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... FIGHTING IN BLAZING TOWNS DUNKIRK STRONGLY HELD BY FRENCH i;iS. THURSDAY.—FIGHTING WITH INDOMITABLE RESOLU* HOW THE BRITISH AND FRENCH ARMIES IN THE NORTH aK K MAKING A DESPERATE BID TO DRIVE THEIR WAY llli(ji ...
... and Dunkirk, the defenders of this vital stretch of coast-line have for some days past been in a parlous position, but a least it could be said that their forces were intact. Now suddenly, and at the decision of one man, trie Belgian King. Dunkirk is left ...
... military objectives Bremen and Hamburg bombed and fuel depots set on fire. ' last night French units still held ©'it in Calais. Dunkirk has been heavily but the town is not chrectly threatened. B.E.F. Not Lost Their Cohesion wa ...
... broken down. I “The British Army, which is concen| tratcd in the area of Dixmudc. Armen' tiers, Bailleul and Bergues. west of Dunkirk, is facing complete destruction by our concentric attacks. LILLK REACHED. •* Lille was reached by German forces ! coming from ...
... the road to Dunkirk to the Germans, the Allied Command has never lost its coolness for a moment. The watchword immediately went out, The British and French go on fighting. The Belgian Army's task had been to defend the sector north of Dunkirk, while the ...
... I was bombed. 44 On our last night in Holland we were bombed. In Zeebrugge, Belgium, we slept through an air raid and in Dunkirk we were bombed again. Only when back in England did I have an undisturbed night. Ostend we watched German ’planes sweep down ...
... circumstances demanded if. impose such further restrictions ou puMic entertainment as may necessary. STILL FIGHTING AT CALAIS Off Dunkirk powerful Allied Fleet is taking p«.rr defence of area, landing supplies in work of evacuation. British and French ticr-ps ...
... surrendered to the Germans in accordance with King Leopold's decision. Although King Leopold's action opened the road to Dunkirk to the Germans, the Allied Command has never lost its coolness for a moment. The watchword immediately went out: The British ...
... * resistance in area broken down. British - concentrated in Ita eT Armentiercs, Bail^ 11 • cO ,v.J ~ is fad™ £•/» west of Dunkirk, L tC destruction our 11 Lille was reached by coming from east tured. German tro pS west took Armentiere • going onnearßailleul- ...
... ourselves to face the serious consequences of that defection. The capitulation of Belgium opens to the enemy the road to Dunkirk and Ostend, and hems French and British forces in a narrower semicircle from which they must have great difficulty in extricating ...
... Army and the British Army are now fighting alone against the enemy in the .North. M. Reynaud pointed out that the read to Dunkirk—through which the three Allied armies in the North received their supplies—had been opened to the German divisions. French ...
... choice only—to retire to the sea and there endeavour to maintain a perimeter of defence under the very noses of enemy bombers. Dunkirk is still held and massed R.A.F. and French 'planes are dropping barrages of bombs to afford protection to the troops. The ...