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30 May 1940 (5)

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Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England

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ALIANT BRITISH IN EPIC STRUGGLE Hope That Withdrawal May Be Completed WNIFICENT HELP OF NAVY AND AIR FORCE ..

... 25 bombers. lie port of Dunkirk, described as a fortified camp, is held by Allied warships and Air Forces. Apparently at Dunkirk are assembled transport fuels for the evacuation of troops. iceording to the Paris spokesman, Dunkirk forms the port of a sort ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 151 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Towards the Sea

... defection, on the order of King Leopold, left the Allied • left wing in the air and opened the road to Ypres, to Fumes, and to Dunkirk. Showing in these grave circumstances indomitable resolution —to quote the words of last night's communique— they are ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 219 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

French Communiques

... of Ostend received from its King the order to cease fire. thus opening to the enemy the road to Ypres. to Furnes. and to Dunkirk. Since then our troops, under the command of General Blanchard and General Prioux, in close collaboration with the British ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 358 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

FIGHTING

... loth' is an attempt to Allied armies there Possession of the V i t, hills, which .'een Cassel and th at of the region of of Dunkirk. both in the artehemleitiiieng Particularly of the Germans have the front the to have gained a of the Flanders Pocket the ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 468 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

THE BATTLE OF FLANDERS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1)

... Lord Gort, are bearing the brunt of the defence of these two fronts. German attacks south-westward from Bruges, aimed at Dunkirk, have encountered fierce resistance by the British on the Yser. It is to be noted in this respect that the British are defending ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 462 | Page: 8 | Tags: none