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The Home-Coming

... fresh hope for the orderly and unbroken withdrawal of the B.E.F. in the splendid joint Anglo-French Naval cover provided off Dunkirk. Even the Italian Press has to pay reluctant tribute to the matchless tenacity of our troops, and our marines are now adding ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 227 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

GERMANS

... in three them I was bombed. On our last night in Holland were bombed; Zeehrugg© (Belgium) we slept through air raid and in Dunkirk we were bombed again. Only when back in England did I have an undisturbed night. At Ostend watched German planes sweep down ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 204 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Massed Enemy Attacks

... from Saint Omcr; that is to say, on the flank of the German motorised troops which attacked Calais and attempted to approach Dunkirk. North of Calais, particularly in the direction of Gravelines, the country is covered by a dense network of canals, which ...

Published: Tuesday 28 May 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 242 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Surrender Order To Army Against Ministers' Advice

... hardly succeeded their seniors, have already covered themselves with glory. “Surrendered Without Warning” was provisioned via Dunkirk. The British and the French armies defended this port in the south and in the west; the Belgian Army in the north. “Our Faith ...

Published: Tuesday 28 May 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 663 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

MOST MATERIAL

... it can be taken for granted that the greater part of it will be destroyed so that it will be of no use to the enemy. Off Dunkirk powerful Allied fleet taking part in the defence of the area in landing supplies and in the work of evacuation. British and ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 298 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

INDUSTRY

... many workers have been sent to prison for minor offences, including unpunctuality. GERMANS MAY LAND IN GREAT AIR BATTLE NEAR DUNKIRK 22 GERMAN PLANES ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 259 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

JLLE FALLS ATTER WAY AS TO ALLIES COAST THIS IS THE FRONT ft.F. Fighting Every Inch: Warships folding n t th P t

... positions of d coast north-east Skje d. received from its to *L er cease fire, thus kV J'nl ® en emy the road to nes and to Dunkirk. our troops, under the Vi: eneral Blanchard and 5 in close collaboration Army under Lord ® dto face an increased •8 in these ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1117 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

VERY HEAVY GERMAN LOSSES

... sectors between Allied and enemy units which are closely intermingled. Up to last night French units still held out in Calais. Dunkirk has been heavily bombed but the town is not directly threatened. This morning's French official communique says:— Our troops ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 301 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Germans Claim Armoured Car Set Fire to Warships

... The Air Fuice attacked the ports on the Belgian and French coasts which are still in the hands of the enemy. The docks of Dunkirk were set on tire. “On the South Front no events of importance. The attacks of the Air Force were directed against aerodromes ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 284 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

SOME DAYS

... deliveries of machinery from Germany to Russia —Exchange. J POST, MONDAY, BERLIN ADMITS TOUGH RESISTANCE ZEEBRUGGE, OSTEND AND DUNKIRK BOMBED CLAIM TO HAVE CAPTURED CALAIS Berlin, May The German High Command issued the following announcement to-night:— After ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1137 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Scribbled Telegrams –

... the men were still wearing steel helmets camouflaged with netting and sacking. or mud and sand-stained. We got away from Dunkirk. said one party, through a terrific hail of bombs and shells. All the time bombs were falling around us and bombers sweeping ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 262 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Capped armies fight towards coast

... of exceptional intensity. a^S re P or l s P ers t s the claim that the French are still out in Calais and emphasise that Dunkirk is firmly held fii e d naval forces. ills Leopold of the Belgians is reported to have returned to 4 Palace in Brussels. The ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1129 | Page: 5 | Tags: none