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Dunkirk Has Many Things In Common with Ulster's Capital

... Dunkirk Has Many Things In Common with Ulster's Capital DUNKIRK, whose stretches of sanddunes have been giving the men of the B.E.F. refuge in the evacuation of Flanders was once a British possession —only to be sold by an impecunious Charles 11. Capital ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 410 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

DESPERATE BATTLE FOR DUNKIRK LAND, SEA AND AIR FORCES ENGAGED

... 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 ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Derry Journal
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1304 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

BATTLE RAGES ALL DAY AT DUNKIRK GERMAN ADVANCE COSTS ENORMOUS LOSSES

... BATTLE RAGES ALL DAY AT DUNKIRK GERMAN ADVANCE COSTS ENORMOUS LOSSES J’HE epic Dunkirk still goes on,” declared the French military spokesman last night. The j Allied sea and air forces are still defending their entrenched positions. *• The Allied trooi>9 ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 233 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

GREAT DAY IN THE AIR DUNKIRK EVACUATION ACCELERATED IN SPITE OF NAZI PLANES CALM ON SOMME AND AISNE

... THE AIR DUNKIRK EVACUATION ACCELERATED IN SPITE OF NAZI PLANES CALM ON SOMME AND AISNE AUTHORITATIVE MILITARY CIRCLES IN PARIS STATE THAT ALTHOUGH SUNDAY WAS NOT MARKED BY ANY IMPORTANT EVENTS ON LAND IT WAS A GREAT DAY IN THE AIR. At Dunkirk the Germans ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1455 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Dunkirk have been alive with troops for the past three days waiting to be evacuated and being evacuated. At more

... Dunkirk have been alive with troops for the past three days waiting to be evacuated and being evacuated. At more and more frequent intervals German aircraft appear over them and drop bombs and fire their machine guns. On Thursday troops were bombed by ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 502 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

holding the region west the Yser and the entrenched camp near Dunkirk. An officer who has just returned to London

... camp near Dunkirk. An officer who has just returned to London speaks of the stunning effect of the air bombardment. Although went through the last war he points out that it was far greater than anything could ever imagine. The bombing Dunkirk was quile ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 405 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

INDICATED ON THIS MAP 18 THE APPROXIMATE BATTLE LINE NOW HELD BY THE ALLIES FROM THE COAST TO THE MAGINOT LINE ..

... INDICATED ON THIS MAP 18 THE APPROXIMATE BATTLE LINE NOW HELD BY THE ALLIES FROM THE COAST TO THE MAGINOT LINE PROPER. STORY OF DUNKIRK ADVENTURE. HELPING IN EVACUATION. MUST HELP TO BEAT HITLER. AMERICAN PAPER'S PLEA. ISOLATIONIST POLICY CHANGED. Abandoning ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 597 | Page: 5 | Tags: none