LONDON, May 21--The lightning German thrust to the English Channel has separated the main French and British armies and trapped the entire British expeditionary force in an untenable position, the Allied High Command recognized tonight. The writer left one of the Channel ports today when the German drive was reaching its peak. It was directly menaced by advancing German mechanized units.

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