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... done their financial bit,” and more, in the past few days. The first place is the port at which so many of the troops from Dunkirk have landed. The entire town rallied to give the men their first change from bully and biscuit for more than a fortnight. ...
... the moment of the collapse of the Belgian Army there was only one course left to the Allied Armies —to hold a line round Dunkirk, the onlyport that remained, and to embark as many men as possible before their rearguards were overwhelmed. Thanks to the ...
... of action. There only five British casualties. A continuous air battle was fought over the French coast between Calais and Dunkirk. Pilots reported that the sky was filled with aircraft. A squadron leader spoke of encountering large masses of Messerschmitt ...
... 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. The German Air Force also attacked aerodromes in the vicinity ...
... were these ; Birmingham's 27's Number 10,118 A continuous air battle was fought over the French coast between Calais and Dunkirk Pilots reported that the sky was filled with aircraft. One formation of Junkers 88*s was trying to bomb ships when a Spitfire ...
... defence regulations in * » l Dundee during the week-e 1 ' } several officials and mem British Union of Fascists. age air RAIDS DUNKIRK lR SEs in lifeboat ‘'^CHINE-GUNNED '■ lJ|f TRAPPED BY Dazing oil + B-E.F. j french troops est..^ yesterday at Soutlioa/°yerB ...
... them I was bombed. On our last night in Holland we were bombed. In ZeebrUgge. Belgium, we slept through an air raid, and in Dunkirk we were bombed again. Only when back in England did I have an undisturbed night. Ostend we watched German planes sweep down ...
... choice only, to retire the sea, and there endeavour to maintain a perimeter of defence under the very noses of enemy bombers. Dunkirk is still held, and massed R.A.F. and French planes are dropping barrages of bombs to afford protection to the troops. The ...
... more French troops. The embarkation of troops began before dusk last night and continued for hours. As men lined the quay at Dunkirk and marched calmly under shell fire on to the waiting craft, the devastated town was silhouetted by the fires raging everywhere ...
... surrender, this force detained a t of the enemy and so gave invaluable assistance niain body of the B.E.F. in its withdrawal on Dunkirk. Oerman News Agency announces that General Prioux, the First French Army, together with many other reil ch officers, has been ...
... The following is to-day’s official French communique: On land and sea and in the air, the French and Br itish forces at Dunkirk are continuing in complete solidarity the stubborn fight to resist the German drive and assure the evacuation. “The enemy ...
... Rearguard Hacking Through The army of General Prioux, which was hemmed in near Lille, continues to make progress towards the Dunkirk region. Already a considerable part of this army has hacked its way safely across the line of the Flemish Hills, which the ...