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FRENCH MARINES IN DUNKIRK

... was being carried out at the price i su pplies for the fortified camp of Dunkirk and » action anc * over^ea d land and naval planes are per- V otle air ? * nes and e a^one a Dunkirk yesterday, a formation of e withcj an^s down twenty-two enemy machines ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 737 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

ALLIES DEFIANT AT DUNKIRK

... ALLIES DEFIANT AT DUNKIRK Paris, Tuesday. GERMAN attacks are continuing, but in vain, against the fortified area of Dunkirk, said the French military spokesman to-day. In spite of artillery and air bombardment, embarkation of the troops is still going ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 573 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

R.A.F. Bring Down 22 Nazis Without Loss in Fight Off Dunkirk

... R.A.F. Bring Down 22 Nazis Without Loss in Fight Off Dunkirk IN a terrific air battle over the French coast near Dunkirk last night a formation of Hurricanes and Defiants shot down twenty-two of a large force of German bombers and fighters. All the R ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 447 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Bitter Fighting Continues The operations around the fortified area of Dunkirk are continuing with the same ..

... Bitter Fighting Continues The operations around the fortified area of Dunkirk are continuing with the same bitterness, according to to-day's French communique. On the Somme and on the Aisne. continues the communique. some local infantry actions by ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Advertisement | Words: 61 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

GIVE THEM A DUNKIRK MEDAL From a Correspondent THE men of the merchant service and the fishing fleets—all who ..

... GIVE THEM A DUNKIRK MEDAL From a Correspondent THE men of the merchant service and the fishing fleets—all who volunteered to go across the Channel to help the evacuation of the B.E.F.— should be awarded distinctive Dunkirk medal. They deserve it. They ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 182 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

BRITISH HEROES AT CALAIS

... region and fighting fiercely, the Prioux Army is, however, slowly retiring in the direction of the entreffched camp of Dunkirk. Dunkirk itself is holding out magnificently, since the inundations extending south-west and north-east of the entrenched camn ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 585 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

FIGHTING OF INTENSE FEROCITY

... FIGHTING OF INTENSE FEROCITY Dunkirk Epic epic of Dunkirk still goes on. A declared the French military spokesman last night. The Allied sea and air forces, in close co-operation, are still effectively defending their entrenched positions. The Allied ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 313 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

WAVES OF BOMBERS

... BURIED AT DUNKIRK As the lines of tired men disembarked at one port to-day tile sound of heavy gunfire could be heard from time to time, often shaking the ground. It is believed that ships of the Allied navies were shelling areas at the back of Dunkirk. Although ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 204 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

R.A.F. WRECK NAZI CONVOYS

... positions. In support of the Allied Armies near Dunkirk. the statement said. medium bombers the R.A.F. made a series of attacks on enemy gun emplacements, roads, railways, and troop concentrations in the Dunkirk area throughout yesterday. These operations ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 476 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

The Indomitable Spirit

... it. What is (he situation at Dunkirk now? Outside the town a British Division, which ; ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 747 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

The first picture showing how the B.E.F. are being evacuated from the coast of Flanders.—The small boats which ..

... evacuated from the coast of Flanders.—The small boats which brought the men from the shores and sandy beaches in and around Dunkirk to the safety of British warships and transports. (Picture by British Pictorial Productions, Universal News). ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 46 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

TROOPS SAFE DEFENCE LINE HOLDS FIRM

... TROOPS SAFE DEFENCE LINE HOLDS FIRM THE number of troops evacuated from Dunkirk is described as very large, but it is not permitted to give exact figures. Allied troops are now holding a line a certain distance from the coast, which is becoming appropriately ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 49 | Page: 1 | Tags: none