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In the Dunkirk Area

... the Dunkirk Area The Trench military spokesman announced to-day that in the Dunkirk area the embarkation troops was still being actively carried out at normal speed despite new difficulties. During the past twenty-four hours the enemy has brought up heavy ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 287 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

In Dunkirk Harbour

... In Dunkirk Harbour The initiative and enterprise by which hundreds of thousands of men were taken from the open beaches near Dunkirk in every conceivable kind of small craft has appealed to public imagination. That astonishing side of the great evacuation ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 220 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Souvenirs of Dunkirk

... Souvenirs of Dunkirk Souvenirs of the withdrawal from Dunkirk take many forms, and perhaps the best exist only in the minds of those who saw incidents, sublime or humorous, that will remain as memories throughout life. Of the more tangible souvenirs, ...

Published: Monday 10 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 245 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

AWARDS FOR GALLANTRY AT DUNKIRK

... AWARDS FOR GALLANTRY AT DUNKIRK The King, during a visit yesterday to a British division, which had been evacuated from Dunkirk, decorated four officers who have been given awards for gallantry in France and Belgium. His Majesty made a sixtymile tour ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 605 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

SAND DUNES NEAR DUNKIRK

... SAND DUNES NEAR DUNKIRK sand dunes near Dunkirk during last week’s evacuation. [Photo: Associated Press R.A.F. AWARDS FOR i * A photograph of two British soldiers holding an observation post on the ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 32 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

FIERCE FIGHTING ROUND DUNKIRK

... FIERCE FIGHTING ROUND DUNKIRK Paris, June 3 To-night’s French official communique states: The enemy continued to attack with ferocity our positions around Dunkirk, wthere they encountered vigorous resistance and unceasing counter-attacks by our troops ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 384 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Feeding Men from Dunkirk

... Feeding Men from Dunkirk In the biscuit factory the large portion used for chocolate biscuits was deserted, though a smell of chocolate hung about. the hot weather it grows too liquid in the afternoon; so workers begin and finish earlier. But there was ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 399 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

200 CASUALTIES RIUMPH OF DUNKIRK OPERATIONS

... 200 CASUALTIES R IUMPH OF DUNKIRK OPERATIONS ; S MESSAGE TO THE PRIME MINISTER aftp ar s region were subjected to attack, yesterday ° » by “a considerable bombing expedition strongly or^e d by fighters.’' It is officially announced that more than j bombs ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 693 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

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

Admiral’s Signal Answered

... red flares. Near Dunkirk, the oil tanks were still blazing furiously. In the middle of the swept channel, we bumped some wreckage and fouled one of our propellers. We crept ahead on one engine until we reached the entrance to Dunkirk harbour. There we ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 543 | Page: 3 | 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