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HOUSANDS OF B.E.F. HOME AS REARGUARD FIGHTS ON Three Destroyers Lost in Withdrawal FRENCH DIVISIONS REACH DUNKIRK

... HOUSANDS OF B.E.F. HOME AS REARGUARD FIGHTS ON Three Destroyers Lost in Withdrawal FRENCH DIVISIONS REACH DUNKIRK pART of the B.E.F. has been safely evacuated. Many have already reached this country. Yesterday they were arriving by thousands. Three British ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 597 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

HANLEY ACUATION OF DUNKIRK BELIEVED TO BE APPROACHING COMPLETION ES SMALL, SAY B.E.F. MEN RTHER INTENSIVE ..

... HANLEY ACUATION OF DUNKIRK BELIEVED TO BE APPROACHING COMPLETION ES SMALL, SAY B.E.F. MEN RTHER INTENSIVE GERMAN AIR ATTACKS rHORITATIVE MILITARY CIRCLES IN PARIS THAT EMBARKATION OF THE ALLIED FROM THE DUNKIRK BEACHES HAS BEEN ITED, DESPITE A RENEWAL ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 917 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

THE BATTLE OF DUNKIRK Four-Fifths Of B.E.F: Saved TRIBUTE PY MINISTER FOR WAR IN broadcast talk Sunday night, ..

... THE BATTLE OF DUNKIRK Four-Fifths Of B.E.F: Saved TRIBUTE PY MINISTER FOR WAR IN broadcast talk Sunday night, Mr. Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for War, announced that more than four-fifths of the British Expeditionary Force which the Germans claimed ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Rugby Advertiser
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 208 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

HAVRE BOMBED: HOUSES

... BOMBED: HOUSES HIT. VICTIMS ENTOMBED GERMANS CLAIM TO BE IN DUNKIRK CTREET fighting is now taking place in Dunkirk according to the German High Command communique to-day. The Battle of Dunkirk is nearing its end,” said the communique. Our troops penetrated ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 87 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

REOCCUPIED

... REOCCUPIED THE DEFENCE OF DUNKIRK Paris, May 31 To-night’s French war communique states: In the North our troops have continued their march towards Dunkirk, where some of them were able to embark under the protection of the Navy and Air Force, despite ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 352 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Only Slight Losses

... not yet been able to reach the Dunkirk area, and it is admitted that the position of these men is becoming more and more difficult. The Germans, who have not sufficient means to attack the fortified positions round Dunkirk from the sea, have been carrying ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 159 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Improved Position

... Improved Position Elaborating his survey of the operations, the French military spokesman said that the situation at Dunkirk had considerably improved yesterday and during the night. Not only had the general organisation and the defences been improved ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 162 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

ALIANT BRITISH IN EPIC STRUGGLE Hope That Withdrawal May Be Completed WNIFICENT HELP OF NAVY AND AIR FORCE ..

... 25 bombers. lie port of Dunkirk, described as a fortified camp, is held by Allied warships and Air Forces. Apparently at Dunkirk are assembled transport fuels for the evacuation of troops. iceording to the Paris spokesman, Dunkirk forms the port of a sort ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 151 | Page: 1 | 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

THEY HAVE EARNED IT

... In the Argonne some fairly violent artillery activity by the Germans was followed by patrols, but these too were repulsed. Dunkirk “Like a Fortress” The spokesman said that there was no deterioration of the situation of the French and British armies in ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 603 | Page: 1 | Tags: none