of the Escaut river. On the evening of 16 May 1940, the regiment withdrew—via Brussels, Ninove, and Tournai—to the Escaut line, as the French...

respite on 20 May, when the two battalions held positions along the River Escaut (Scheldt) for two days before the British Expeditionary Force resumed its...

BEF to withdraw again, and by 19 May the whole force was back across the Escaut and then went back to the so-called 'Canal Line'. 221 Field Co was tasked...

of other units. By the end of 19 May the whole force was back across the Escaut, with 48th (SM) Division, already tired after many miles marching, having...

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Ardennes to the east, forcing the BEF to withdraw again to the line of the Escaut. The guns of the reserve divisions, 5th and 50th (Northumbrian), assembled...

was on the Escaut, in each case holding the right flank, and was growing tired from the marching. It saw some heavy fighting on the Escaut, and then had...

so on 16 May it began to withdraw to the River Escaut. The regiment was with I Corps on the Escaut Line by 21 May 1940. By now the enemy was in the...