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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

GERMAN ACCOUNT King Leopold Gave Up Senseless Resistance COMPLETE SURRENDER GERMAN HIGH COMMAND CLARIS ..

... are in German hands . The German air force bombed the communication line leading to Zeebrugge , Nieuport , Ostend , and Dunkirk , as well as the ports and ships in the ports . An enemy destroyer was hit by a bomb between Calais and Dover . On the southern ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 713 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

NEW BELGIAN FORCES TO CONTINUE STRUGGLE ' ? . Premier Denounces King Leopold ' s Surrender UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACT ..

... Force , and some French divisions . This group of three Armies was commanded by General Blanchard . It 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 . WITHOUT ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1843 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

GERMAN INFANTRY ^—»—Masses Now Flung Into Action NEW PHASE OF BATTLE COMMAND CHANGES ?¦ New Vice-Chief of I . G ..

... the German attack appears to be north of Lille , in the neighbourhood of Menin and Courtrai . Its direction may indicate Dunkirk as its ultimate objective , but presumably its more immediate object would be to isolate the Allied forces in the Lillc-A ...

Published: Tuesday 28 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1233 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

ENEMY IN BOULOGNE : - — + — Unlikely to be Strong Force . DESTRUCTIVE RAIDERS BRILLIANT AIRMAN *——Squadron ..

... however , continue to fight defensively , based on the remaining Channel ports , which might include Zeebrugge , Ostend , Dunkirk and Calais It would then become a question whether this isolated Allied force could maintain itself foi a longer period than ...

Published: Friday 24 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1358 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

MUNITIONS DRIVE —?—Plan to Train 100 , 000 Engineers a Year EXPANSION OF CENTRES BRITISH SEAMEN . BLEW UP ..

... of them I was bombed . Our last night in Holland we were Mmbed . in ZeebruggeBelgiumwe slept through an air raid , and in Dunkirk we , vere bombed again . Only when back in England did I have an undisturbed night . At Ostend we watched German ' planes ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1317 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Points of View THE ACTION OF KING LEOPOLD — . —* BRITAIN AND THE CHANNEL PORTS King Leopold ' s Surrender A ..

... he captures them : from that moment , the current of their imports is cut off , and , as seaports , they cease to exist . Dunkirk has a good trade , but the other ! : iree Channel ports , Boulogne and Calais ana Ostend , are unimportant as car ^ o iSfiSlS- ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 3471 | Page: 7 | Tags: none