The British moved quickly, covering the roughly 200 kilometers from Dunkirk to Namur. Normally, by train, it would take five to six hours just for travel time, plus the loading time, totalling at least seven to eight hours.
However, the first batch of supplies managed to reach Namur Airport in just four hours.
This was Kitchener's merit, though he was already in a predicament.
Requesting aerial reinforcements from Shire wasn't Admiral Avis's decision, but rather Kitchener's, the commander of the British Empire, who didn't want to lower the prestigious head of the world's foremost power, thus he had Avis contact Shire.
Kitchener had naturally cancelled his planned journey to the River Somme.
Compared to the defeat at Antwerp, the stalemate at the River Somme was insignificant.
Kitchener considered one point: Shire had created miracles at Antwerp, twice.
