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FOR RECONNAISSANCE WORK

... batteries, talcing part fighting on the Albert Canal and in front of Bruges. After the so,, he succeeded in reaching Dunkirk wasome 20 other officers. The troops were amazed when the o-°- came to lay down arms, he sain. The duty and desire of all his ■ ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 313 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

democracy fell away there. Beaten but unconquered, shining splendour she faced the enemy . . . It was the ..

... OF BOMBERS• ARRAS TO DUNKIRK. ULSTERMAN'S STORY OF RETREAT. PACKED ROADS AND BOMBS. REFUGEES' TERRIBLE FATE. One of the first Ulstermen to reach Belfast after taking part in the epic struggle still in progress around Dunkirk' is 20-year-old Gunner Desmond ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 352 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

TWENTY VESSELS LOST

... First Lord has announced the loss of naval vessels. In addition. 20 merchant craft met glorious and self-sacrificing end. Only the tiny craft could go direct from our coasts to Dunkirk. To avoid minefields our ships had-to make a round trip of up to 160 ...

Published: Friday 07 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 278 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

I AM GOING BACK. ULSTER RIFLEMAN'S RESOLVE. EXPERIENCES AT DUNKIRK. 48 HOURS WITHOUT WINK OF SLEEP They killed ..

... away after spending four or five hours on the beach at Dunkirk. Rifleman Smyth, of the Royal Ulster Rifles, whose home is in Belfast, said the bombing and machine-gunning of the beach at Dunkirk was continuous. The safest place was in the water, he ...

Published: Friday 07 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 432 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

DERRY SEAMAN’S LOT

... DERRY SEAMAN’S LOT. Fate seemed to be _ kind to Able-Seaman vik and Dunkirk.^but wounded in a minor nounccd on Wednes- day night that his ship was sunk. Able-Seaman S. His mother, Mrs. Trotter. L. Trotter, 3 Aubrey Street. Derry, received word that he ...

Published: Saturday 10 August 1940
Newspaper: Ballymena Weekly Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 150 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

BRITONS HELD AT FRONTIER

... —Reuter. FRENCHMEN NOT AT DUNKIRK YET. PRIOUX ARMY SECTION. POSITION MORE DIFFICULT. OPERATIONS ON SOMME FRONT. PARIS, Saturday.—On the northern battlefront the withdrawal of Allied units to the fortified positions of Dunkirk has continued in the most ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 399 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Just published

... published THE DEFINITIVE EDITION OF RUDYARD KIPLING'S VERSE 42/- net and 25/- net SONS OF SINBAD by Alan Villiers 20/- net RETURN VIA DUNKIRK by Gun Buster 5/. net - You will find all these Hodder and r vu wilt nna att rnese tioaaer ana i\ -Stoughton books ...

Published: Monday 09 December 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 51 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

area, and would be

... information. Signalman M'llroy was 20 years of age on May 27 and unmarried. He is an orphan, having been brought up by his grandparents. One of his uncles is also in the Army, and was one of those safely evacuated from Dunkirk. ...

Published: Wednesday 17 July 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 59 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

“STATE OF WAI

... on operations Dunkirk continue on particularly large scale, the front from the Somme to the Rhine remains in a state of waiting, was stated here to-night. The calm has only been broken by few incidents. On ail the beaches in the Dunkirk sr?a, in spite ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 588 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

KILLED AT DUNKIRK

... KILLED AT DUNKIRK Second-Lieut. Robin N. C. Scott. R.A. son of Mr. R. N. C. Scott. Eisleben House. Stranraillis, Belfast, a director of the firm of John K. Scott, Ltd., Church Street, has been killed in action at Dunkirk. He was 23 years of ajfe and unmarried ...

Published: Friday 07 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 163 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

GERMAN CASUALTIES NEARLY

... 000 and 500,000 casualties. About 80 divisions were used against the Allies in the battle which ended with the evacuation Dunkirk Out of these there were about 10 armoured and live motorized divisions, all of which were heavily engaged and all of winch ...

Published: Thursday 06 June 1940
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 268 | Page: 1 | Tags: none