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GERMANS CLAIM LILLE AND OSTEND

... statement that ¢p The following special announcement ! Belgiian defection opened téle door 1 issued by the German High Command | Dunkirk for the Germans 1s described as was broadcast ty the German radio this a *libellous alibi. ‘ afternoon: “ Continuing their ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 191 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

ASS

... lum‘gh i a few places. g N‘ X's Army is withdraw Yelear . the north-west. fighting p dory g}“rd and flank actions. b 'hnn Dunkirk is an entrenched b oavy Y held apng supported by y o uns of the Fleet. It forms ':“'hi‘ Port of a sort of corridor by Am ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 509 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

ROADS CHOKED WITH REFUGEES MANY WOMEN FALL OUT BY WAYSIDE

... managed to reach the French border, from whence the great trek of refugees began when the frontier was opened We got a train to Dunkirk, where we managed to get a car, but we were forced to beg, borrow, or steal petrol. Aftlsr Rouen the road was one solid stumbli ...

Published: Friday 24 May 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 232 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

. F . HOME THREE BRITISH DESTROYERS SMALL TRANSPORT SDNK Allied Niival Losses Relatively PARACHUTE TROOPS —?— ..

... Admiralty ( says the Press Association from Paris ) the number of Allied warships damaged or sunk by German air attack off Dunkirk is relatively very small . Regarding German claims on this subject a spokesman of the French High Command said last night ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 945 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

ATTACK ON FRANCE r 4 Waves of 'Planes Over Northern Areas MANY CIVILIANS KILLED NUFFIELD HOSPITALS TRUST ..

... civilian centres The tale is still incompletebut it is known that among the places attacked were Bethune . Choques . Lens , Dunkirk , Nancy , Hazebrouck . Calais . Abbeville Doulans and Albert . Numerous civilian casualties are known to have occurred although ...

Published: Saturday 11 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1082 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

DEFIANTS SHOW THEIR POWER . A ... ,. Twelve Destroy 37 German 'Planes , in One Day SCREENING B . E . F . ..

... the Germans vanished . Then the British squadron saw two formations of nine Heinkel bombers that were attempting to bomb Dunkirk , but all their bombs fell into the sea . Later the squadron encountered a number o £ Messerschmitt 110 twin-engine fightsi'B ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1091 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

War in the Air By C. G. GREY GERMANY OPEN TO ATTACK

... receives the order to strike. aerodromes in Britain, we can keep control over the bombing activities of the enemy near Calais, Dunkirk, and Ostend. The success of our fighters in this allimportant work is made possible by the unexpected amount of superiority ...

Published: Tuesday 28 May 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 377 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

GENERAL BLANCHARD Nortli

... . ALLIED UNITS STILL RESISTING IN CALAIS Military circles in Paris stated last night ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1122 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

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Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 260 | Page: 4 | Tags: none