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... French communique states; In the north operations are continuing with the same bitterness around the fortified area of Dunkirk. On the Somme and the Aisne there have been some local infantry actions here and there by both sides; between the Aisne ...
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... near Ypres. ~ The claim to have captured Calais is repeated in the communique, which also says that harbour equipment at Dunkirk is ablaze as the result of bombing by German ’planes. ...
... Under, the command of Admiral Abrial with a very large number of ships it is engaged in supplying the fortified camp of Dunkirk • On the Somme front a sharp attack by our troops made it possible to-day to reduce the bridgehead which the enemy occupy ...
... the sea front saw shells bursting in the sky. The activity a%peared to be on the other side of the C artl.nel — the Ostend-Dunkirk-Calais coas ? : ...
... only 25 miles wide at its widest point . German troops advancing in , Northern Flanders towards Dunkirk were stated to have reached the River Yser . Dunkirk the agency claimed , is now within the range of the German heavy artillery , and its harbour ...
... 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 ...
... while on the other side of the Channel their remaining comrades and French Allies fought a terrific rearguard battle to hold Dunkirk and the coast until withdrawal is complete . The desperate rearguard action is still going on . The men who have returned ...
... - and it is on the Yser that British troops are now endeavouring to prevent the Germans from advancing along the coast to Dunkirk , which is the only base left to them on which to withdraw . A small British force was sent last week to hold Calais and to ...
... aiding the B.E.F. and the French to the utmost of its power. DO NOT IMAGINE THAT IF THE CHANNEL PORTSBOULOGNE, CALAIS AND DUNKIRK—HAVE TO BE ABANDONED THAT MEANS WE CAN NO LONGER HELP THE FRENCH. Any old soldier will tell you that other ports were used ...
... 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 ...