When his force was almost swallowed up by the Germans - after the French were driven south from Sedan and the Belgians surrendered - he took the vital decision to withdraw to Dunkirk where, according to the Times newspaper, four-fifths of his men were rescued.
Dictionaries - King James Dictionary - Sup. Sup. To dine; to make a meal. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will SUP with him, and he with me. ( Revelation 3 ) Source: A King James Dictionary.
Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Program. The Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Project (BPP) was a research project funded by NASA from 1996 through 2002, to study various proposals for revolutionary methods of spacecraft propulsion which would require breakthroughs in physics before they could be realized, hence the name.