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DUNKIRK

... important section of General Prioux’s army has net yet been able to reach tha Dunkirk area, and it la admitted that the position of these men Is becoming more and more difficult. Dunkirk from the cea. have been carrying out extensive bombardments from the air ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 556 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

BATTLE FOR DUNKIRK

... BATTLE FOR DUNKIRK ♦ ALLIES HOLD 200 SQUARE MILES Paris, Friday. The Reichswehr attempted to besiege Dunkirk to-night as B.E.F. and French outposts fought the invaders to keep open a path for the retreating army of General Prioux. The French rearguard ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 410 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

t OF DUNKIRK

... OF DUNKIRK French military spokesman declared to-day that the anal of Allied units to the fortified positions of Dunkirk king place in more favourable conditions. lilay's , ,nwial French communique says:- sea and in the air, the French and British Cam ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 279 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK FIGHTING

... DUNKIRK FIGHTING HOW ALL IKS ARK HOLDING OUT NAZI ATTACKS BY SKA AND AIR ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 14 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

FRENCH REACH DUNKIRK

... FRENCH REACH DUNKIRK GENERAL LORD GORT, Commander-in-Chief of the British forces, has never for a single moment thought of anything but his troops and how to save them from destruction. His personal courage and confidence through these critical weeks ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 330 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK POSITION “IMPROVED”

... DUNKIRK POSITION “IMPROVED” French Repulse Counter- Attack On Somme THE withdrawal of Allied units to the fortified positions of Dunkirk has continued in the most favourable conditions, said the French military spokesman today. Already large units of ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Evening Express
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 1005 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK, THIS SHINING THING

... DUNKIRK, THIS SHINING THING New York. Saturday.— So l.ng as the English tongue survives the word Dunkirk will be spoken with reverence. A leading article in the New York Times, paying this tribute fto-day adds: The rags and blemishes which have ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 105 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Dunkirk Position Improved

... Dunkirk Position Improved Elaborating his survey of the operations, the French military spokesman said that the situation at Dunkirk had considerably improved yesterday and during the night. Not only had the general organisation and the defences been ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Evening Express
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 235 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

CLOSING S DUNKIRK

... CLOSING DUNKIRK Embarking Last Expeditio “SHOWING M DISCIP] all the beaches in the Dui tion of the Allied Navies re-embarking the last heroic de evacuation of the northern an steadily forward, in spite of in bombardment by German long task increasingly ...

BOMBS RAINED ON DUNKIRK HARBOUR

... BOMBS RAINED ON DUNKIRK HARBOUR of the crev> of British transport sent to help in the evacuation of BJU*. troops from a French port told reporter in London how work was carried out amid a blizzard of bombs and machine-sun bullets. tim Omnia attaakM .la ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Nottingham Journal
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 1018 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK ... THIS SHINING THING QO long as the English tongue survives the word Dunkirk wi!l be spoken with ..

... DUNKIRK THIS SHINING THING QO long as the English tongue survives the word Dunkirk wi!l be spoken with reverence. A leading article in the New York Times paying this tribute today adds, The rags and blemishes which have hidden the soul of democracy ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 100 | Page: 1 | Tags: none