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WANTED TO FIGHT ON

... ground. It is believed that ships of the Allied navies were shelling areas the hack of Dunkirk. Although machine-gunned, bombed, and shelled, working parties at Dunkirk yesterday went out and reverently buried the Allied dead. hospital ships attacked No ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 616 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

HE RELIEVED GORT

... HE RELIEVED GORT GENERAL WHO COMMANDED AT DUNKIRK The less senior officer to whom Lord Gort handed over command of the remaining troops at Dunkirk, when he returned to England last Saturday, was Major-General H. R. Alexander. General Alexander, who ...

Published: Thursday 06 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 206 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

PRINCESS ELIZABETH’S GIFT

... Depot, Reading, from Princess Elizabeth for distribution to some of the British and French troops who have returned from Dunkirk, ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 39 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

SURVIVOR OF

... SURVIVOR OF TWO SHIPS Thrilling Escapes At Dunkirk BOOTLE MAN’S STORY dramatic story of his escape from two ships which were bombed and wrecked within half an hour was told to the Echo by a Merseyside survivor, Mr. J. Calderbank, a fireman, of Hood Street ...

Published: Thursday 06 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 434 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

NOT ASSET TO NAZIS

... question of tanks and guns. (f. things are done in the spirit of Dunkirk we can win this war. and if we can hold on until September, then the war is won. The evacuation 335,000 (from Dunkirk) had seemed an impossibility, ft may seem impossible to send 30 ...

Published: Tuesday 11 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 271 | Page: 8 | 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

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

WAR PHOTOGRAPHS

... WAR PHOTOGRAPHS Striking photographs of the fighting in France and the withdrawal from Dunkirk are in exhibition the Lady Lever Art Gallery. Port Sunlight, arranged in conjunction with the Ministry of Information, opened to-day by the Mayor of Bebington ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 50 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

WAS SHOT DOWN

... the Germans. He finally slipped through the Germans at the outskirts of Dunkirk while sentries were watching a “terrific air battle.” Club Votes £5OO As Thanksgiving For Dunkirk Feat The Liverpool Lyceum Club to-day voted £5OO from its general funds as ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 259 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

EARL’S BROTHER MISSING

... Lionel J. O. Lambart, who is missing, believed killed, while commanding H.M.S. Grive, which was sunk during the evacuation of Dunkirk, is the brother and heirpresumptive of Field-Marshal the Earl of Cavan, Chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1922-26. ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 76 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

NAZI SOMME ATTACK FAILS

... wireless bulletin to-day stated that the British Navy was Dunkirk carrying out an embarkation and covering action on a scale unprecedented history. The French rearguard is reported to have reached Dunkirk. ALLIES’ FULL AGREEMENT Another meeting of the Allied ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 846 | Page: 4 | Tags: none