 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Kwapera mwedzi mumwe chete, Mauto eGermany akatanga kurwisa kwaainge akamirira kwenguva refu kuWestern Front. Bhatani racho rakatamira kumuganhu weBelgium uye kuCourtrai. Pasi pokurwiswa neGermany nguva dzose, Whistler akanga atumira shoko rakakurumbira kuBrigade Headquarters Ndapota ndinogona kuva nehafu yeHurricane kwehafu yeawa. Sezvo vaGermany vakafambira mberi munguva yeHondo yeFrance, battalion yakatora nzvimbo yekudzivirira paCaestre. Mumwe mupurisa akataura kuti akanga awana Whistler akamira pakati pomugwagwa nechimvuramabwe chezvimbambaira zvaiwira kumativi ose. Apo vanhu vake vakanga vakakotama parutivi pomugwagwa, iye akamira ipapo nemaoko ake muhomwe dzake, achitiseka. Kunyange zvazvo vakarwiswa nematanki, ndege uye zvombo zvinorema, kumira paCaestre kwakanga kwakasimba kwazvo zvokuti vaGermany vakasarudza kudarika muhomwe iyi yokuramba. Whistler akapiwa Distinguished Service Order DSO nokuda kwokutungamirira kwake battalion muFrance. Mirayiridzo yakapiwa yokuti vadzokere kuDunkirk uye vakawanda vebato racho vakaendeswa kuEnglandmusi wa 30 May. Whistler akazozivikanwa saMurume Akadzokera kuDunkirk. Kunyangwe hazvo chakavanzika chakakomberedza mashandiro aya, zvisinei, mubatsiri waWhistler, aimbova Kaputeni J. B. Ashworth akazomutevera saColonel weRoyal Sussex Regiment, aive nechokwadi chekuti akadzoka kunotsvaga chero varume vakashaika, uye zvinyorwa zvinoratidza kuti akadzoka akaparadzana kuUnited Kingdom ne5th Battalion yeManchester Regiment, chikamu che127th Brigade yaMajor General William Holmess 42nd East Lancashire Infantry Division, musi wa1 Chikumi. Nenzira inosetsa, panguva iyoyo, Boka rechi127 raitungamirirwa naBrigadier John Smyth, uyo gare gare aizonyora nhoroondo youpenyu hwaWhistler. 