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75 NAZI PLANES DOWN AT DUNKIRK

... 75 NAZI PLANES DOWN AT DUNKIRK Aerial attacks on Dunkirk yesterday cost the enemy dear. Official figures not available, but Paris estimate of the number of Nara planes brought down is 75. 37 FALL TO ONE SQUADRON A single squadron of 12 British Defiant ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 189 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

BOMB DROPPED IN FRONT OF HER DOOR

... BOMB DROPPED IN FRONT OF HER DOOR Dundee Lady's Escape from Dunkirk Miss Maud Johnston, whose home in Dundee at 10 Constitution Terrace, arrived home from Dunkirk last night after a very trying experience. Since the conclusion of the last war. in which ...

Published: Tuesday 28 May 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 179 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

R.A.F. Destroy 22 Nazi Planes

... R.A.F. Destroy 22 Nazi Planes IN ONE FIGHT Big Battle Near Dunkirk In a terrific air battle over the French coast near Dunkirk last night a formation of Hurricanes and Defiants shot down 22 of a large force of German bombers and fighters. Not one the ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 180 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

MANY SHIPS, FEW LOST

... sea Falling back from the Lille region and fighting fiercely, the French force is slowly retiring in the direction of Dunkirk. Dunkirk itself is holding out magnificently. The inundations extending south-west and north-east of the entrenched camp are now ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 223 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

FRENCH ARMY HACKING ITS WAY OUT

... ARMY HACKING ITS WAY OUT Paris, Friday. Allied troops are continuing to hold out solidly not only in the fortified area of Dunkirk, almost completely surrounded by flood waters, but also to the west of the Yser Canal, the French military spokesman stated ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Evening Telegraph
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 96 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

GERMANS CLAIM 13 R.A.F. PLANES DOWN

... claimed that the port of Dunkirk destroyer was sunk by two direct hits by bombs of heavy calibre, which sufficed to sink her in a few minutes. Besides this a cruiser and merchantman were seriously damaged by bomb hits off Dunkirk. ...

Published: Friday 17 May 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Evening Telegraph
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 97 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

B.E.F.'s EPIC FIGHT TO REACH COAST

... only 25 miles wide at its widest point. German troops advancing in northern r landers towards Dunkirk are stated to have reached the River Yser. Dunkirk is now within the range of the German heavy artillery and its harbour has been destroyed. ' ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1008 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

HOME FOR LEAVE AND WEDDING Angus Captain Tells of Ten-Hour Air Attack Captain David Chapel, second son of ..

... is home for a short leave. Captain L'haptl, who is in the Royal Artillery, left Dunkirk the week-end and arrived home yesterday morning. Seven hundred men, said, left Dunkirk at the same time. They were due to sail eight o'clock in the morning, but the ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: FamilyNotice | Words: 184 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

BOMBED AND GUNNED FOR HOURS

... jour fears. As he was nearing Dunkirk with three vans loaded with supplies Mr Brown and his co-workers had to abandon them. Bombers had spotted them, and they dashed for shelter. The canteens were destroyed. arrived in Dunkirk with only his uniform. Mr Brown ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 357 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

GERMANS SAY PLANES SANK 19 SHIPS

... warships and troop transports which were to bring home the remainder of the beaten 8.E.F., in the harbour and on the sea off Dunkirk and Ostend. All branches of the services joined in the attack which was directed against mora than 60 ships Thrae warships ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Evening Telegraph
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 201 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

BRITISH COLLIER SINKS; 34 SAVED

... BRITISH COLLIER SINKS; 34 SAVED The British collier Brighton sank off Dunkirk following an explosion yesterday. The 34 members of the crew were saved motor launch. Ten members of the crew were injured. ...

Published: Wednesday 08 May 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 33 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

GUNFIRE HEARD FROM SOUTH-EASST COAST

... COAST The sound of gunfire was heard early today from the South-East Coast, coming apparently from the direction 0 Calais or Dunkirk. It was heard at intervals over a period of about two hours, and at times was very rapid. There were also heavy detonations ...

Published: Thursday 23 May 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Evening Telegraph
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 54 | Page: 1 | Tags: none