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... retreat to Dunkirk and the embarkation of 335,000 men, and the King is probably the first man outside the Allied Defence Ministries to have been given the full story. Admiral Abrial, the Frenchman who organised the defences outside Dunkirk, which held ...
... Lymml.—s93, Barlow Moor Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy. WYCHE.—WILLIAM JOHN DRAY, killed in action May, 1940, homeward bound from Dunkirk, aged 21. True was his heart, his friendship sound, loved and respected by *ll around: beautiful life came an early end. He ...
... was killed war service. , In our sorrow remember with pride That he died for England.” ECCLES.—HAROLD STANLEY, killed at Dunkirk May. 1940. aged 21 years, seaman gunner. Prom MOLLY and Mrs. NEWTON. 77, Hendham Vale, Queen’s Park, M/c. 1914-1918 CKIGHTON ...
... This might even be one reason for the new drive that began to-day without any interval on the day following the fall of Dunkirk.”— Press Association War Special. ...
... over 200 French merchant vessels of all kinds, ranging from converted liners to trawlers, have taken part in the defence of Dunkirk and the evacuation of the troops, it is revealed in Paris. Low clouds and the electric storms of early summer are making targets ...
... MANCHESTER THERE is much enthusiasm for the idea that a special medal should be struck and awarded to the heroes of the Dunkirk evacuation. cars. Paraffin as fuel needs special type of vapouriser. Precious Waste T?VEN the largest factories are now waging ...
... OFFICER GAVE WHILE defending an outpost covering a rearguard action near Dunkirk, Second-Lieutenant J. S. Bolt, a member of Manchester Rugby Union Football Club, was killed, it was learned to-day. Lieut. Bolt was the son of Mr. J. O. Bolt, of Stalybridge ...
... anti-aircraft batteries, went into action at 9 20 a.m., but no alarm was given. Dunkirk Men Counter-attack Allhough hard pressed day and night, the gallant band holding Dunkirk have actually counter-attacked to give their comrades a better chance to escape ...
... 28.—Belgian Army capitulated by King Leopold’s order. JUNE 4.—Prime Minister revealed 335,000 Allied troops rescued from Dunkirk. JUNE s.—Hitler launched great offensive Somme-Aisne line. JUNE 9.—German reconnaissance units reached outskirts of Rouen ...
... the world at large—than that spectacle of the imperturbable guardsman walking down one of the ruined main thoroughfares of Dunkirk, amid thunderous bombardment, with his rifle slung across his back and a rescued baby under each arm! The story goes that ...
... Already large units of General Prioux’s army, which has been fighting rearguard action back from Lille, have reached the Dunkirk fortified area and are taking part in its defence. An important section of General Prioux’s army has, however, not yet been ...
... their thousands- According to some estimates only a division of Allied troops now remain in Flanders. The entrenched camp of Dunkirk, reinforced by the arrival of considerable numbers of the Allied armies in Flanders, including small numbers of Belgians, ...