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OF DUNKIRK FIGHTING

... men whose self-sacrifice has turned disaster into triumph. CLALM TO HAVE ENTERED DUNKIRK BEBErN, Tuesday. To-day’s official German communique says:— “The fighting for Dunkirk is nearing its end. Our troops penetrated into the and took the Louis fort from ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 821 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK FIGHTING

... DUNKIRK FIGHTING HOW ALL IKS ARK HOLDING OUT NAZI ATTACKS BY SKA AND AIR ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 14 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK FIGHTING

... DUNKIRK FIGHTING HOW ALLIES ARE HOLDING NAZIS ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 7 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Dunkirk Generals Decorated

... Dunkirk Generals Decorated On the recommendation of General Weygand, General Blanchard, commander of the armies in the north-east, has been awarded the Grand Cross the Legion of Honour, and General Prioux, whose wise handling of the retreat upon Dunkirk ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 244 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

THE BIRMINGHAM MAIL, DUNKIRK DEFENDERS MEN STILL EMBARKING FROM BEACHES

... THE BIRMINGHAM MAIL, DUNKIRK DEFENDERS MEN STILL EMBARKING FROM BEACHES FOUR-FIFTHS OF B.E.F. SAVED NAZIS ADMIT DESPERATE RESISTANCE ON ALL THE BEACHES IN THE DUNKIRK AREA, UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE AL LI ED NAVI ES AND Al R FORCES, THE WORK OF EMBARKING ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 504 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

GERMANS FOILED

... GERMANS FOILED RENEWED ATTACK ON DUNKIRK BUT THE EVACUATION GOES ON Paris, Monday The German land, sea and air forces have renewed their onslaught on the Allied fortress at Dunkirk, making completion of the troop evacuation “ increasingly difficult,” ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 186 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

REACH HOME

... REARGUARD ACTION IS CONTINUING WITH THE SAME BITTERNESS AROUND DUNKIRK.” The Allied warships are pounding the Nazi hordes with their big guns and the R.A.F. are showering them with high explosive. Dunkirk itself is holding out magnificently. The inundations extending ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 277 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

SOMME OPERATIONS

... but despite all the Nazi efforts ammunition and food needed for the defence of Dunkirk are being landed. The withdrawal of Allied units to the fortified positions of Dunkirk has continued in the most favourable conditions, he went on. Already large units ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 445 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

FIGHT TO COAST

... ALLIES’ STAND AT YSER CANAL Paris, Friday. Allied troops are continuing to Hold out solidly, not only in the fortified area of Dunkirk, almost completely surrounded by flood waters, but also to the west of the Yser Canal, the French military spokesman stated ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 337 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Somme in great strength to clasp it

... munitions. ran first to Amiens and afterwards to Abbeville and turned its way up the coast from Boulogne and Calais almost to Dunkirk. “Behind this armoured and mechanised onslaught came German divisions and lorries, and behind again came plodding the dull ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 322 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

FAMILY REUNIONS

... FAMILY REUNIONS During the week-end a number of Birmingham men back from Dunkirk have been reunited with their families, short leave having been granted to many of those who took part in the epic withdrawal. The majority look fit an 1 well, despite their ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 335 | Page: 4 | Tags: none