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... are pushing up the coast from the South and down from the North towards Dunkirk in an attempt to complete the encirclement of the Allies. The British and French navies off Dunkirk and Belgian coasts, are covering with fire the retirement of the Allied ...
... EVACUATION OF DUNKIRK CEASELESS GERMAN SHELLING FOUR-FIFTHS OF B.E.F. SAVED, SAYS Mr. EDEN 'J'HE evacuation of the troops from Dunkirk is being carried out, despite new difficulties, says a P.A. War Special. , The Germans have brought up heavy long range ...
... the fighting spirit of our men.” he said. A German military expert yesterday stated that Germany expects the occupation of Dunkirk soon. He said the area still held by the Allies had been considerably narrowed since Friday. The number of French and British ...
... detained a large number of the enemy and was of invaluable assistance to the main body of the B.E.F. in its withdrawal on Dunkirk. This action will count among the most heroic deeds in the annals of the British Army.” British Ministry of Information A ...
... their way of retreat the sea. General Prioux’s army is. however, slowly retiring in the direction of the entrenched camp of Dunkirk from the Lille region. BRITISH ADMIRAL AND KING LEOPOLD Sir Roger Keyes. Admiral of the British Fleet, who. ns Special British ...
... through the stations, cheering crowds also gathered in the streets near the railway lines. The stream of troops evacuated from Dunkirk continued throughout the night. As soon as they were relieved after days and nights ol continuous service under constant ...
... A message from Paris this morn- ing says that French troops are firmly BRITISH AIR MINISTRY’S STATEMENT holding Calais, Dunkirk, Ostend and ie ...
... fighters, says a London official statement, accounted for 129 German 'planes during Friday and Saturday.” In a dawn battle over Dunkirk on Saturday ’hey shot down 14 enemy fighters and seriously damaged five others. Sixteen British fighters were reported missing ...
... 8.E.F.. and some French divisions. This group of three Armies was commanded by General Blanchard. It was provisioned via Dunkirk. “The British and the French Armies defended this port In the South and in the West, the Belgian Army In the North. “The Belgian ...
... shot, It added, would come from German long-range guns at Calais. The “Popolo di Roma.” commenting on German reports that Dunkirk and Ostend are threatened, declares that England Is thus about to lose her last bridgehead on the Continent. ...