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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

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

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

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

DEFENCES NOT REACHED

... officially described as important. battered their way through the German line during a night combat and reached the safety of Dunkirk. These units brought their war equip- ment saved from the Germans. French and British Marines were said to be still in possession ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Express and Echo
County: Devon, England
Type: | Words: 399 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

ONE PENNY

... aircraft were destroyed or seriously damaged in operations on the northeast coast of France. Our dawn patrol of fighters over Dunkirk to-day shot down ten enemy fighters with the loss of one aircraft. Yesterday 16 of our fighters were reported missing in ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Express and Echo
County: Devon, England
Type: | Words: 118 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

GRIM STRUGGLE COES ON IN N. FRANCE

... possession of the famous Line of the Hills.” which extends between Cassel and Ypres and divides the region of Lille from that of Dunkirk. The German attacks both in the southwest and north-east arc meeting with fierce resistance from the Allied troops, consisting ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Express and Echo
County: Devon, England
Type: | Words: 987 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

A SKILFUL RETREAT

... was fleeing from its enemies. May 30th were severely handicapped by weather conditions. •* In spite o( this the harbour of Dunkirk was again attacked. The German Navy has taken over the defence the entire Dutch coast and of the part of the French and Belgian ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Express and Echo
County: Devon, England
Type: | Words: 576 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

NEW CLAIMS MADE BY GERMANY

... broken down. I “The British Army, which is concen| tratcd in the area of Dixmudc. Armen' tiers, Bailleul and Bergues. west of Dunkirk, is facing complete destruction by our concentric attacks. LILLK REACHED. •* Lille was reached by German forces ! coming from ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Express and Echo
County: Devon, England
Type: | Words: 307 | Page: 1 | Tags: none