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THE OLD CITY ISLAND AND THE SEINE

... OLD CITY ISLAND AND THE SEINE. EVACUATION GOES ON AT DUNKIRK Germans Claim Port is Captured DESPITE continual attacks from the air and by long-range artillery, troops are still embarking from Dunkirk in large numbers and in perfect order. German infantry ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Express and Echo
County: Devon, England
Type: | Words: 192 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

FIERCE REARGUARD ACTION BY B.E.F

... Up to Tuesday night French units still held out in Calais. BATTLE OFF DUNKIRK Hurricanes And Defiants Rout Enemy Aircraft In a terrific air battle over the French coast near Dunkirk last night, formation of Hurricanes and Defiants shot down 22 of a large ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 1705 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

NEVER ONCE GAVE WAY

... rearguard from the farthest point reached by the B.E.F. to the gates of Dunkirk—a British infantry brigade was embarked from the beach north of Dunkirk yesterday morning. My men, said the brigadier on stepping ashore in England, never once gave way. They ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 651 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

R.A.F. BAGS 113 NAZI PLANES IN 2 DAYS

... Communique Tells How Heroic Troops Fell Back On Dunkirk MORALE OF OUR~ ARMIES HIGHER THAN EVER DURING Saturday mid yesterday our planes have accounted for Nazi 'planes while defending the re-embarking B.E.F. at Dunkirk. Saturday's bag of 8 was record for a day ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 1857 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

FRENCH HAVE RETAKEN ABBEVILLE AREA

... camp near Dunkirk. officer who has just returned to London speaks of the stunning effect of the air bombardment. Although he went through the last war, he points out that it was far greater than anything could ever imagine. The bombing of Dunkirk was quite ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 1856 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

MR. CHURCHILL’S SPEECH

... malignancy in our midst has been effectually .stamix*d out/’ ALL BRITISH LEAVE DUNKIRK? Neutral corn's pendents with German Army report that all the British have apparently left Dunkirk.—A.P. ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Express and Echo
County: Devon, England
Type: | Words: 203 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

B.E.F. EVACUATION IS PROCEEDING

... Lille region and fighting fiercely, the Prioux Army is however, slowly retiring in the direction the entienched camp of Dunkirk Dunkirk itself is holding out magnificently. The inundations, extending south-west and north-east of the entrenched camp, are ...

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

A PANORAMA OF THE COAST AT MARSEILLES

... fortified town of Bergues. “The whole region round Dunkirk which is still in the hands of the enemy, is under constant and heavy artillery fire. Fighter ’planes and Stuka —dive- continued their attacks on Dunkirk yesterday. They sank two destroyers, one patrol ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Express and Echo
County: Devon, England
Type: | Words: 937 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

ONE PENNY MR. CHURCHILL ON WAR SITUATION

... any othc# land which has the liberty and comfort that they never known in their This armoured scythe stroke almost reached Dunkirk—almost but not quite. Boulogne and Calais were the scene of desperate fighting. The Guards defended Boulogne for a while and ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Express and Echo
County: Devon, England
Type: | Words: 575 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

NAZI RAILWAYS OVERLOADED

... . Reuter. TODAY’S FRENCH COMMUNIQUE Today's French communique says: During the night embarkation went on actively in the Dunkirk region, 1 thanks to the resistance of our troops and in spite of ceaseless difficulties caused by enemy pressure. On the rest ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Express and Echo
County: Devon, England
Type: | Words: 82 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

ZEEBRUGGE BARRED BY BLOCK SHIPS

... interference by sea. In addition to almost incessant bombing and machine-gun attacks on Dunkirk, the beaches and the vessels operating off them, the port of Dunkirk, and the shipping plying to and fro were under frequent shell fire. This was to some ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 2508 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

AUSTRALIA IS PROUD

... Prime Jmistor. hat sent the following cable to Mr. Churchill;— • ? ver y Australian has watched with , feat of the Armv Dunkirk. amazin,! capacity to convert defeat ™ ~'u mph inspires us. and the holding ~fj 0 ' :e German arms of inestimable Spedal ° ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Express and Echo
County: Devon, England
Type: | Words: 88 | Page: 1 | Tags: none