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... IRONED, TOO It was revealed In London jfiterday that crew a Brltiih thip ironed tha clothes of nurses whom they evacuated from the Flanders coast The ship had made its third trip scross the North Sea when it picked up a party of hospital nurses who were ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Nottingham Journal
County: Nottinghamshire, England
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FRENCH ESTIMATE

... FRENCH ESTIMATE 100,000' Evacuated PARIS, Saturday. More than 100.000 men have been evacuated from Flanders, according to M I de Kerilli in the Epoque to-day. He adds that, to the - se: a third: or, perhaps, even a half of the British and French troops ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
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WANT “ANOTHER PACKET” AT NAZIS

... in Preston, has received intimation that his only son. Lieut. K C Burrow, medical officer with one the regiments evacuated from Flanders. is safe this country. Lieut. Burrow is scholar of Balliol. Oxford, and gained his blue ' for rugger in 1932. He ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
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THE GALLANT REARGUARD

... should saved. _ « they make their desperate attempt escape they can be assured that every possible gun the ships covering the evacuation, and possible -plsne that can be spared will be hammering the Germans bring about this final and complete triumph. Steamers ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 490 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

The Withdrawal Goes On

... perspective. Mr. Churchill once wrote of the skilful evacuation of the Dardanelles, This consummation was acclaimed by the shallow and the uninstructed as if it had been a victory. The retreat from Flanders has been a superb, heroic piece of work, and the ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 333 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

ALLIES FIGHT WITH CLOSE UNITY

... was no sign of the third. Steadiness Unequalled It was emphasised in London to-day that the withdrawal of the forces from Flanders a combined Allied operation, during which the British and French are working in the closest unity with a steadiness never ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Newcastle Evening Chronicle
County: Northumberland, England
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HITLER LOSES 500,001 HIS PLANS FOILED

... “the largest attacking force in history,” British and French troops are still maintaining their epic rearguard action in Flanders. Central Lord Cort, Commander-In-Chief of the 8.E.F., has foiled the plane of the German hordes who hoped to annihilate his ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Lincolnshire Echo
County: Lincolnshire, England
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GERMAN LOSSES HALF MILLION

... REDOUBLED. Icanwhile the German army, foiled it- attack on Dunkirk by rising flood which Allied engineers have resc,l over the Flanders plain, has relihxd its efforts to cut off the French aruard which is lighting its way to force—part of General Prioux's --has ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 496 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

FRENCH SUCCESS Abbeville Region Retaken ; Mopping Up Enemy DUNKIRK EVACUATION Great Part of Allied Forces Now Safe

... FRENCH SUCCESS Abbeville Region Retaken ; Mopping Up Enemy DUNKIRK EVACUATION Great Part of Allied Forces Now Safe [ FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT ] Paris , Friday—It is officially ar in a 48-hour operation , recaptured the the mouth ' of the Somme . ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 834 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

GERMAN EXPLANATION

... GERMAN EXPLANATION OF B.E.F. ESCAPE EVACUATION FACILITATED BY DENSE FOG COVER FOR “HEADLONG FLIGHT Berlin, May 31 Weather conditions over the Channel are hampering the operations of German aircraft against the evacuation of the 8.E.F., according to the official ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
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FOG HAMPERS GERMAN

... FOG HAMPERS GERMAN AIRMEN British Evacuation Helped BERLIN, Friday.—Weather condltions over the Channel are hampering the operations of German aircraft against the evacuation of the 8.E.F., according to the official German News Agency to-day, in its dally ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 264 | Page: 5 | Tags: none