▁Sh ip ▁An ▁Irish ▁Marine ▁and ▁Coast watch ing ▁Service ▁Motor ▁Tor ped o ▁Bo at ▁( MT B ) ▁made ▁two ▁separate ▁tri ps ▁to ▁rescue ▁al lied ▁soldiers ▁during ▁the ▁D unk irk ▁ev acu ation . ▁ ▁Results ▁In ▁nine ▁days , ▁ 1 9 2 , 2 2 6 ▁British ▁and ▁ 1 3 9 , 0 0 0 ▁French ▁soldiers ▁– ▁more ▁than ▁ 3 3 1 , 0 0 0 ▁total ▁– ▁were ▁res cu ed ▁by ▁the ▁ 7 0 0 ▁little ▁ships ▁and ▁around ▁ 2 2 0 ▁war ships . ▁The ▁rescue ▁operation ▁turned ▁a ▁military ▁dis aster ▁into ▁a ▁story ▁of ▁hero ism ▁which ▁served ▁to ▁raise ▁the ▁mor ale ▁of ▁the ▁British . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁in ▁describing ▁the ▁success ▁of ▁the ▁operation ▁to ▁the ▁House ▁of ▁Commons ▁on ▁ 4 ▁June ▁ 1 9 4 0 ▁that ▁Church ill ▁made ▁his ▁famous ▁" we ▁shall ▁fight ▁on ▁the ▁be aches " ▁speech : ▁ ▁We ▁shall ▁go ▁on ▁to ▁the ▁end , ▁we ▁shall ▁fight ▁in ▁France , ▁we ▁shall ▁fight ▁on ▁the ▁se as ▁and ▁o ce ans , ▁we ▁shall ▁fight ▁with ▁growing ▁confidence ▁and ▁growing ▁strength ▁in ▁the ▁air , ▁we ▁shall ▁defend ▁our ▁Island , ▁whatever ▁the ▁cost ▁may ▁be , ▁we ▁shall ▁fight ▁on ▁the ▁be aches , ▁we ▁shall ▁fight ▁on ▁the ▁landing ▁grounds , ▁we ▁shall ▁fight ▁in ▁the ▁fields ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁streets , ▁we ▁shall ▁fight ▁in ▁the ▁hills ; ▁we ▁shall