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DUNKIRK

... DUNKIRK. Copexhagex, October 21. A despatch from Berlin states that Dunkirk is strongly occupied by French troops, but that the occupation of the town by German forces is expected soon. —Central News. GERMAN CHARGES AGAINST THE FRENCH. ALLEGED VIOLATION ...

Published: Thursday 22 October 1914
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 155 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK

... DUNKIRK SHELLS POURING INTO THE TOWN With Canadian Forces Before Dunkirk, September 8 The second ordeal of Dunkirk has begun—this time with the Germans’ back against the North Sea coast and writhing under Allied machine-gun and artillery fire. From the ...

Published: Saturday 09 September 1944
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 249 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

In the Dunkirk Area

... the Dunkirk Area The Trench military spokesman announced to-day that in the Dunkirk area the embarkation troops was still being actively carried out at normal speed despite new difficulties. During the past twenty-four hours the enemy has brought up heavy ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 287 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

THE SHELLING OF DUNKIRK

... THE SHELLING OF DUNKIRK. TO IMPRESS NEUTRAL OPINION. Paris, May 1. followi of is issued the official Press Bureau to-night:— The bombardment of Dunkirk by artillery of large calibre is fresh proof that the Germans, being unaMe to pierce our lines, and ...

Published: Monday 03 May 1915
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 90 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Damage at Dunkirk

... Damage at Dunkirk Another force of the Bomber Command attacked the docks at Dunkirk, where considerable damage was done. Other targets bombed during the nighj, included the docks at Rotterdam and Ostend. Aircraft' of the Fighter Command on night offensive ...

Published: Thursday 24 July 1941
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 332 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

In Dunkirk Harbour

... In Dunkirk Harbour The initiative and enterprise by which hundreds of thousands of men were taken from the open beaches near Dunkirk in every conceivable kind of small craft has appealed to public imagination. That astonishing side of the great evacuation ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 220 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

On Dunkirk Beach

... On Dunkirk Beach Paintings on exhibition at the Redfern Gallery, by Richard Eurich, bear titles that in themselves make pulses beat faster. “Flushing,” “Dunkirk Harbour,” “Continental Port ” —these are echoes from mornings in an exquisite summer when ...

Published: Thursday 20 March 1941
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 246 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

AFTER DUNKIRK

... AFTER DUNKIRK Tortured to the brink of blindnesa and death, strapped to a crucifix tree and used as a target for firing practice, and compelled to watch while his leg was guillotined from the_ knee, twenty-six-year-old Driver recovered consciousness in ...

Published: Monday 07 May 1945
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 277 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

After Dunkirk

... After Dunkirk From Dunkirk to Benghazi. Strategicus. (Faber. 10s. 6d.) France in Defeat. By Percy J. Philip. (Muller. 2s. 6d.) The main points covered in this second instalment of “an attempt to select now what will prove to be the significant features ...

Published: Tuesday 03 June 1941
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 894 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Souvenirs of Dunkirk

... Souvenirs of Dunkirk Souvenirs of the withdrawal from Dunkirk take many forms, and perhaps the best exist only in the minds of those who saw incidents, sublime or humorous, that will remain as memories throughout life. Of the more tangible souvenirs, ...

Published: Monday 10 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 245 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

The Dunkirk Miracle

... The Dunkirk Miracle The Epic of Dunkirk. By E. Keble Chatterton. (Hurst and Blackett. 10s. 6d.) Return via Dunkirk. By “Gun Buster.” (Hodder. 55.) The full history of what the Navy and the Merchant Service did at Dunkirk has not been (written, perhaps ...

Published: Tuesday 10 December 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 274 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

TAUBETS VISIT TO DUNKIRK

... TAUBETS VISIT TO DUNKIRK. Dunkirk, July 26. Taube this morning flow over Dunkirk, dropping some bombs, which caused insignificant material damage. Being pursued French aviator.-, the Taube immediately made cff.—Press > Association ...

Published: Tuesday 27 July 1915
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 32 | Page: 7 | Tags: none