... the Lille region, and fighting fiercely, the Prioux army is slowly retiring in the direction of the entrenched camp of Dunkirk. Dunkirk itself is holding out magnificently. The inundations extending southwest and north-east of the entrenched camp are now ...

... Flood Defences Commenting on the flooding of regions around Dunkirk, French, military circles to-night suggest that several days must elapse before such action becomes effective. The water, it is explained, must have time to soak into the soil before ...

... Record “ Bag ” of Enemy Planes Hundreds of German planes are reported to have taken part in the aerial attacks on Dunkirk to-day, but the combined “bag” the Allied forces and anti-aircraft defences is described in military circles here as “record.” The ...

... had been vitally hit, ” baled out ” over .Belgium Otherwise, every British machine, pilot and gunner returned safelv. Over Dunkirk, the Defiants sighted seven Messerschmitt 109’s. They immediate) v attacked, and one of the Messerschmitts was shot down. ...

... this communique stated that some of the transports sunk were of more than 15,000 tons. It also claimed that the sluices in Dunkirk harbour had been destroyed and the harbour basin destroyed. ...

... surrender, this force detained a t of the enemy and so gave invaluable assistance niain body of the B.E.F. in its withdrawal on Dunkirk. Oerman News Agency announces that General Prioux, the First French Army, together with many other reil ch officers, has been ...