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BOMB DROPPED IN FRONT OF HER DOOR

... BOMB DROPPED IN FRONT OF HER DOOR Dundee Lady's Escape from Dunkirk Miss Maud Johnston, whose home in Dundee at 10 Constitution Terrace, arrived home from Dunkirk last night after a very trying experience. Since the conclusion of the last war. in which ...

Published: Tuesday 28 May 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 179 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

GERMAN CLAIMS “ ACROSS THE SCHELDT ; DOVER BOMBED ”

... badly damaged by bombs. “The German air force also successs fully bombed the Korts Dunkirk and Dover. German high speedboats torpedoed and sank an enemy destroyer off Dunkirk.” vl On inquiry at the Air Ministry to-day the Press Association was informed that ...

Published: Thursday 23 May 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 192 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

‘Heavyßattles Will Be Necessary ’

... the rear, also retiring columns and troop concentrations in Flanders and Artois. Harbour works at Dunkirk and Dover were bombed. German speedboats off Dunkirk sank an enemy destroyer by torpedo. Activity of both Air Forces was limited by the weather. ...

Published: Friday 24 May 1940
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 219 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

GUNFIRE HEARD FROM SOUTH-EASST COAST

... COAST The sound of gunfire was heard early today from the South-East Coast, coming apparently from the direction 0 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 ...

Published: Thursday 23 May 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Evening Telegraph
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 54 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

GERMANS CLAIM TO BE NEAR i TRRES

... near Ypres. ~ The claim to have captured Calais is repeated in the communique, which also says that harbour equipment at Dunkirk is ablaze as the result of bombing by German ’planes. ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 64 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

GERMAN COMMUNIQUE

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

Published: Thursday 23 May 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Evening Telegraph
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 364 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

DILL IS NOW C.I.C.S

... hemmed-in Northern Prance, our air force again enemy armies bombed the ports of Zeebrugge. many points the enemy is Ostend and Dunkirk.” ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 117 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

CONTINUOUS BATTLE

... CONTINUOUS BATTLE A continuous air battle was fought over the French coast between Calais and Dunkirk yesterday. Pilots reported that the sky was filled with aircraft. A squadron leader spoke of encountering large masses of Messerschmitt 109’s. > Twenty ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 117 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

CLAIM RIDICULED

... that no damage other than that already reported was done. : Yesterday’s Berlin communique said that Zeebrugge, Ostend, and Dunkirk had been bombed, an ammunition dump and a naval depot in Ostend being set on fire ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 114 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

MAN HOME

... so fortunate, much havoc was p by bombs, and that a whole pane n the city. .ntwerp the night occupied the city, night to Dunkirk, a boat for Eng- passed long lines their way for safer is of troops head- ednesday was only is Victoria Day in ajority of ...

Published: Friday 24 May 1940
Newspaper: Arbroath Herald
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 126 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

WITHOUT WARNING

... warfare on the order of their King and without any warning given to their British and French comrades, thus opening the road to Dunkirk to the German divisions. “ Eighteen days ago that same King had addressed a stirring appeal to us, which we answered, and ...

Published: Tuesday 28 May 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 165 | Page: 5 | Tags: none