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HAWICK WOMAN'S ESCAPE FROM GHENT

... some bomb killed fifteen people, including two women and a child. From Ostend, Mrs Ser'ippons made journey+ to Dunkirk and Calais, again to Dunkirk, in an abet to bit-omeg* to this and finally wand a ipisee,ca She was one of the fortunate few to be taken ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Hawick Express
County: Roxburghshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 244 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

FRENCH ARMY HACKING ITS WAY OUT

... ARMY HACKING ITS WAY OUT Paris, Friday. Allied troops are continuing to hold out solidly not only in the fortified area of Dunkirk, almost completely surrounded by flood waters, but also to the west of the Yser Canal, the French military spokesman stated ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Evening Telegraph
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 96 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Palin i^-'tycanh

... the french official OIii'MUNIQUE. WAS BEING CARRIED f AT the price of very hard I TINC.” landing supplies for the fortified Dunkirk and the troops who hold overhead land and naval ’planes * petually in action. BATTLE alone last night a *IaI? T, ON of hurricanes ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 136 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

B.E.F.'s EPIC FIGHT TO REACH COAST

... only 25 miles wide at its widest point. German troops advancing in northern r landers towards Dunkirk are stated to have reached the River Yser. Dunkirk is now within the range of the German heavy artillery and its harbour has been destroyed. ' ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1008 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

MOVE ON SOMME

... 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 ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 192 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

FLEET RAINS SHELLS ON NAZIS

... coast. Allied units an- holding the fortified area of Dunkirk and they were also still in possession of a part of Calais earlier yesterday evening. Military circles in Paris last night stated that Dunkirk has been transformed into an entrenched camp. ‘OUR ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 212 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

HOME FOR LEAVE AND WEDDING Angus Captain Tells of Ten-Hour Air Attack Captain David Chapel, second son of ..

... is home for a short leave. Captain L'haptl, who is in the Royal Artillery, left Dunkirk the week-end and arrived home yesterday morning. Seven hundred men, said, left Dunkirk at the same time. They were due to sail eight o'clock in the morning, but the ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: FamilyNotice | Words: 184 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

40 GER _ MAA T DIVISIONS » Thrown Into Battle ALLIES' SLOW RETIREMENT

... the French Medical Corps on the way in which Allied iroops are being taken off ai Dunkirk . The officer , himself a member of the Northern Army who ivas embarked at , Dunkirk and landed at another French ' port , expressed the utmost admiration at the efficiency ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 275 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

CAPTAIN D. CHAPEL'S EXPERIENCE

... Captain Chapel. who is in the Royal Artillery, and well known in Montrose, lett Dunkirk at the week-end and arrived home on Wednesday morning. Seven hundred men, he said, left Dunkirk at the same time. They were due to sail at eight o'clock in the morning, but ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Montrose Review
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 194 | Page: 7 | 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

BOMBED AND GUNNED FOR HOURS

... jour fears. As he was nearing Dunkirk with three vans loaded with supplies Mr Brown and his co-workers had to abandon them. Bombers had spotted them, and they dashed for shelter. The canteens were destroyed. arrived in Dunkirk with only his uniform. Mr Brown ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 357 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

GERMANS SAY PLANES SANK 19 SHIPS

... warships and troop transports which were to bring home the remainder of the beaten 8.E.F., in the harbour and on the sea off Dunkirk and Ostend. All branches of the services joined in the attack which was directed against mora than 60 ships Thrae warships ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Evening Telegraph
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 201 | Page: 1 | Tags: none