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ALLIES WILL FIGHT TO FINAL VICTORY

... have reached area at Dunkirk and are taking part in its erman attacks, presumably intended to sound on the line of the Somme, have been ' nch military spokesman said to-day that lacking ' le rt ifi e d positions at Dunkirk from l ' le err iiave been ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1001 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

BUSY MAN'S SUMMARY

... over ' the Dunkirk area, .the R.A.F. had destroyed 35 enemy aircraft, and probably further six. Eight of our fighters were missing—(Page 6). Seventy-eight Nazi bombers and fighters were destroyed or severely damaged by the R.A.F. over the Dunkirk beaches ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 385 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

BUSY MAN'S SUMMARY

... that from the information in London there is no reason to believe that Calais is still holding out—(Page 6.) The epic of Dunkirk continues. The success of the Allied withdrawal will surprise the world, states the Admiralty -(Page 6.) Forty-five people ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 405 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

MR. CHURCHILL’S SPEECH

... malignancy in our midst has been effectually .stamix*d out/’ ALL BRITISH LEAVE DUNKIRK? Neutral corn's pendents with German Army report that all the British have apparently left Dunkirk.—A.P. ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Express and Echo
County: Devon, England
Type: | Words: 203 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

homy solo, are to be admitted to achy' in the French Air Fore.. They will undergo pri trZ.ing before going

... in the French Air Fore.. They will undergo pri trZ.ing before going to the fionL DUNKIRK \TEO. PARIS. Thur.day. The inundations extending South-East and North-Wet of Dunkirk are now effective. Tbou.ande of tons of water, have been poured into the region ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Cornish Post and Mining News
County: Cornwall, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 669 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

BOMBED ON BEACH

... and the final evacuation by the Navy of the men of the B.E.F. from Dunkirk. He told an Echo reporter how the British forces are being taken out of blazing and bomb-blasted Dunkirk not in battalions, nor yet in companies, but man by man, under the ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 976 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

TO-DAY'S COMMUNIQUES

... Bailleul, and Bergues. west of Dunkirk, are facing annihilation. In North Flanders Bruges was taken. We have taken Ostend and Dixmude. East of Cassel we broke through a French fortified position and reached the Belgian border. Dunkirk is under fire from our heavy ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Cornishman
County: Cornwall, England
Type: Article | Words: 216 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

LOST MINESWEEPER IS SAFE

... LOST MINESWEEPER IS SAFE Of the 24 minor war vessels lost in the operations during the withdrawal from Dunkirk one is now safe. This was announced when early to-day the Admiralty made the following correction to last night's naval bulletin: The paddle ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 53 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

LOCAL MEN BACK FROM FLANDERS

... pals had not then reached Dunkirk. Terrible Hazards Terrible hazards while crossing the Channel were told by Pte. .Leslie Arnold, member of the 44 Citizen machine room staff, who is just back. After retreating 2b miles Dunkirk, he had to wade into the ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 489 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

NAZIS CLAIM 19 SHIPS SUNK

... warships and troop transports which were to bring home the remainder of the beaten 8.E.F., in the harbour and on the sea off Dunkirk and Ostend. All branches of the Services joined in the attack, which was directed against more than 60 ships. Three warships ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 234 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

B.E.F. EVACUATION IS PROCEEDING

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

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 1828 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

AUSTRALIAN PRIDE IN B.E.F

... Minister, has sent the following cable to Mr. Churchill: Every Australian has watched with pride the great feat of the Army at Dunkirk. Its amazing capacity to convert defeat into triumph inspires us, and the holding up of the German arms is of inestimable ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 58 | Page: 1 | Tags: none