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Lam bc,r yr pliningroph. A HE VTON FETE.—Fishing, with bottles serving the purpose of fish—one Of the attracthe ..

... the purpose of fish—one Of the attracthe side-shows at the St. Barnabas' Church fete at ffeston. Bradford, on Saturday. DUNKIRK LADS GIVE LEAD IN CHEERFULNESS. THE biggest event of the year at Heaton Parish Church, Bradford, the St. Barnabas' Tide Fete ...

Published: Monday 17 June 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 303 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

MANY CLAIMS

... apparently corresponds to the strength of several divisions. that Use British transport fleet off Dunkirk has been scattered or destroyed. ' The fall of Dunkirk is to he expilip loos : Press I siaila4 War ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 198 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

assltrauces Pleasure Boat Fought To The End

... evacuation froni Dunkirk, were rescued, it was learned yesterday, but it is not known how many of the Algerian and French soldiers aboard reached safety. The Brighton Queen had been called' , from minesweeping duty and arrived off Dunkirk at dawn. With the ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 102 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Allies Hit Back

... ferocity our positions around Dunkirk, ahere they encountered vigorous restse and unceasing counter-attacks our troops. The French Navy. like the British Navy, is co-operating under enemy fire in the defence of Dunkirk, and successfully proceeded with ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 92 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

WOUNDED MAWS ESCAPE

... some other B.E.F. men, and said. lails. if we walk the seven miles to Dunkirk, we can get a boat. Can we do It? Another of the fellows said he was wounded in both hands at Dunkirk during a heavy aerial bombardment. lie ran on board a transport and did ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 99 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Scenes Of The Great THEY NEVER GAVE WAY

... Scenes Of The Great THEY NEVER GAVE WAY. kt S iesterday a British infantry brigade nit., embarked from the beach north of Dunkirk. It had been in the midst of the fighting in Flanders from start to finish, for it was among the troops which led the adsanee ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 113 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

AT VINT RIDGE

... AT VINT RIDGE. I escaped everything until I got to Dunkirk, and then they got me—in the leg. Private Cowley, of Birmingham, was brief but comprehensive. We came up against the Germans at Virny Ridge. and the first day we held them, although we only ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 133 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

BIRTHDAY GIFT. Parcel Found On Field of Flanders

... Parcel Found On Field of Flanders. A birthday present sent off by her soldier son in Flanders before the evacuation from Dunkirk has just been received by Mrs. A. (ireig, of Bonnygate, Coupar Angus, Fifeshire. The parcel, battered and torn, was found ...

Published: Thursday 27 June 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 140 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

France -indicate I

... Abbeville region. Mean% hile the inundations around Dunkirk, Nieuport, and the I ., :er Canal have reached a depth of 20 inches, blocking the advance of German mechanised units seeking to attack Dunkirk, a French military poliesman revealed in Paris la ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 278 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

YORKSHIRE WOUNDED RELATE THRILLS OF RETREAT. By a Staff Reporter

... keep off their iron rations. By the time we got to Dunkirk wt were pretty footsore.' he said. were some stragglers, but thaer turned up in the morning. The night before I came away Dunkirk we could see the Germans OS the other side of the river ...

Published: Friday 07 June 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 573 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

200,000 Men' Walked Plank' to Safety. A SMALL band of junior officers working in a secret control room known as

... n for a ship to go alongside. The use of this pier was the inspiration of our fellows at Dunkirk. Captain Tennant. who was in charge of operations at Dunkirk and his band of men, guided the men to the ships. Narrow mess-tables were put across like planks ...

Published: Monday 10 June 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 469 | Page: 5 | Tags: none