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NAZI SAVAGERY AT DUNKIRK

... NAZI SAVAGERY AT DUNKIRK ra ' King Leopold, will remain a heroltar example of tenacity in the history of the French and lilrttish Armies. 'France can be proud of the he leaders and soldiers of the Army of the North. The front report issued by the official ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 222 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

FRENCH REACH DUNKIRK

... FRENCH REACH DUNKIRK GENERAL LORD GORT, Commander-in-Chief of the British forces, has never for a single moment thought of anything but his troops and how to save them from destruction. His personal courage and confidence through these critical weeks ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 330 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Compensation for Dunkirk Helpers

... Compensation for Dunkirk Helpers In the Commons this afternoon Sir Arthur Salter said civilian owners of small vessels lost In the evacuation of the REF from Dunkirk would receive compensation. Sufferers from TRAVEL SICKNESS should read about this Doctor's ...

Published: Wednesday 19 June 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 281 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

CHARLES II SOLD DUNKIRK

... CHARLES II SOLD DUNKIRK Dunkirk, the battle for which will live in history as one of the most glorious British feats of arms, has already been destroyed ten times by enemy activity since it was founded in the seventh century. - • -- It has been through ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 150 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK ... THIS SHINING THING QO long as the English tongue survives the word Dunkirk wi!l be spoken with ..

... DUNKIRK THIS SHINING THING QO long as the English tongue survives the word Dunkirk wi!l be spoken with reverence. A leading article in the New York Times paying this tribute today adds, The rags and blemishes which have hidden the soul of democracy ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 100 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Last Dunkirk Defenders Reach Safety

... Last Dunkirk Defenders Reach Safety THE last of the defenders of Dunkirk, the heroic rearguard that held the Germans at bay while the main Allied Armies of the North escaped the trap the Germans had set for them, have now reached safety. The completion ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 304 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Daring Admiral Who Holds Dunkirk

... Admiral Who Holds Dunkirk &MURAL AI3RIAL. whose courage and leadership is being of such vital assistance to the B.E.F. and French forces in Flanders, and to whom It is due that troops have been able to embark from the port of Dunkirk, strongly held by ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 275 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Dunkirk Heroes See The Old Warriors

... Dunkirk Heroes See The Old Warriors Boys back from Dunkirk, where they earned the name of the Unbreakables, were among the crowds which watched the Old C,ontemptibes march past the Lord Mayor at the Leicester Town Hall-square last night after the ...

Published: Monday 17 June 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 163 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK, THEY HAD A CHURCH PARADE IN LEICESTER

... DUNKIRK, THEY HAD A CHURCH PARADE IN LEICESTER Here are three pictures Showing men of a Leicester battery back in the city from Dunkirk who had a church parade to St. James' the Greater, Leicester, on Sunday. Right: Lining up after the parade. Below, ...

Published: Saturday 22 June 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Chronicle
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 84 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

GERMANS' LAND FORCES :EATEN BY DEFENDERS OF DUNKIRK 7-

... GERMANS' LAND FORCES :EATEN BY DEFENDERS OF DUNKIRK 7- Furious fail to ON all the beaches in the Dunkirk area , under the protection of the Allied Navies and Air Forces, the work of embarking the last heroic defenders who have covered the evacuation of ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 254 | Page: 1 | Tags: none