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DUNKIRK, THIS SHINING THING

... DUNKIRK, THIS SHINING THING New York. Saturday.— So l.ng as the English tongue survives the word Dunkirk will be spoken with reverence. A leading article in the New York Times, paying this tribute fto-day adds: The rags and blemishes which have ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 105 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK GENERALS DECORATED

... DUNKIRK GENERALS DECORATED Paris, Monday.—Upon tha recommendation of General Weygand, Commander-in-Chief the Allied armies. General Blanchard, commander of the armies in the north east, has been awarded tha Grand Cross the Legion of Honour and Ceneral ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 95 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

NAZIS STILL BATTER AWAY AT DUNKIRK

... ground. It is believed that ships of the Allied Navies were shelling areas at the back of Dunkirk. Although machine-gunned, bombed and shelled, working parties at Dunkirk yesterday went out and reverently buried the Allied dead. Fighting 16 Days We have ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1733 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

French Rearguard Men Reaching Dunkirk

... however, net yet been able te rcach the Dunkirk area, and it admitted that the position of these men becoming more and mere difficult. The who have not auffieient means to attack the fortified positions round Dunkirk from the lantl, have been carrying out ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 899 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

ALLIES MAKING STRONG STAND AT YSER CANAL

... ALLIES MAKING STRONG STAND AT YSER CANAL DUNKIRK ALMOST SURROUNDED BY FLOOD WATERS pARIS, FRIDAY.—ALLIED TROOPS ARE CONTINUING TO HOLD OUT SOLIDLY NOT ONLY IN THE FORTIFIED AREA OF DUNKIRK ALMOST COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY FLOOD WATERS, BUT ALSO TO THE ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 786 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

LOCAL MEN BACK FROM FLANDERS

... pals had not then reached Dunkirk. Terrible Hazards Terrible hazards while crossing the Channel were told by Pte. .Leslie Arnold, member of the 44 Citizen machine room staff, who is just back. After retreating 2b miles Dunkirk, he had to wade into the ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 489 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

ALL NIGHT FIGHTING IN BLAZING TOWNS

... FIGHTING IN BLAZING TOWNS DUNKIRK STRONGLY HELD BY FRENCH i;iS. THURSDAY.—FIGHTING WITH INDOMITABLE RESOLU* HOW THE BRITISH AND FRENCH ARMIES IN THE NORTH aK K MAKING A DESPERATE BID TO DRIVE THEIR WAY llli(ji ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 588 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Nazis Lose 56 More Planes In A Day

... destroyed or seriously damaged. Bixteen of our fighters are reported missing. At dawn this morning our fighter patrols over Dunkirk shot down 10 enemy fighters, with the loss of one of our aircraft. Naval aircraft later bombed and sank an enemy torpedo boat ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 299 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

ALLIED FORCES CAPTURE NARVIK

... military objectives Bremen and Hamburg bombed and fuel depots set on fire. ' last night French units still held ©'it in Calais. Dunkirk has been heavily but the town is not chrectly threatened. B.E.F. Not Lost Their Cohesion wa ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1162 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

TWO BRITISH HOSPITAL SHIPS BOMBED

... Tugs brought the men and women aboard to south-east ooas-t port. The Worthing (2.294 tons) which was attacked miles off Dunkirk by nine 'planes returned to another south-east coast port. ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 136 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

NAZI TANKS MOW DOWN REFUGEES

... NAZI TANKS MOW DOWN REFUGEES MARINES' COURAGE AT DUNKIRK PRAISED Still further evidence of Nazi brutality agai net refugees, was expressed a 23-yearsold anti-aircraft gunner, (ieorge Garmer, now on short leave in Belfast. Describing some his experiences ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 182 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

FIGHTER PILOTS DAY OUT

... picked by paddle steamer; and was eventually landed at Margate. The geant, who was in a formation of nine aircraft patrolling Dunkirk, stated that towards the end of the patrol tiine Messerschmitt 109 fighters were sighted. His report gones on: 44 Messerschmitt ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 261 | Page: 3 | Tags: none