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Flanders Battle Nears

... Flanders Battle Nears THE great battle in Flanders and Artois is approaching its end, with the annihilation of the British and French armies fighting there,” says to-day's German official communique. Since yesterday the British Expeditionary Force has ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 349 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

5,000 BACK FROM FLANDERS

... 5,000 BACK FROM FLANDERS °OO FOUGHT TO THE . DEATH IN CALAIS ßemier re vealed the house of commons that in the epic withdrawal from u THE NAVY HAD EVACUATED OVER 335,000 AND BRITISH SOLDIERS FROM DUNKIRK. *hp • \ u^° ic defence of Calais only 30 wounded ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 664 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

LANCERS IN FLANDERS BATTLE DRAMA

... LANCERS IN FLANDERS BATTLE DRAMA Ex-soldier remanded on despondency charge The facts are disclosed in the report of a rearguard action fought by the Lancers in the Nieuport-Dixmude area on 27 and 28 May. Reconnaissance having shown that the Belgian Army’s ...

Published: Saturday 20 July 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 853 | 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

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... Dunkirk Radio: Pag Admiral Abrial, who is in command of the French Naval Forces which have been assisting in the evacuation of the B.E.F. from Flanders, has been awarded the Tjrand Cross of the Legion of Honour. 3 ONE PENNY. lMaa ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 58 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

ALBION’S BIG CHANCE TO GAIN TITLE

... the Birmingham Senior Cup (kick-off' 6.30). B.E.F. Man May Play For Blues DEVEY RETURNS FROM FLANDERS Amongst the many thousands safely evacuated from Flanders was Raymond Devey, the young centre halfback of Birmingham F.C., and in the event of him being ...

Published: Thursday 06 June 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 358 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

ENCH REARGUARD TROOPS FIGHT

... long,” and Look out, Hitler. We haven’t started on you yet.” HOW THE BOYS CAME HOME - Weary jrom their days in the hell of Flanders these lads of the B.E.F. have come home, cheerful and in good heart. These • itMf*’ pictures give some idea of the welcome ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 142 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Trek Through Brussels

... Trek Through Brussels There is no question yet of an official evacuation of Brussels, but messages from the Belgian capital tell of streams of refugees passing through the city from the Provinces of Liege and Namur. The refugees, carrying their possessions ...

Published: Monday 13 May 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 148 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Line” Near The Coast

... SOUTH-EAST COAST TO-DAY, THEIR DECKS LADEN WITH ALLIED TROOPS FROM FLANDERS. BRITISH, FRENCH AND BELGIAN TROOPS ARE ARRIVING IN THEIR THOUSANDS, AND IT IS HOPED THAT MOST OF THE B.E.F. MAY BE EVACUATED, ALTHOUGH THE DIFFICULTIES AND DANGERS INCREASE EVERY HOUR ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1342 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

BE NEXT MONTH “Allowances” by million

... country. Criticisms of Scottish evacuation Scottish M.P.s will have a night to themselves on Tuesday, when the votes for health and education in Scotland will be taken, and also those for the Scottish Home Department. Evacuation in Scotland promises to be ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 604 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

AY TO DUNKIRK rman Counter-Attack on 6 Somme Front Repulsed

... AY TO DUNKIRK rman Counter-Attack on Somme Front Repulsed AND MORE MEMBERS OF THE B.E.F. ARE BEING LANDED FROM FLANDERS, THE GREATER PART OF THE k*'® DIVISION OF GENERAL PRIOUX’S army has succeeded in WAY THROUGH THE GERMANS AND HAS JOINED THE ARMY Dunkirk ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 955 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

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... went into the Norwegian fiord to rescue the British prisoners from the Altmark. INVASION WILL FAIL IF— The occupation of Flanders, and of certain of the Channel Ports by the enemy, has made the possibilities of invasion by the enemy more real, and it ...

Published: Tuesday 11 June 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 388 | Page: 4 | Tags: none