Lord Gort saved 200,000 British troops with his May 1940 decision to evacuate this port
In France, British General Lord Gort withdrew his troops from Arras 
despite... [DOC] [TLE] Britain at War: The Phoney War and the Fall of France - Telegraph [PAR] Oct 7, 2008 ... As it was, the British Expeditionary Force under General Lord Gort VC ... at the 
end of which 41 MPs who usually supported his Government ...