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B.E.F. Men's Stories Of The Retreat

... Sunday. TEN wounded members of B.E.F. told me the story, yesterday, of the retreat across Belgium and the re-embarkation at Dunkirk, a story illustrating the grim doggedness, the great courage, l and the superb discipline of the Allied Forces. They spoke ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 180 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

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... ADMIRAL'S STORY OF DUNKIRK A 55-year-old Angers postman mistook n comrade for a Nazi parachutist in the /lark, and killed him, stabbing the man fire times with a dagger, says Exchange from Paris. ...

Published: Monday 10 June 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 33 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

FIGHTING ON THROE FRONTS

... THROE FRONTS. PARIS, Sunday. To-night's French war communique states: Since the order was given to them to fall back on Dunkirk, French and British troops engaged on three fronts in the region from St. Omer to the neighbourhood of ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 41 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

STILL GOING ON

... STILL GOING ON. Pons. Sunday. Tha number of - Allied troops evacuated from around Dunkirk is a most comforting total. This was the statement made by the French military expert to-night, who aMrmed that the evacuation was proceeding with the utmost eMeiency ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 45 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

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... 2—L. S. Algasy, G-ggleivrick Trtaity. The Princess Royal heard personal stories from B.E.F. ahout the peihls experienced at Dunkirk when she visited the TALC. %. canteen at Leeds City Station ve,tehlay. ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 35 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

JUST MURDER.'

... Crossley) and a number of helpers. Dunkirk To Skipton. Mr. K Sedgwick. eldest son of. Mr. J. C. Sedgwick and the late Mrs. Sedgwick. of Neville Street, Skipton, is one of the civilians who have reached England from Dunkirk. Accompanied by his wife, he is ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 423 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

A NEW BATTLE STARTS

... launehing of this assault on e t2O-mile front so soon after the costly and exhausting drive to the coast just finished at Dunkirk. Many experts expected a longer pause. But Hitler's boastful proclamation confirms his intention to strike again with all ...

Published: Thursday 06 June 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 468 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

awn, wILLINGNESS

... to the north-west of it are in German hands.. _ _ Adinkerks. west of Fumes and Ghyvelde. ten kilometres (six miles) of Dunkirk, have been taken. ! The of prisoners and the lamount of booty also considerably Increased yesterday. Two hundred !guns of ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 261 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

NEWS OF FiOCAL MEN IN FORCES

... aged 26, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Skirrow, of The Mount, Spofforth Hill, Wetherby, was killed during the rearguard action near Dunkirk. Captain Skirrow. who was single, was an old boy of Giggleswick I School He hunted with the Brarnhani j Moor. _ ...

Published: Wednesday 12 June 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 62 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Frenchman Says— You Can Be Proud Of . The B.E.F

... a French liaison officer who accompanied a British R.E. unit during the Flanders campaign and through the evacuatitm at Dunkirk. speaking in Leeds yesterday at a meeting sponsored by the Ministry of Infortnation. This battle of France is your battle ...

Published: Thursday 13 June 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 275 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

LANDED MEN

... LANDED After being strafed by bombers, the Brighton Queen landed the men at a South-East Coast port and returned to Dunkirk. Bombers came overhead in force and she had many narrow escapes, but her Lewis gun did good work in keeping them at a distance ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 75 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

From Danger To His Death

... From Danger To His Death. Survivor of bailie in Not France and the bombing of Dunkirk, Private Richard John Draper, aged 33, of H.A.M.C., arrived Saturday night at Csk (Mon). He was going home to Swansea to see u lie and three children. Taking a walk ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 68 | Page: 3 | Tags: none