... has broken down The British Army which is concentrated in the area of Dixmude. Armentieres. Bailleul. and Bergues. west of Dunkirk, is facing compete destruction by our concentric attacks. Lille was reached by German forces coming from the east and west ...

... Lord Gort, are bearing the brunt of the defence of these two fronts. German attacks south-westward from Bruges, aimed at Dunkirk, have encountered fierce resistance by the British on the Yser. It is to be noted in this respect that the British are defending ...

... number of the enemy and was of invaluable assistance to the main body of the British Expeditionary Force in its withdrawal on Dunkirk. This action will count among the most heroic deeds in the annals of the British Army. Women ticket clerks for the London ...

... WITHDRAWAL OF B.E.F. Towns along South Coast are preparing to help large numbers of Allied trocrs arriving in this country from Dunkirk. Arrange- ments being made to receive about 30,000 troops. At South of England reception camps, everything po;sible is being ...

... main power, the power of their far more numerous air force. was thrown into the battle or concentrated on the beaches of Dunkirk. The enemy began to fire with cannon on the beaches. They sowed magnetic mines in the channels and seas, and sent repeated ...

... whole might have been lost, so desperate had become the circumstances, with the Britis . h left flank exposed and the road to Dunkirk, the only haven, opened. A British soldier was not inexact when he said that fnr three weeks they had done nothing but march ...

... 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 ...

... While these events were taking place near our own shores our Expeditionary Force was fighting for its life in its retreat to Dunkirk. Mechanised forces already encircled its western flank, and the collapse of the Belgian Army left open a wide gap between ...

... soldiers to learn that the Belgian Army had capitulated to the enemy, and that their left flank was in the air and the road to Dunkirk open ? There is . another aspect of the retreat which must not be overlooked. While we praise with a full sense of gratitude ...

... Loan 4*.c, 1101 Do 3'., 101 Do 3';', 961 War Lo an 31 - , 991 ladle 119481 3%. 791 Do (New) o.c. 100 ex di‘. THE EPIC OF DUNKIRK STOP-PRESS NEWS • 4‘- .• THE four sons of Mrs. G. Birks, 9, Percy-street, Sandford Hill, Longton, are all serving in ...

... tremendous toll of German planes. . Another survivor commented: I never expected to get back to England alive. (Aerial attacks on Dunkirk have cost the Germans dear. The heavy toll taken by Allied aircraft and antiaircraft guns yesterday is estimated at 75 planes ...