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JUST THE HUN'S LITTLE WAY

... BLAZING TOWNS. DUNKIRK STRONGLY HELD. DESPERATE BID TO REACH COAST. PARIS. Thursday.—Fighting with indomitable resolution the British and French Armies in the north are making a desperate bid to drive their way through to the coast. Dunkirk. the principal ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1154 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

IRELAND’S NEUTRALITY

... against invasion will be taken, states the Dublin correspondent of the Press Association. and sank an enemy destroyer off Dunkirk. “In general the activity o; the Air Forces on both sides was limited weather conditions. “The enemy lost nine 'planes. Five ...

Published: Friday 24 May 1940
Newspaper: Derry Journal
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 117 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Yesterda Communique FRENCH: “Advance To Cambrai” Yesterday’s French communique said:— In the North lighting ..

... whilst further attacks were made in Germany on railways carrying military traffic towards the battlefield. GERMAN: “Bombed Dunkirk and Dover’’ German forces are slowly advancing Flanders across the Scheldt In face of strong enemy resistance. The battle ...

Published: Friday 24 May 1940
Newspaper: Derry Journal
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 396 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

WHEN BOMBING OFF COASTS SEAPLANE BASE DESTROYED

... warships and troop transports, which were to bring home the remainder of the beaten B.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 more than 60 ships. Three warships ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 411 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

BACK SHOWN SEVERITY OF ENEMY LOSSES PARTICULARLY HEAVY

... massively with all the means at their command to relieve the German pressure. Although King Leopold's action opened the road to Dunkirk to the Germans. the Allied Command has never Thstits coolness for a moment. Belgians have laid down their arms in accordance ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 455 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

NAZIS CROSS MEUSE AT SEVERAL POINTS Salient Five Miles Deep South Of Sedan

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Published: Wednesday 15 May 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 152 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

of hia decision

... Army and the British Army are now fighting alone against the enemy in the north.” M. Reynaud pointed out that the road to Dunkirk—through which the three Allied armies in the north received Iheir supplies —had been opened the German divisions. ’The French ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Ballymena Observer
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 158 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

THE GERMANS TAKE BOULOGNE

... are firmly holding Calais, Dunkirk. Ostend and Zeebrugge, it was announced in Paris late on Sunday night, and the German communique speaks of tough resistance. The German Air Force again bombed Zeebrugge, Ostend and Dunkirk, the communique adds. The ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 469 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

DOCTRINAL MATTER

... Heninlietard. The raids were so widespread that it impossible at present to give a complete casualty list. Dunkirk Twenty bombs were dropped on Dunkirk killing and wounding several people. When five German aeroplanes attacked a suburb of Abbeville, town of ...

Published: Saturday 11 May 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 762 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

THE LONDONDERRY SENTINEL. THURSDAY MORNING. MAY 30. 1940

... miles wide at the widest point. German troops advancing in, Northern Flanders towards Dunkirk are stated to have reached the River Yser. It is claimed that Dunkirk is now within range of the German heavy artillery, and the harbour been destroyed, Death ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Londonderry Sentinel
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 796 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

German Claims

... Channel are being foiled by German air attacks aga.n>t those Channel I»orts which are still in the enemy’s hands. The port Dunkirk was destroyed by fire •• important f'ei Front.l*. Sji King’s Cousin Missing Lord Frederick Cainbridgi King and nephew «>t ...

Published: Tuesday 28 May 1940
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 177 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

* Our Air Force is attacking with success, S' the beginning of hostilities we have brought down 255 German air-

... attack British troops near Aire, on the flank of the German mechanised troops which attacked Calais and attempted to approach Dunkirk. Fighting Reaches Maximum Intensity. Bans, Monday.—A French military spokesman said to-night:— The fighting seems to have ...

Published: Tuesday 28 May 1940
Newspaper: Londonderry Sentinel
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 182 | Page: 5 | Tags: none