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FRANCE TOLD OF BETRAYAL

... Army, the British Expeditionary Force and some French divisions under the command of General Blanchard. and supplied via Dunkirk. The French and British defended the Port in the south and in the west and the Belgian army in the north. It is this Belgan ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 406 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

French and Britiah aeroplanes constantly bombed the enemy

... the Belgian King, the Allies were fighting with the same determination. Effect of Surrender German artillery blaated away Dunkirk and Calais, but those ports, with Zeebrugge, remained In Allied hands. The Immediate effect of King Leopold's surrender appeared ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 97 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

ONE PENNY ITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE INTACT AND TOGETHER

... ONE PENNY ITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE INTACT AND TOGETHER Ostend . Dunkirk KENTIe.6, =C4/d% `l • ) o Coy i BRUSSELS Aiqt;. ‘ GI U or.. LILLE A ' • Tournai NAINuR '`Mons Lens e a se l 2 es tra Mad Nulls s , • • • sae AVeteS Aibe ..me Air. k, .. AMIN ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 87 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Premier Of France Flays Leopold JN the broadcast yesterday morning in which he broke the news to France and Britain

... French Premier, was bitter and scathing. Without any warning to their Allies, the Belgians had opened the way for Germany to Dunkirk. M. Reynaud said: “I have to announce to the French people a grave event. France can no longer reckon on the help of the Belgian ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Newcastle Journal
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 649 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

B-E.G. STILL INTACT, WITHDRAW SOME MILES TOWARDS COAST

... B-E.G. STILL INTACT, WITHDRAW SOME MILES TOWARDS COAST Deadly Combats in Rearguard Action Dunkirk Still Held : Great Support R.A.F. and French A UTHORITATIVE circles in tondon state to-day that latest reports from the Western Front show that the B.E.F ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Hull Daily Mail
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 666 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

GERMAN EX

... broken down. 'The British Army. which is concentrated in the area of Dixmude, Armentieres. Bailleul. and Bergues, west of Dunkirk. is facing complete destruction by our concentric attacks. - In a swift push through Flanders German forces marched through ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 107 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

GERMANS CLAIM LILLE Enemy Resisting Desperately North of Ypres

... of Lille has broken down. The British Army which is concentrated in the area ot Digniude Armentiers. Bailleul an west of Dunkirk. is facing complete uestruction by our cencentric attacks. Lille was reached by German fLices coming from the c.ist and ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 111 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

LONDON letter LONDON, Tuesday Night. lyiTH feelings of mortification and alarm the nation heard to-day the ..

... 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 ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 682 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

NAZIS CLAIM OSTEND AND LILLE

... has broken down. “The British Army, which concentrated in the area of Oixmude. Armenticrcs. Ballleul and Bergues. west of Dunkirk, faring complete destruction our concentric attacks. In swift push through Flanders German forces inarched 'hrough Bruges ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 106 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

IMMORTAL MEMORY

... savara last of anary quality that counts among aoldlara. The courses open to the Northern Army are painfully few. So long Dunkirk can be held some, Ur. Duff Cooper Indicated last night, may be extricated by sea Now that aU responsibility to the Belgians ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Nottingham Journal
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 168 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

NEXT MOVE RESTS WITH WEYGAND

... essential supplies. The troops are in a perilous position, as presumably the Belgian defection leaves them with only the port of Dunkirk as either a source of provisionment or port of evacuation. That much can be done if the latter course should be decided upon ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 177 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

MASSED AIR FORCES AID B.E.F

... road to Dunkirk to the Germans, the Allied command has never lost its coolness for 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 ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 424 | Page: 3 | Tags: none