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FRENCH SUCCESS Abbeville Region Retaken ; Mopping Up Enemy DUNKIRK EVACUATION Great Part of Allied Forces Now Safe

... FRENCH SUCCESS Abbeville Region Retaken ; Mopping Up Enemy DUNKIRK EVACUATION Great Part of Allied Forces Now Safe [ FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT ] Paris , Friday—It is officially ar in a 48-hour operation , recaptured the the mouth ' of the Somme . ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 834 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

FRENCH RETAKE PART OF ABBEVILLE

... flu'ng against regardless of cost its flunk men of the R.F.F. and more French troops are still stubbornly clinging to the Flanders hills in an effort to keep open the path to the sea. The floods immediately north and south of Dunkirk—now an entrenched ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 784 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

ON SOMME CFATEFUL DAYS FOR ITALY : *! Hitler ' s Reported Meeting With Envoy FASCIST PRESS CAMPAIGN CONTRABAND ..

... Reports from American observers in Europe that Germany has lost 40 per cent , of her mechanical equipment in the battle of Flanders are being linked with reports in Washington that Berlin is bringing heavy pressure to bear on Rome for Italy to enter the ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1274 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

ALLIED DEFENDERS OF 11 CORUNNA LINE

... and other transport material without losing a single tank ol their own . ¦ 500 , 000 ENEMY CASUALTIES In the fighting in Flanders the German Command has thrown into action what is described in Paris as the largest attacking force in history . Ten armoured ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 591 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

MANY MORE NAZI PLANES DOWN

... DOWN BRITISH AIRMEN SINK ENEMY TORPEDO BOAT The Air Ministry announces:— Royal Air Force fighters continue to screen the evacuation of Allied troops from the North East Coast of France. Further reports show that during yesterday 56 aircraft were destroyed ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Evening Telegraph
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 147 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

WEDDING FOLLOWS THRILLING EVACUATION

... WEDDING FOLLOWS THRILLING EVACUATION Evacuated from Northern France on Monday after hazardous experMnees with the R.F.F. facing the encircling movemi•nts of the Nazi armoured columns, Captain David Chapel. second son of Provo.d. Sir William Chapel and ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Arbroath Guide
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 671 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

MIRACLE SAVED THEM FROM INFERNO OF FLANDERS

... MIRACLE SAVED THEM FROM INFERNO OF FLANDERS Vivid Glimpses of the Greatest Rearguard Action in History By J. L. HODSON SELDOM have I been so moved as to-day when I met men ot the B.E.F. back from the inferno in Flanders, some of them back with smiling faces ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2086 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

MOSCOW FOOD QUEUES

... military activity. Whereas in Moscow I had seen few soldiers, in Odessa there were soldiers BACK FROM FLANDERS—Troops who landed at a British port after evacuation from Belgium were in good spirits and can still blow their trumpet. ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 140 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Hriiiui’ Allan 1 1940 linens which have made MENZIES famous are being bought up greedily Prices are still ..

... EXPERIENCED PLOUGHMAN (married single) Wanted Apply Alex Paterson Flanders Kippen YOUNG WOMAN Wanted for Farm House able or willing to learn to milk Apply Alex Paterson South Flanders Kippen PLOUGHMAN (single) wanted for second pair and feed cattle D ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Bridge of Allan Gazette
County: Stirlingshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2421 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

R.A.F. AGAIN TAKE HEAVY TOLL

... R.A.F. AGAIN TAKE HEAVY TOLL ROYAL AIR FORCE fighters continue to screen the evacuation of Allied troops from the North-east coast of France. Further reports show that during yesterday fifty-six enemy aircraft were destroyed or seriously damaged. Sixteen ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 231 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

CURRENT EVENTS

... France and '■ Flanders goes on successfully, and the fears of great disaster to our arms have given place to a great wave of pride in the valour of our own and our Allies' soldiers. The final rearguard action, if the plan is to evacuate Dunkirk completely ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Evening Telegraph
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 973 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

WAR ON WESTERN FRONT Continued from Page Pive

... and driving serth the Germans quickly attacked Boulegn After bitter street fighting Boulogne, too, il to the enemy. Before evacuating the town W British troops demolished everything of valme to the enemy. British destroyers under the fire of German guns ...