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SURVIVED DUNKIRKKILLED NEAR HOME

... SURVIVED DUNKIRKKILLED NEAR HOME cf the battle M Northern France and the bombing of Dunkirk. Pte. Richard John Draper (35). of the R.A.M.C, arrived en Saturday night at Usk (Men.). He was ?oing home Swansea sec his wife ana three children. Takins a walk ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 64 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

NO MORE CHIVALRY IN REICH

... disorder. The German bulletins reveal a sadistic joy when they recount the blows struck the fleet of transports assembled at Dunkirk to take oft the troops escaping from Flanders. Respect for an enemy is an admirable trait, but it is evident that there is ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 121 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

NAZIS' APPALLING LOSSES AT RETHEL

... magnificent 0 by all ranks enabled our men to take important s, s ' '°ftify them, and re-establish the situation this i° n from Dunkirk is proceeding with perfect V' d a French communique states that the greatest le nie have been taken off. \ Lne foremost French ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 968 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

LONDON letter LONDON, Tuesday Night. lyiTH feelings of mortification and alarm the nation heard to-day the ..

... and Dunkirk, the defenders of this vital stretch of coast-line have for some days past been in a parlous position, but a least it could be said that their forces were intact. Now suddenly, and at the decision of one man, trie Belgian King. Dunkirk is left ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 682 | Page: 4 | 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

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

POILUS ARE READY

... blazing into the Channel. SOME REST AND THEN Dunkirk was flames and being bombed incessantly. But it had not fallen. , No. said the man who was evidently the head of his table, ' the Allies have not lost Dunkirk, and they won't lose until every man's withdrawal ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 558 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

PART PLAYED BY BRIXHAM

... PLAYED BY BRIXHAM Small Craft Sent To Help Allies WANTED FOR DUNKIRK EVACUATION VATIONAL emergency call for light draught motor craft to assist in i the evacuation of the Allied forces i from Dunkirk was received at Brix■ ham during Thursday afternoon last ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 534 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Leopold's Cousin Says Belgians Will Fight

... batteries taking part in the fighting on the Albert Canal and then in front of Bruges. After the surrender he succeeded in Dunkirk with some 20 other officers. The Belgian troops were amazed when the order came to lay down arms, he said. The duty and desire ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 146 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

GREAT BATTLE MAY GO ON FOR DAYS

... troops are fighting with exemplary courage in a desperate drive to the coast. There have been heroic stands at Calais and Dunkirk. Nazis admit heavy losses, and their troops are showing signs of exhaustion. The Battle of Fianders may leave the Nazis in ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Western Times
County: Devon, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1090 | Page: 8 | Tags: none