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GERMAN COMMUNIQUE

... to the north-w'est of it are in German hands. Adinkerke, west of Fumes, and Ghyvelde, ten kilometres (six miles) east of Dunkirk, have been taken. The number of prisoners and the amount of booty also considerably increased yesterday. Two hundred guns ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 624 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

SCOTTISH SONGS

... the aha get bask Dunkirk. I rang War Though it is not an authorised store, they have taken word for it that it is necessary. GOOD SHOW NOFK The use of light anti-aircraft mobile warfare something new. But have the lesson of Dunkirk passed on to us and ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 318 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

SENT TO ASSIZES

... men, who were represented by Mr. J. H. Neville, were allowed bail. DOCTOR’S DUNKIRK “TRIP” manned stranded barge AND GOT ACROSS Exciting expriences in getting away from Dunkirk in sailing vessel are related by Major G. D. Thompson, R.A.M.C., son of Mrs ...

Published: Wednesday 19 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 471 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

New Naval Credits

... Expeditionary Force was thus able to reach Dunkirk intact so that it could be saved by the Navy from the disaster that appeared to be inevitable. Very properly Mr. Churchill warned the country against giving the Dunkirk deliverance the attributes of victory ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 838 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

NAZI COMMUNIQUE

... resistance at a few points. 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, is flat, and has been flooded. The enemy is resisting here stubbornly, the ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 267 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

THIS NEWS IN FRENCH

... needed Dictionaries (French-English) and books in French are needed for wounded French soldiers and sailors evacuated from Dunkirk, some of whom are in the Merseyside area. The books should be addressed to Miss Fills, St. Georee Building, Lime Street. Liverpool ...

Published: Saturday 29 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 63 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

GENERALS DECORATED

... North-East, has been awarded the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour and General Prioux, whose wise handling of the retreat upon Dunkirk has resulted in the saving the greater part of the Allied Arniioshas been made a Grand Officer Legion of Honour.—P.A. Spe ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 59 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

(Napotoan: “ Rtmamkar, th« on* kattl* they ntvtr Mm to the Uwt.”l

... to-day as Mussolini, his troops mobilised and primed for the fateful moment, still allowed his Press to roll the war drums. Dunkirk Generals Honoured PARIS, M(rutty. Upon the nttmm StiMrtl WeysanS, tlw in-Clitof a( Iha Alltod Armto*, Ganartl Blanchard. Cwnmandcr ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 181 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

NEW YORK. Saturday

... Reuter. MINISTER THANKS SEAMEN IN DUNKIRK EPIC RONALD CROSS, Minister of Shipping, has sent the following letter the masters of 91 ships of the Merchant Navy which look part in the evacuation Allied troops from Dunkirk : write on behalf of the Government ...

Published: Saturday 22 June 1940
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 391 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

SOUTHAMPTOI LOSSES SLIGHT FOR MOST DIFFICULT OPERATIONS SIX DESTROYERS AND 23 SMALLER SHIPS

... carried out from Dunkirk and from beaches in the vicinity. The whole operation was screened by 'naval forces against any attempt by the •enemy at interference by sea. In addition to almost incessant bombing and machine-gun attacks on Dunkirk. the • beaches ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Journal of Commerce
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 581 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

FIRST-CLASS GEAR

... for one two things extra as the result of the experience of two of officers and about eight of the men who got back from Dunkirk. I rang up the War Office for one very important item. Though it is not an authorised store they nave taken my word for it ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Evening Express
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 427 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

AIRMAN TOWED TO SAFETY

... AIRMAN TOWED TO SAFETY 25-year-old airman who was on patrol during the Dunkirk evacuation, had a remarkable escape when, although wounded, he dropped 8,000 feet by parachute before being towed to safety by a minesweeper. r>. . M He is Flying Officer Robert ...

Published: Friday 07 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Evening Express
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 212 | Page: 1 | Tags: none