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ALLIED TROOPS FALLING BACK ON COAST Furious Rearguard Actions CEASELESS . ENEMY ATTACKS French Navy Defend Dunkirk

... ALLIED TROOPS FALLING BACK ON COAST Furious Rearguard Actions CEASELESS . ENEMY ATTACKS French Navy Defend Dunkirk While the French Navy firmly Dunkirk open for them , the British 1 Allies , were last night backing step towards the coast . Chosen units were ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 787 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

GERMANS LOSE 22 'PLANES IN ONE FIGHT 6 . R . A . F . Rout Enemy in Terrific Battle Over Dunkirk NO BRITISH ..

... 'PLANES IN ONE FIGHT 6 . R . A . F . Rout Enemy in Terrific Battle Over Dunkirk NO BRITISH CASUALTIES GERMAN TERROR TACTICS In a terrific air battle over the French coast near Dunkirk last night , a formation of Hurricanes and Defiants shot down 22 of ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 994 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

comrades were in a French ship which struck a magnetic mine and sank, and he, after swimming for some time,

... magnetic mine and sank, and he, after swimming for some time, was the only one to be rescued, The beaches and sand dunes around Dunkirk have been alive with troops for the past three days waiting to be evacuated and being evacuated. At more and more frequent ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 113 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

u SHIPPING ( Continued )

... SHIPPING ( Continued ) GIBSON RANKING LINE LEITH TO , ItOTTEItDAM . AMSTERDAM , '' ANTWERP . GHENT ' . DUNKIRK , and KOUEN . GRASiUEMOUll TO DUNKIRK AND ROTTERDAM . For Particulars and Sailings and Freight Ratct please communicate with / G EORGE GIBSON ...

Published: Tuesday 07 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 88 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

40 GER _ MAA T DIVISIONS » Thrown Into Battle ALLIES' SLOW RETIREMENT

... the French Medical Corps on the way in which Allied iroops are being taken off ai Dunkirk . The officer , himself a member of the Northern Army who ivas embarked at , Dunkirk and landed at another French ' port , expressed the utmost admiration at the efficiency ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 275 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

GERMAN CLAIMS “ ACROSS THE SCHELDT ; DOVER BOMBED ”

... badly damaged by bombs. “The German air force also successs fully bombed the Korts Dunkirk and Dover. German high speedboats torpedoed and sank an enemy destroyer off Dunkirk.” vl On inquiry at the Air Ministry to-day the Press Association was informed that ...

Published: Thursday 23 May 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 192 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

“ WIDESPREAD OPERATIONS

... and mines, but also on purely civilian centres. It is known that among the places attacked were Bethune, Choques, Lens, Dunkirk, Boulogne, Nancy, Hazebrouck, Calais, Abbeville, Doulens, and Albert. The material damage is reported to be relativel yslight ...

Published: Saturday 11 May 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 183 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

LONDON & EDINBURGH SHIPPING COMPANY , LTD . LEITH—LONDON . FAST LINEU SERVICE For Rates of Freight and all ..

... Telephone , 35602 . I B S O N R A N K I N E LINE . LE 1 TK TO ROTTERDAM AMSTERDAM , / IXTIVERP , GJIENT . DUNKIRK , anil ROUEN . GllANOEMOUTII TO DUNKIRK AJND nOTTEHDAM . tor Particulars and Sailings und Freight Kates please communicate with /^ EORGE GIBSON ...

Published: Saturday 18 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 157 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

GIBSON R A N K I N E LINE : LEITH TO ROTTERDAM , AMSTERDAM , ANTWERP , GHENT

... GIBSON R A N K I N E LINE : LEITH TO ROTTERDAM , AMSTERDAM , ANTWERP , GHENT , DUNKIRK , and ROUEN . GRAJS'GEMOCFH TO DUNKIRK AND ROTTERDAM . For Particulars and Sailings and Freight Rates please communicate with pEORGE GIBSON & COMPANY , LTD ., VT ...

Published: Wednesday 08 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 152 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

BERLIN ADMISSION BRITISH ARE RESISTING STUBBORNLY

... broken in a short time. : ; “The attack against the rest of the British Army in the loop between Furnes, Bergues, and west of Dunkirk is proceeding. The loop is only a few miles deep, is flat, and has been flooded. The enemy is resisting here stubbornly, the ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 213 | Page: 5 | Tags: none