Mr. Churchill Surveys The War In a frank survey in Parliament yesterday of the military position the Prime Minister revealed that 335,000 Allied troops had been rescued from Dunkirk; but he warned the nation that "a miracle of deliverance" was not victory, despite the inner victory won by the gallant youth of the R.A.F. While admitting a colossal military disaster, with a total of 30,000 British killed, wounded, or missing, and enormous losses in material, Mr. Churchill rejected any thought of fighting a merely defensive war, and he declared with emphasis the Allies' resolve to fight on to the end. It was officially announced yesterday that the last forces holding Dunkirk had been evacuated during Monday night. Before they left the port had been rendered useless to the Germans. "ON TO THE END" DISASTER, BUT NO SURRENDER WESTMINSTER, TUESDAY Mrvl. Churchill, in a speech of great power and cloquence, which moved the House of Commons deeply, told the story of the epic struggle which saved the Allied Forces at Dunkirk, and he faced squarely the outlook in the war. He warned the country not to be misled by the deliver- ance of our troops into a belief that a victory had been achieved, and he described the events in Belgium and Northern France as a colossal military disaster. But a victory had nevertheless been won by the Royal Air Force, to which he paid a glowing tribute of admira- tion. The speech ended with a remarkable peroration, in which MR. CHURCHILL cxpressed the resolve of the Allies to fight to the end, whatever the cost, and his con- iidcnce in the capacity of Great Britain to repel attack. The Prime ?..inistcr was welcomed with a rousing cheer by a crowded House when he entered, and again when he rose to speak. The House listened to him initently, breaking in at points to cheer, cspecially when he praised the enduring valour and tenacity of the Allied Forces. Tue Public Gallery and the Peers' Gallery werc fillcd, and an imposing array of the Diplomatic Corps in the Distinguished Strangers' Gallery included the Belgian Ambassadcr. BOULOGNE AND CALATS Speaking in terse sentences, adorned here and there by graphic phrases, MR. CHURCHILL revealed that the strategic effect of the rapid German break through the French defences at Sedan and the AMfeuse had not been grasped at first. This was that only a rapid retreat to Amiens andl the South -could have saved the Armics in Belgium. The French High Command thought they could havc closed the gap, and the Armies of the North '\vcrc under their orders. The German irruption swept like a scythe round the right and rcar of the Armies of the North. He described a gallant defence of Boulogne by the Guards, who were with- drawn on orders from this country, and the tenacious fight made by the Rifle Brigade, the 60th Riflcs, with a battalion of British tanks and 1,000 Frcnchmen-in all a force of about 4.000-at Calais. The British Brigadier there spurned the German offer of an hour in which to surrender, and there were four days 3f intense street fighting before silence over Calais marked the end of the resistance. The Navy brought off only 30 sur- vivors, and the fate of their comrades was unknown. Their sacrifices, however, had not been in vain, since two armoured divisions which would otherwise have been turned against the British Expeditionary Force had to be sent to overcome them. 335,000 FROM DUNKIRK MR. CIIURCHILL confessed that hie thought a week before, and some g-ood judges agreed with him, . that perhaps 20,000 or 30,000 men might be brought away from Dunkirk, but 335,000 mcn werz rescued ..nd taken to their native land and to the tasks awaiting them. H4e. no longer suspcnded judgment, as he (lid last week, on the defection of the King of the Belgians, but described it as a " pitiful episode," and he spoke of the peril to which the surrender of the Belgian Army had exposed the Allies, to whom the King himself had appealed for assistance. There followed a graphic passage on the magnificent work of the Navy and the discipline and courage of all the Allied Forces at Dunkirk which made possible it miracle of deliverance. Wars, he added, were not won by evacuation, but there was a victory inside the deliverance, and it was gained by the Royal Air Force, whom many of our soldiers had not seen at work, and whose achievements they underrated. Hefoundin the cxploits of our gallant airmen a "sure basis " on which " rcassuring thoughts may rest." In a passage marked by deep feeling the PRIME MINISTER expressed the nation's gratitude to the young men of the R.A.F. who had given, and would continue to give, their life and their all for their native land. Returning to the Army's fight, MR. CHURCtIILL disclosed that our losses had exceeded 30,000 men killed. wounded, and missing, and he tendered the sympathy of the House to the bereaved and the anxious. Against that loss might be set the far heavier loss inflicted on the enemy, but our losses in material-nearly 1,000 guns and alt our transport and- arnioured vehicles with the Army in the North- were cnormous. The firstfruits of our industry had gone, and the length of the delay imposed on our effort depended upon the exertions made in this island. But already, MR. CHURCHILL declared, the flow of munitions had leapt forward. A warning that the escape of our Army must not blind us to the fact that there had been a colossal military disaster brought him to the possibilities of an attack on Great Britain. Although, he said, we had in this island for the tinie being an- incomparably more powerful military force than we had ever had before, MR. CHURCHILL rejected decisively any thought of fighting a defensive war. The House cheered his declaration that we had a duty to our Allies, and that we had to reconstitute and build up an Expeditionary Force under its gallant commander, Lord Gort. While that was in train we nmust put our defences in an effective state, and a secret sitting would be appropriate for a discussion of this question. "WE SHALL NOT FLAG" After some reflections on the chances of invasioni of Britain, which had befooled the imagination of many Continental tyrants, MR. CHURCHIlLL expressed his confidence that if all did their duty, and nothing was neglected, we should prove ourselves once again able to defend our island home, to ride the storms of war, and- outlive the menace of tyranny. This led the Prime Minister to his peroration, as follows: - The British Empire and the French Republic, linked together in their cause and in their need, will defend to the death their native soil, aiding each other like good com- rades to the utmost of their strength. Even thoughi large tracts of Europe-and manv old and famotIs States have fallen or ma; fall into the grip of the Gestapo, and all the odious apparatus of Nazi rtile, we shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end; we shall fight in France; we shall fight on the seas and oceans; we shall fight with growing con- fidence and growing strenigth in the air; we shall defend our island whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on thc beachcs; we shall fight on the landing grounds; we shall fight in the fields and in the strects; we shall fighit in the hilis. We shall never surrender. And even if-which I do not for a moment believe -this island or a large part of it were subju- gated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armcd and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle until in God's good timc the New World with all its powver and might steps forth to the rescue and liberation of the Old. A great ovation was given to Mr. Churchill when he sat down. The House showed a dislike of any speechcs following his, and passed to its appointed business. MR. CHEURCHILL SURVEYS THE WAR A "MIRACLE OF DELIVERANCE" IS NOT VICTORY TRIBUTE TO THE YOUNG AIRMEN ; THE ALLIES WILL NEVER OWN I DEFEAT