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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

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

BERLIN ADMISSION BRITISH ARE RESISTING STUBBORNLY

... broken in a short time. : ; “The attack against the rest of the British Army in the loop between Furnes, Bergues, and west of Dunkirk is proceeding. The loop is only a few miles deep, is flat, and has been flooded. The enemy is resisting here stubbornly, the ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 213 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

COURAGE AND CALMNESS

... COURAGE AND CALMNESS UJ) to last night French units still held out in Calais. Dunkirk has been h_eawlly bombed, but the town is not directly threatened. Enemy back areas, troop concentrations, columns of infantry and tanks. and temporary earthworks were ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 136 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

THE R.AF. HAND OUT MORE PUNISHMENT

... Hurricanes and Defiants last night shot down 22 of a large force of German bombers and fighters in a tertific air battle over Dunkirk without loss to themselves. ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 123 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

FIGHTING GLORIOUSLY Allied HEROIC DEEDS OF SMALL BRITISH FORCE

... and avoid being encircled. Whatever may happen, one may say.that the falling back of the French and gritish troops towards Dunkirk has taken place under conditions much more satisfactory than might have been expected after the surrender of the Belgian Army ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1545 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

IN A CLASS APART THE DEFIANT’S REMARKABLE CAPABILITIES

... REMARKABLE CAPABILITIES (From Qur Air Correspondent) Twelve Boulton-Paul Defiant fighters shot down 37 German ‘planes over Dunkirk, thus staking the Defiant’s claim to the title “destroyer” above that of the much-vaunted Messerschmitt 110, despite the German ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 163 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

GERMANS CLAIM LILLE AND OSTEND

... statement that ¢p The following special announcement ! Belgiian defection opened téle door 1 issued by the German High Command | Dunkirk for the Germans 1s described as was broadcast ty the German radio this a *libellous alibi. ‘ afternoon: “ Continuing their ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 191 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

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Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 509 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

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Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 260 | Page: 4 | Tags: none