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BATTLE INFERNO IN FLANDERS

... BATTLE INFERNO IN FLANDERS Germans’ Terrific Losses Continue pHHODGH the strategic silence -*■ which is being maintained on details of fighting across the English; Channel, these facts emerged to-day. (1) Calais is still in Allied hands, despite German ...

STRONG FLANDERS DEFENCE

... STRONG FLANDERS DEFENCE Desperate Nazi Bid to Overwhelm Allies ENEMY DISREGARDING HEAVY LOSSES Paris, Monday. FIGHTING in the north is increasing In violence, said the of fi cial French military commentator today. He said that in the Battle of Flanders ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Shields Daily News
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 1044 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

GERMAN drive for FLANDERS HILLS

... ala fal t Ae M use of Commons, to-day, said plans a! the evacuation of school children con re already taxing accommodation in ach eption areas and it was not practic- to include in the evacuation | vou eme arrangements for large | 7 Sr eme arrangements ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Portsmouth Evening News
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 3709 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

NAVY'S HEROISM IN EVACUATION

... NAVY'S HEROISM IN EVACUATION BY NORMAN RILEY On the South-east Coast. Thursday night. BRITISH and French troops landing at ports along this coast to-night told an epic story of the B.E.F. evacuation of a Flanders port. During yesterday and last night ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 536 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

FROM FLANDERS TO HOSPITAL

... FROM FLANDERS TO HOSPITAL Seaman’s Story of Evacuating Allied Casualties and battle-stamed after davs and nights of rearguard action against terrific odds r = casua.ties arrived in a hospital tram from the coast last night. They were transferred to a ...

Evacuation IVliracle Of Organisati

... Evacuation IVliracle Of Organisati By NORMAN RILEY ORITISH AND FRENCH TROOPS LANP I^ PORTS ALONG THE SOUTH-EAST | LAST NIGHT TOLD AN EPIC STORY OF EVACUATION OF A FLANDERS PORT. During yesterday and last night two h lay in the harbour,” a soldier told ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 492 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

EVACUATED GIRL IS TAKEN FROM INVALID

... EVACUATED GIRL IS TAKEN FROM INVALID AN elderly retired Army officer successfully applied to Eastbourne billeting appeal tribunal yesterday for a thirteen-year-old girl to be moved from his house. He said: I have a large house and three servants. I ...

Published: Tuesday 28 May 1940
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 181 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

FLANDERS BATTLE GROWS IN INTENSITY

... FLANDERS BATTLE GROWS | INTENSITY GREATER PART OF NAZI ARMY ENGAGED IN STRUGGLE FRENCH AND ALLIED TROOPS HOLD UP ADVANCE RIS, MONDAY.—THE OFFICIAL FRENCH COMMUNIQUE pA TO-DAY STATES:— ‘© In the north the enemy continues his attacks, French and Allied ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1537 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Evacuation Under Blizzard of Bombs

... the gore r may be evacuated.. superior to the German in quality. Be although the diflicuities sad dangers in. I was icept by the Glasgow corporal and crease every huh , his carnracies and brought by them to As it this mass evacuation is a 'the coast. where ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 362 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

THE GREAT EVACUATION GOES ON

... arriving in their thousands, and it is hoped that most of the B.E.F. may be evacuated, although the difficulties and dangers increase every hotfr. As it is, this mass evacuation is a stupendous feat only made possible by the dauntless efficiency of the ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Hull Daily Mail
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1019 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

IN FLANDERS Nazis Say Part of B.E.F. Embarked: Surrender

... IN FLANDERS Nazis Say Part of B.E.F. Embarked: Surrender of 300,000 Belgians DRITISH AND FRENCH TROOPS IN FLANDEBS ARE FIGHTING ON “WITH THE SAME RESOLUTION,” IN SPITE OF THE INCREASED PRESSURE THROWN AGAINST THEM THROUGH THE LOSS OF THE BELGIAN ARMY’S ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Nottingham Journal
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 114 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

B.E.F. EVACUATION IS PROCEEDING

... have increased their pressure on both Hanks of our forces. Troops not immediately engaged in the fighting have been evacuated —the evacuation is still successfully proceeding —and numbers have already reached Britain. The , heroic defence of Calais by a small ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 1828 | Page: 3 | Tags: none