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yesterday or last night

... yesterday or last night The fortified area of Dunkirk. around which all the withdrawal operations we,re taking place, was continuing to resist solidly. It is now a kind of fortress, completely surrounded by water stretching for several kilometres like ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 63 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

We Shall Go Back

... We Shall Go Back 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 frequei:t intervals German aircraft appear over them and drop bombs and fire ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 258 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Inundation Impeding the Germans

... Inundation Impeding the Germans 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: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 358 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Skill and Daring of Evacuation OFFICIAL WAR REPORTS First official news of the evacuation of troops of the ..

... number of the enemy and was of invaluable assistance to the main body of the British Expeditionary Force in its withdrawal on Dunkirk. This action will count among the most heroic deeds in the annals of the British Army. Women ticket clerks for the London ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 525 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

domitable Spirit of the Homecoming B.E.F. Y AND HUNGRY, STILL SMILING ,NDED IN EVERY KIND OF BOAT

... tremendous toll of German planes. . Another survivor commented: I never expected to get back to England alive. (Aerial attacks on Dunkirk have cost the Germans dear. The heavy toll taken by Allied aircraft and antiaircraft guns yesterday is estimated at 75 planes ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 1184 | Page: 5 | Tags: none