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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

75 NAZI PLANES DOWN AT DUNKIRK

... 75 NAZI PLANES DOWN AT DUNKIRK Aerial attacks on Dunkirk yesterday cost the enemy dear. Official figures not available, but Paris estimate of the number of Nara planes brought down is 75. 37 FALL TO ONE SQUADRON A single squadron of 12 British Defiant ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 189 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK ATTACK GERMANS CLAIM SINKING OF . ALLIED SHIPS

... DUNKIRK ATTACK GERMANS CLAIM SINKING OF . ALLIED SHIPS Sweeping claims to have inflicted damage at Dunkirk on Allied naval units were made in a special communique issued by the German High Command to-day The communique stated: | “Yesterday evening and ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 202 | Page: 5 | 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

R.A.F.’s Great Work On Allies9 Flanders Flanks FRENCH ARMY ESCAPES TRAP DUNKIRK FLOODED AREA TO BAULK NAZIS

... FRENCH ARMY ESCAPES TRAP DUNKIRK FLOODED AREA TO BAULK NAZIS vanguard of General Prioux’s army, consisting of two divisions, has blasted its way out of the German trap in Flanders by means of a furious tank battle and has reached Dunkirk, a French military ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 282 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

ALLIED TROOPS FALLING BACK ON COAST Furious Rearguard Actions CEASELESS . ENEMY ATTACKS French Navy Defend Dunkirk

... ALLIED TROOPS FALLING BACK ON COAST Furious Rearguard Actions CEASELESS . ENEMY ATTACKS French Navy Defend Dunkirk While the French Navy firmly Dunkirk open for them , the British 1 Allies , were last night backing step towards the coast . Chosen units were ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 787 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

GERMANS LOSE 22 'PLANES IN ONE FIGHT 6 . R . A . F . Rout Enemy in Terrific Battle Over Dunkirk NO BRITISH ..

... 'PLANES IN ONE FIGHT 6 . R . A . F . Rout Enemy in Terrific Battle Over Dunkirk NO BRITISH CASUALTIES GERMAN TERROR TACTICS In a terrific air battle over the French coast near Dunkirk last night , a formation of Hurricanes and Defiants shot down 22 of ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 994 | Page: 5 | 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

R.A.F. Destroy 22 Nazi Planes

... R.A.F. Destroy 22 Nazi Planes IN ONE FIGHT Big Battle Near Dunkirk In a terrific air battle over the French coast near Dunkirk last night a formation of Hurricanes and Defiants shot down 22 of a large force of German bombers and fighters. Not one the ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 180 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

MANY SHIPS, FEW LOST

... sea Falling back from the Lille region and fighting fiercely, the French force is slowly retiring in the direction of Dunkirk. Dunkirk itself is holding out magnificently. The inundations extending south-west and north-east of the entrenched camp are now ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 223 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

comrades were in a French ship which struck a magnetic mine and sank, and he, after swimming for some time,

... magnetic mine and sank, and he, after swimming for some time, was the only one to be rescued, The beaches and sand dunes around Dunkirk have been alive with troops for the past three days waiting to be evacuated and being evacuated. At more and more frequent ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 113 | Page: 5 | Tags: none