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REOCCUPIED

... REOCCUPIED THE DEFENCE OF DUNKIRK Paris, May 31 To-night’s French war communique states: In the North our troops have continued their march towards Dunkirk, where some of them were able to embark under the protection of the Navy and Air Force, despite ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 352 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

IMMINENT

... have foiled 11 efforts to capture Dunkirk; and enemy forces are now t0 concentrating on cutting off the French rearguard been covering the withdrawal to the coast. Part of this la has fought its way through to Dunkirk, but the t is still in great danger ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 275 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Material

... Material ON BEACHES A DUNKIRK -!? protection of the fortified Dunkirk, the anti-aircraft k* l combined British and * lie erlir, wor k Uio r Force and the Armee de evaeua tion of British, French Sitg Q nops from Dunkirk is and more rapidly Possible a feAv ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 528 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

” Freed for Fresh Tasks ”

... been broken in a short time. The attack against the rest of the British Army in the loop between Fumes, Bergues and west of Dunkirk is proceeding. The loop is only a few miles deep, flat and has been flooded. The enemy is resisting here stubbornly, the aim ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 297 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

DESTROYED

... FIGHTING OVER DUNKIRK At a forward R.A.F. fighter aerodrom* near the coast a correspondent yesterdav saw the Boulton Paul Defiant squadron which shot down nearly forty enemy planes without loss to themselves on Wednesday take off on patrol over Dunkirk. They ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 942 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

GERMAN EXPLANATION

... states. Dense fog over the Channel is giving cover to the British in their headlong flight. The last resistance offered around Dunkirk is restricted to a narrow area of a depth of about six miles. Special artillery units of the German Navy have been used in ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 373 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

OF BIG CONTINGENTS

... stories of undaunted resistance to the enemy in face of heavy odds were told by the kome-coming soldiers. Troops embarked at Dunkirk early yesterday said they were subjected to heavy shell-fire from long-range German guns. ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 192 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

Men’s Undaunted Spirit

... for another duffing,” said one young soldier, who only a few months ago had been a clerk in a London office. got away from Dunkirk,” said one of the men. through a terrific hail of bombs and shells. All the time bombs were falling around us and bombers ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 237 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

French Rearguard Hacking Through

... Rearguard Hacking Through The army of General Prioux, which was hemmed in near Lille, continues to make progress towards the Dunkirk region. Already a considerable part of this army has hacked its way safely across the line of the Flemish Hills, which the ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 655 | Page: 7 | Tags: none