FLANDERS BATTLE GROWS IN INTENSITY

... FLANDERS BATTLE GROWS | INTENSITY GREATER PART OF NAZI ARMY ENGAGED IN STRUGGLE FRENCH AND ALLIED TROOPS HOLD UP ADVANCE RIS, MONDAY.—THE OFFICIAL FRENCH COMMUNIQUE pA TO-DAY STATES:— ‘© In the north the enemy continues his attacks, French and Allied ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1537 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

WEDDING FOLLOWS THRILLING EVACUATION

... WEDDING FOLLOWS THRILLING EVACUATION Evacuated from Northern France on Monday after hazardous experMnees with the R.F.F. facing the encircling movemi•nts of the Nazi armoured columns, Captain David Chapel. second son of Provo.d. Sir William Chapel and ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Arbroath Guide
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 671 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK EVACUATION COMPLETED

... DUNKIRK EVACUATION COMPLETED PORT RENDERED USELESS Over 300,000 Men Rescued In Operation Unique In History ALLIED BOMBERS PAY BACK FOR PARIS RAID THE WAR OFFICE announced last night that the evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk has heen successfully ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 2662 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

150,000 EVACUATE ALEXANDRIA

... defences of the country. They played a creditable part in the recent operation in Flanders and France. They formed part of the rearguard which defended Boulogne during the evacuation, and also took part in the defence of Dunkirk. Work Will Not Stop During Raid ...

Published: Wednesday 03 July 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 650 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Admiral Abrial, who commands the French naval forces assisting in the evacuation of the B.E.F. from Flanders, ..

... Admiral Abrial, who commands the French naval forces assisting in the evacuation of the B.E.F. from Flanders, has been awarded the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. The Admiral, who is 60, was a member of the Supreme Naval Council when war broke out ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 45 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Evacuation Under Blizzard of Bombs

... the gore r may be evacuated.. superior to the German in quality. Be although the diflicuities sad dangers in. I was icept by the Glasgow corporal and crease every huh , his carnracies and brought by them to As it this mass evacuation is a 'the coast. where ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 362 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK EVACUATION ACCELERATED

... DUNKIRK EVACUATION ACCELERATED GERMAN A ATTACKS L planes inflict w, Heavy losses to-day state that although yesterday, d by any important events on land, it was rkth e ,nthea ertI »ans made no moves of any importance , e de 11 * rtla de furious attempts ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Evening Telegraph
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 792 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

MOST OF TROOPS BACK FROM FLANDERS

... tempo of evacuation has increased. Earlier, the troops were spending three days on the becha before they could get away. Now troops are being moved away in 24 hours. According to some estimates only a division of Allied troops now remains in Flanders. ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 150 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

THE EVACUATION FROM DUNKIRK

... THE EVACUATION FROM DUNKIRK. MAN TROOPS SAFE. Mr. Anthony Eden, Secretary for War. in a broadcast in the Home and Empire programmes. referred to the critical situation in Flanders. and said there was no braver epic in all our annals. It was the triumph ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1940
Newspaper: Mid-Ulster Mail
County: Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1264 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

LOCAL MEN BACK FROM FLANDERS

... LOCAL MEN BACK FROM FLANDERS THEIR ADMIRATION FOR NAVY OCAL men the B.E.F. back from the battlefields of Flanders •are beginning to arrive at their homes on short leave. Large numbers others are Somewhere in England having just come off the troop ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 489 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

FOUR OAKS FLANDERS HERO WEDS

... FOUR OAKS FLANDERS HERO WEDS WARWICKSHIRE hero of the fighting in Flanders brought to England wounded in the Dunkirk evacuation, was married in London to-day. He is 2nd-Lieut. D. F. W. Hanmer, of the Royal Warwickshires, only son of the late Frank Hanmer ...

Published: Saturday 29 June 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 450 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Y.M.C.A’t LOSSES IN FLANDERS

... Y.M.C.A’t LOSSES IN FLANDERS. It learned from the headquarters of the Y.M.C.A. in London that the organisation's losses in that part Belgium and Northern France mow occupied German forces include thirteen canteens, six other motor vehicles, lorries, cars ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1940
Newspaper: Walsall Observer
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 93 | Page: 9 | Tags: none