... have reached the fortified area at Dunkirk and are taking part in its defence. German attacks, presumably intended to “sound” French defences V'e line of the Somme, have been renr' FRENCH REARGUARD REACHING DUNKIRK The withdrawal of Allied units to the ...

... able to reach the Dunkirk area, and it is admitted thal« the position of these men is becoming more and more difficult. DUNKIRK SITUATION IMPROVED The Germans, who have not sufficient means to attack the fortified positions round Dunkirk from the land, have ...

... destroyed or seriously damaged. Sixteen of our fighters are reported missing. At dawn this morning our fighter patrols over Dunkirk shot down ten enemy fighters with the loss of one of our aircraft. Naval aircraft later bombed and sank an enemy torpedo boat ...