... French spokesman, describing the situation at Dunkirk, said, “Naval A.A. guns and squadrons of R.A.F. fighters banned the air over the port to German planes.” Allied troops are still holding out solidly in Dunkirk and west of the Yser Canal. They are holding ...

... Unbroken WAY TO LINES COAST French Troops Still Hold Dunkirk ...

... battles remained to be fought on the Central Somme-Aisne Front before the outcome of the war is decided. French Marines At Dunkirk Dunkirk, the principal French port still in Allied bands, has now been transformed into an entrenched camp and is strongly held ...

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... one man was killed and another wounded. The human target dig themselves into the sand and wait. DUNKIRK SHELLED. German artillery is now shelling Dunkirk and the vicinity. All the men I spoke to today referred to the great numbers of German aircraft which ...

... badly damaged by bombs. The German Air Force also successfully bombed the ports Dunkirk and Dover. German high-speed boats torpedoed and sank an enemy destroyer off Dunkirk In general, the activity of the Air Forces on both sides was limited by weather ...

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... COAST The sound of gunfire was heard early today from the South-East Coast, coming apparently from the direction of 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 ...

... 8.E.F., 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. Death ...

... only—to retire to the sea, and there endeavour to maintain a perimeter of defence under the very noses of enemy bombers. Dunkirk is still held, and massed R.A.F. and French ’planes are dropping barrages of bombs to afford protection to the troops The ...

... has broken down. The British Army, which is concentrated in the area of Dixmude, Armentiers Bailleul and Bergues west of Dunkirk, is facing complete destruction by our concentric attacks. ” In a swift push through Flanders, German forces marched through ...

... action. There were only five British casualties. A continuous air battle was fought over the French coast between Calais and Dunkirk. Pilots reported that the sky was filled with aircraft. A squadron leader spoke of encountering large masses of Messerschmitt ...