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DUNKIRK

... DUNKIRK Tha following •oul-atlrrlng line* are trom the pen an airman, stationed Somewhere la Llncolnahire fiorld felt shiver of horror. While the stoutest heart sickened with gloom. And even the wisest of England Could see nought for the Army but doom ...

Published: Saturday 02 November 1940
Newspaper: Lincolnshire Chronicle
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 529 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK

... DUNKIRK. It was though in a vision We began our retreat. Though quickly we fled was not In defeat. For those men will return With hate In their hearts TUI Berlin and the Germans Are blasted apart The Germans were many. The Allies were few— But whatever ...

Published: Saturday 12 October 1940
Newspaper: Lincolnshire Chronicle
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 591 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

SPARTAN DUNKIRK”

... SPARTAN DUNKIRK” In these Persian Wars, too. came the famous stand at Thermopylae, where Leonides guarded this pass in the centre Greece against the Persians’ massed armies—3oo Spartans against many thousands. It was achievement perhaps be compared with ...

Published: Monday 25 November 1940
Newspaper: Lincolnshire Echo
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: | Words: 172 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Commemorating Dunkirk

... Commemorating Dunkirk rPHE authorities are considering the issue of a special badge or medal to those soldiers who were present the evacuation of Dunkirk, Presumably it the occasion wns commemorated with medal it would enable soldiers to wear the appropriate ...

Published: Monday 24 June 1940
Newspaper: Lincolnshire Echo
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: | Words: 312 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK GENERALS DECORATED

... DUNKIRK GENERALS DECORATED the recommendation General the Allied Armies, General Blanchard; Couimander the Armies the has been awarded the Grand Cross the Legion Honour, and General whose wise handling of the retreat Dun kirk resulted the saving of the ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Lincolnshire Echo
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: | Words: 52 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Escaped from Dunkirk

... Escaped from Dunkirk. Gunner Pickering was the second son of Mr. and Mrs. D. Pickering, of Geneva-avenue, Lincoln. He was a pupil St Giles' School, and on leaving became apprenticed with William Wright and Son, builders, Lincoln, where his father Is employed ...

Published: Saturday 19 October 1940
Newspaper: Lincolnshire Chronicle
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 125 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

EMBARKATION ONE PENNY OF MORE DUNKIRK

... EMBARKATION ONE PENNY OF MORE DUNKIRK Lincoln Police Court WELCOME TO NEW POLICE CHIEF Taking Over at Trying and Anxious Time ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Lincolnshire Echo
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: | Words: 21 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

TORKSEY MAN SAFE FROM DUNKIRK

... TORKSEY MAN SAFE FROM DUNKIRK STOItY of German parachutists of 16 and 16 years of age. terrified **• the sight of bayonet, is told by Kenneth Wilkinson, of Torksey, Lincoln, who has returned home with the B.E.F. after being on active service in France ...

Published: Wednesday 12 June 1940
Newspaper: Lincolnshire Echo
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: | Words: 339 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

330,000 Men of Allied Armies Safely Ferried From Dunkirk

... 330,000 Men of Allied Armies Safely Ferried From Dunkirk I, \ of the defenders of Dunkirk, tb* heroic rearguard that held the (jermbns at bay while-the main the trip the German* had set for 'hem, hate now re:uhe ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Lincolnshire Echo
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: | Words: 358 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Nazis Make Ferocious, But Vain Attacks on Dunkirk: Evacuation Goes On

... Nazis Make Ferocious, But Vain Attacks on Dunkirk: Evacuation Goes On GERMAN attacks arc continuing, but in vain, against the fortified area of Dunkirk. In spite of artillery and air bombardment, the embarkation of the troops is still going on. Across ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Lincolnshire Echo
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: | Words: 834 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

To-day’s Communiques FRENCH: On land and sea, and in the alt, the French and British Forces at Dunkirk are

... E.F. on both sides Dunkirk, which is meeting with stubborn resistance in very difficult terrain, is making good progress. Despite the bad weather our Air Force made further successful attacks yesterday on troops embaiking at Dunkirk and intervened In ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Lincolnshire Echo
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: | Words: 226 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

FRENCH: th« north operations are continuing with the same bitterness aroung the fortified area, 'camp retranche ..

... FRENCH: th« north operations are continuing with the same bitterness aroung the fortified area, 'camp retranche- Dunkirk, On the Somme,and on the Alsne some local Infantry actions by both 81deB.R >,4 • Between the Ailne and the Meuse artillery duels ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Lincolnshire Echo
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: | Words: 495 | Page: 1 | Tags: none