... was being carried out at the price i su pplies for the fortified camp of Dunkirk and » action anc * over^ea d land and naval planes are per- V otle air ? * nes and e a^one a Dunkirk yesterday, a formation of e withcj an^s down twenty-two enemy machines ...

... R.A.F. Bring Down 22 Nazis Without Loss in Fight Off Dunkirk IN a terrific air battle over the French coast near Dunkirk last night a formation of Hurricanes and Defiants shot down twenty-two of a large force of German bombers and fighters. All the R ...

... Bitter Fighting Continues The operations around the fortified area of Dunkirk are continuing with the same bitterness, according to to-day's French communique. On the Somme and on the Aisne. continues the communique. some local infantry actions by ...

... region and fighting fiercely, the Prioux Army is, however, slowly retiring in the direction of the entreffched camp of Dunkirk. Dunkirk itself is holding out magnificently, since the inundations extending south-west and north-east of the entrenched camn ...

... TROOPS SAFE DEFENCE LINE HOLDS FIRM THE number of troops evacuated from Dunkirk is described as very large, but it is not permitted to give exact figures. Allied troops are now holding a line a certain distance from the coast, which is becoming appropriately ...

... were given. All firing was out at sea. There was also heavy gunfire on the other side of the Channel in the direction of Dunkirk, where great flashes could be seen bursting in the sky. ...

... ATTACK HALTED The corridor of territory leading to the mainland and the roads bordering on Dunkirk are strongly held. The German attack to the South-west is coming to a halt at the flooded zone. The Nazi advance has for a long time been hampered by the ...

... success a defensive position which King Leopold refused to occupy with nearly fifteen divisions. HOLDING ON IN CALAIS Off Dunkirk a powerful Allied fleet is taking part in the defence of the area, in landing supplies, and in the work of evacuation. British ...

... broken down. 'The British Army. which is concentrated in the area of Dixmude, Armentieres. Bailleul. and Bergues, west of Dunkirk. is facing complete destruction by our concentric attacks. - In a swift push through Flanders German forces marched through ...

... civilian centres. The talc is still incomplete, but it is known that among the places attacked were Bethune, Choques, Lens Dunkirk, Nancy, Hazebrouck, Calais, Abbeville, Doulens, and Albert Numerous civilian casualties arc known to have occurred although ...

... two divisions, has blasted its way out of the German trap in Flanders by means of a furious tank battle, and has reached Dunkirk, a French military authority stated Paris last night. The remainder of their comrades are following, it was stated. It had ...

... and French. The Allies are withdrawing steadily towards the coast, and somewhere in the coastal region around Calais and Dunkirk —in places where the British won laurels in the last war valiant stand is being made. @ ® The Allied troops have something ...