At midnight, in accordance with the instructions that he had received from the War Office, Gen Alexander orders the last remaining British units to withdraw into the harbor and embark with all possible speed. Afterward he tours the beaches and harbor in a motor boat to see that no British elements are left ashore. Then he himself embarks in a British sloop.

All British troops have now embarked, including the 20,000 who had formed the rearguard under Gen Alexander. There are still thirty or forty thousand French soldiers, however, in Dunkirk. The beaches are covered with them. The scene is appalling in other respects. The town, devastated and in ruins, is burning from end to end.

The position is aggravated by the fact that, now that the British troops have departed, thanks to the concerted efforts of the French and British navies, both the Royal Navy and the RAF are keeping out of the way.

Since the sky over Dunkirk is no longer protected against the waves of German bombers, The French Command is forced to suspend daylight operations so as to cut down losses. Gen Janssen, commander of the 12th Motorized Infantry Division, which is guarding the eastern side of the perimeter, is killed when a bomb falls on his command post.

Gen Weygand sends the following telegram to Gen Lelong for transmission to the British High Command:

Adm North has telegraphed this morning that, excluding the 25,000 defending the Dunkirk bridgehead, there remain about 22,000 other French. All the British will have left by this evening. Since we may hope to evacuate 22,000 men tonight, the 25,000 defenders will still be left tomorrow morning. Consequently Adm North has declared that he is remaining in Dunkirk and postponing the blocking of the harbor. He asks for full British sea and air support tomorrow (Monday) to evacuate the 25,000 fighting men who, by holding on, will have enabled the last British contingents to sail. You will insist forcibly, in the name of the Commander-in-Chief, that Adm North's request be met, and you will stress that the two armies' community of interest demands that the French rearguard should not be sacrificed.

Adm Darlan protests strongly to the British Admiralty about 'the way in which it seems to have lost interest in the outcome of the Battle of Dunkirk now that the British contingents are safe'.

And Gen Fagalde writes that once the British evacuation was completed, no British planes were seen in the sky over Dunkirk.