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HUGE SKY BATTLE

... HUGE SKY BATTLE A continuous air battle was fought over the French coast between Calais and Dunkirk, pilots reporting that the sky was filled with aircraft. A One formation of JU 88’s was tryin‘fi.to bomb ships when a Spitfire squadron approached. Five ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 158 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

ON OTHER PAGES

... ON OTHER PAGES Page KEWS SUMMARY . A big air battle was fought over the French , coast between Calais and Dunkirk r 7 The destroyer Wessex has been sunk as the result of air attacks off the French coast , and . the minesweeper Charles Boyes has been sunk ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 179 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

GERMANS . . CLAIM CALAIS : LONDON DENIAL Port in Posse BRITISH TROOP BELGIANS sion of Allies GO TO AID OF

... emphasised last night that Calais remained in the possession of the Allies . French military quarters stated that Calais , Dunkirk , Ostend , and Zeebrugge were solidly held by the Allies . Armoured German units had succeeded in penetrating into the town ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 239 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

RHINELAND HE

... of ten. One British squadron accounted for 18 Friday and another for 20 DOWN IN FOUR HOURS Air Battle Between Calais and Dunkirk In the four hours between 5.30 and 9.30 a.m. yesterday R.A.F. squadrons shot down at least 20 German bombers and fighters ...

BATTLE INFERNO IN FLANDERS

... prepared position. •• On the Somme and the Aisne fronts and the East nothing important to report.” GERMANS REPEAT CALAIS CLAIM “DUNKIRK DESTROYED BY FIRE” Berlin. Monday iPress Association War Special .—German forces are continuing then attacks in Flanders and ...

Wttfast ititgraph MOND.I Y. M.4l' 27. 1940

... ground firmly and inflicting heavy losses on the enemy, both in men and material. It is reassuring to learn that Calais, Dunkirk. Ostend and Zeebrugge are strongly held by the Allies, though a French message admitted on Sunday that Boulogne is, for the ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 270 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

WHAT GERMANY IS TOLD

... Channel are being foiled by German air attacks against those Channel ports which are still in the enemy's hands.. The Port of Dunkirk was destroyed by fire. No important events on the Southern Front.—Reuter. ROME 'NEWS FROM AFAR. 'The Soviet organ Izvestia ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 218 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

German G.H.Q.'s Claims

... this resistance On the coast of Belgium and Northern France our Air Force again bombed the ports of Zeebrugge, Ostend and Dunkirk. In Ostend an ammunition dump and a naval depot were set on (Ire. One transport was hAtily damaged. AERODROMES BOMBED During ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 218 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

NAZI COMMUNIQUE

... this resist nee. the coast of Belgium and Northern France our air force again bombed the ports of Zeebrugge, Ostend, and Dunkirk. In Ostend an ammunition dump and a naval depot were set on fire. One transport was badly damaged. “During the night from ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 264 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

GERMANS ADMIT ALLIES' TOUGH RESISTANCE

... this resistance. On the coast of Belgium and Northern France our Air Force again bombed ports of Zeebrugge, Ostend, and Dunkirk. In Ostend an ammunition dump and naval depot were set on fire. One transport was badly damaged. During the night from Friday ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 313 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Germans Claim Armoured Car Set Fire to Warships

... The Air Fuice attacked the ports on the Belgian and French coasts which are still in the hands of the enemy. The docks of Dunkirk were set on tire. “On the South Front no events of importance. The attacks of the Air Force were directed against aerodromes ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 284 | Page: 1 | Tags: none