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REFUSAL TO SURRENDER

... troops not immediately engaged have been evacuated with the assistance of the Royal Navy. This operation is proceeding with success and numbers cf troops have already reached this country. Tne withdrawal and evacuation have been screened the R.A.F.. who have ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Derry Journal
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 591 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

B.E.F. BEING EMBARKED

... FAILS. BERLIN. Tuesday. The Official German News Agency to-day states that most of the British forces in a position to be evacuated from Belgium have already embarked. In the northern sector of France and Belgium, it says, the military situation is assuming ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 114 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

MOST MATERIAL

... the area in landing supplies and in the work of evacuation. British and French troops are reported to be still heroically holding on in Calais. Amplifying his earlier statement on the operations in Flanders, the French War Office spokesman said that the ...

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

Effect Of The Withdrawal

... The official German News Agency claimed yesterday states the 8.U.P., that most of the British forces in a position to be evacuated from Belgium had already embarked. It also asserted that French attacks from the south, in an effort to assist the troops ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Evening Express
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 379 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Famous Library’s Fate

... bulk of the city's civilian population has been evacuated in carts, bicycles, cars, and afoot. If the city was heavily shelled in to-day's fighting the library, a landmark for miles in the flat Flanders plain, has probably been demolished. When I saw ...

Published: Thursday 16 May 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 141 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Trek Through Brussels

... Trek Through Brussels There is no question yet of an official evacuation of Brussels, but messages from the Belgian capital tell of streams of refugees passing through the city from the Provinces of Liege and Namur. The refugees, carrying their possessions ...

Published: Monday 13 May 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 148 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

GERMANS WARNED

... that Losses Have Been Heavy The official German News Agency has stated that most of the British forces In position to be evacuated from Belgium have already embarked (saya British United Press). It also asserted that French attacks from the south In effort ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 144 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

ALLIES HOLD A CORUNNA LINE OUTSIDE DUNKIRK

... j*w2R ST. (Bus Station), Piccadilly, Manchester WELLIMGTOH HP. S.. STOCKPORT NUMBERS of British and French troops evacuated from Flanders by sea are very large, it was authoritatively stated in London this afternoon. Despite their great numerical superiority ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 700 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

HEROIC DEEDS BY B.E.F. IN FACE OF NAZI HORDES

... sunk off the Belgian coast three warships and sixteen transports which were to have evacuated the B.E.F. The German communique states:— The great battle in Flanders and Artois is approaching its end with the annihilation of the British and French armies ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 767 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Getting Down To It

... enemy is proceeding. The development of the new Local Defence Volunteers, the plans for the evacuation of children from the coastal regions opposite France and Flanders, the drive against the Fifth Column,” and other administrative changes are all evidence ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 670 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Rise In London

... Rise In London Heroic fighting by the b.e.f. and french REARGUARDS IN THE GREAT FLANDERS BATTLE HAS ALLOWED THE WOUNDED AND THOSE NOT ACTIVELY ENCAGED TO BE EVACUATED, IT WAS OFFICIALLY REVEALED LAST NIGHT. With the help of the Royal Navy, and screened ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Newcastle Journal
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 438 | Page: 1 | Tags: none