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... 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. Bombers and Stuko (dive bomber) units continued their attacks on Dunkirk yesterday. They sank two destroyers, one patrol ...
... Allied naval forces are firmly holding the fortified area of Dunkirk, it is stated here to-night. British and French units were also in possession of a part of Calais this evening. Dunkirk has been transformed into an entrendhed camp, firmly held French ...
... Material ON BEACHES A DUNKIRK -!? protection of the fortified Dunkirk, the anti-aircraft k* l combined British and * lie erlir, wor k Uio r Force and the Armee de evaeua tion of British, French Sitg Q nops from Dunkirk is and more rapidly Possible a feAv ...
... the B.E.F. on both sides of Dunkirk, which is meeting with stubborn resistance in very good terrain, is making good progress. Despite the bad weather our air force made further successful attacks yesterday on troops at Dunkirk and intervened in the protection ...
... Vienna, Hanover and Munich. JUNE 3, 1940 THE EMBARKATIONS AT DUNKIRK THOUSANDS OF MEN STILL LEAVING PROCESS GOING ON DAY ANT) NIGHT Paris, June 2 While the re-embarkation operations at Dunkirk continue on a particularly large scale, tlie tront from the ...
... carried out from Dunkirk and from beaches in the vicinity. The whole operation was screened by naval forces against any attempt by the enemy interference sea. In addition to almost incessant bombing and machine-gun attacks on Dunkirk the beaches and the ...
... BELGIANS LEAVE GAP ON ROAD TO DUNKIRK M. REYNAUD’S BITTER COMMENT Paris, May 28 First news of Belgium’s decision was announced to the world at 8.30 this morning in broadcast by M. Reynaud, French Prime Minister. During the night there had been a two-hour ...
... Flood Defences Commenting on the flooding of regions around Dunkirk, French, military circles to-night suggest that several days must elapse before such action becomes effective. The water, it is explained, must have time to soak into the soil before ...
... been broken in a short time. The attack against the rest of the British Army in the loop between Fumes, Bergues and west of Dunkirk is proceeding. The loop is only a few miles deep, flat and has been flooded. The enemy is resisting here stubbornly, the aim ...
... THE BIRMINGHAM POST, TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1940 NAVY’S PART AT DUNKIRK R.A.F. HELP IN THE DUNKIRK AREA ENEMY HARASSED DAY AND NIGHT RAIDS IN NORTH-WEST GERMAN ATTACK ON PARIS AT LEAST SEVENTEEN PLANES DOWN U.S. AMBASSADOR’S NARROW ESCAPE Paris, June 3 A communique ...
... importance. Where, then, does air power come in ? To the men who have been transported in their tens of thousands from the Dunkirk beaches to these shores it must have seemed at times that air power was a Nazi monopoly adding immensely to the difficulties ...
... which now are fighting for their existence in a narrowing semi-circle whose ends, , happily still our grasp, are Calais and Dunkirk. Since they were pushed forward to Belgium, our soldiers have solved brilliantly problems, on the staff side, as difficult ...