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NAZIS ADMIT

... on both sides of Dunkirk, which is meeting with stubborn resistance in very difficult terrain, is making good progress. Despite the bad weather, our Air Force made further successful attacks yesterday on troops embarking at Dunkirk and intervened in ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 236 | Page: 1 | 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

56 ENEMY

... 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 ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 338 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

RAF. ATTACKS GO ON FROM DAWN TO DUSK

... RAF. ATTACKS GO ON FROM DAWN TO DUSK “At dawn this morning our fighter patrols over Dunkirk shot down 10 enemy fighters with the loss of one of our aircraft. Naval aircraft later B.E.F. Men Still Pouring Back To England O OUR by hour, members of the B ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1052 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

STATION SCENES IN BIRMINGHAM

... STATION SCENES IN BIRMINGHAM MIDLAND TROOPS’ EXPERIENCES The evacuation of the B.E.F. and French troops from Dunkirk continued throughout the night and to-day. The disembarkation of war-weary but still wonderfully cheerful fighting men is being carried ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 159 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

IN PARIS

... B.E.F. both sides of Dunkirk, which is meeting with stubborn resistance in very good terrain, is making good progress. Despite the bad .weather our air force made further successful attacks yesterday troops disembarking at Dunkirk and intervened in the ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 518 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

R.A.F. ATTACKS GO ON FROM DAWN TO DUSK

... destroyed or seriously damaged. Sixteen of our fighters are reported missing. “At dawn this morning our fighter patrols over Dunkirk shot down 10 enemy fighters with the loss of one of our aircraft. Naval aircraft later B.E.F. Men Still Pouring Back To England ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Sports Argus
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1093 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

arrival from Flanders. HEROIC RETREAT

... SHINING THING” AMERICAN TRIBUTE TO FLANDERS ACHIEVEMENT New York, Saturday. “So long as the English tongue survives the word Dunkirk will be spoken with reverence.” A leading article in the “ New York Times,” paying this tribute to-day, adds: “ The rags and ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 208 | Page: 6 | 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