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... impressions of the homecoming of the British Expeditionary Force from their grim battle in Northern France and Flanders proof this evacuation is of the spirit of British soldiers and British sailors. An Army Corps commander said to me soon after he stepped ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Newcastle Journal
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 385 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Fought In Flanders

... Fought In Flanders corners and a patrol came down the street. Along chai-ged the unexpected Bren carrier, spinting fire right and left, bowling over a score enemy and emerging beyond the village without receiving a shot. But its crew’s adventures weren’t ...

Published: Saturday 27 July 1940
Newspaper: Newcastle Journal
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 400 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

LOST EQUIPMENT

... be paid for other articles of kit and clothing lost. Paris Buses Aided In Flanders Trek Buses which helped refugees to escape from the war shattered towns and villages of Flanders are back on the streets of Paris—some of them still daubed wdith cuude camouflage ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Newcastle Journal
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 188 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Rise In London

... Rise In London Heroic fighting by the b.e.f. and french REARGUARDS IN THE GREAT FLANDERS BATTLE HAS ALLOWED THE WOUNDED AND THOSE NOT ACTIVELY ENCAGED TO BE EVACUATED, IT WAS OFFICIALLY REVEALED LAST NIGHT. With the help of the Royal Navy, and screened ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Newcastle Journal
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 438 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

STATEMENT TO-DAY > BY PREMIER

... important statements will be made in the House of Commons this afternoon. The Prime Minister will deal with the evacuation of the B.E.P. from Flanders, and Mr. Attlee will make a statement, in reply to a question by Mr. Geoffrey Mander, M.P, about the allocation ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Newcastle Journal
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 158 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

RE-FORMED D.L.I. IS “FIGHTING FIT”

... heavy. The battalion was among the last to evacuate Dunkirk, and in the delaying rearguard fighting it was engaged in the losses were again considerable, 26 officers and 450 men. From the grim sands Flanders the survivors came eventually to a certain ...

Published: Monday 02 September 1940
Newspaper: Newcastle Journal
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 171 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

U.S. VIEW

... of Stockton Town Council stood in silence last night a tribute to the 30,000 men killed, wounded or missing in the evacuation of Flanders; and as an expression of thankfulness' that many as 335.000 had been successfully brought home. On behalf of the Royal ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Newcastle Journal
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 181 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

A.A.S.F, CREWS

... officer heroes of the Dunkirk evacuation, made a 50 miles tour of a Division in the Southern Command. Wherever he went he was impressed, he said, by ■ the excellent health and spirits of the troops after their other ordeal in Flanders (Continued in Next Column ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1940
Newspaper: Newcastle Journal
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 201 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

HISTORIC PLACES BOMBED

... damage w as done to the State apartments. The residents, staff, and most of the palace art treasures had previously been evacuated. One beautiful old Queen Anne house in Kensington Square, dating from 1698. was demolished, but the house in the same square ...

Published: Monday 04 November 1940
Newspaper: Newcastle Journal
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 275 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

“Unprovoked Assault”

... of a batch of wounded men, though this meant his capture. His brother, OEptain S. T. Irwin. R.A.M.C., was also in Flanders and was evacuated. Their father is a Belfast surgeon. ...

Published: Tuesday 11 June 1940
Newspaper: Newcastle Journal
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 245 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

LEAN TENSION DOES NOT EAN NAZI-SOVIET BREACH

... Hong-Kong, and the military evacuation Shanghai have been under review by the War Cabinet. is understood the British Government intends to maintain a firm attitude, although it will continue to take such action the evacuation of women and children from ...

Published: Wednesday 03 July 1940
Newspaper: Newcastle Journal
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 765 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Double Objective Of Germans’ New Attack

... has influenced the Germans in moving so soon after the Flanders fight is, of course, the knowledge that more than 300,000 men (seasoned soldiers who kno w their methods) have only just been evacuated from Dunkirk and the enemy wants to get in a blow before ...

Published: Thursday 06 June 1940
Newspaper: Newcastle Journal
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 723 | Page: 4 | Tags: none