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3 June 1940 (6)

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fONERS Unders

... fONERS Unders A u Claim gainst Dunkirk south and the Jj ln slowly,” states Sclav Command com- S * The difficul- > which ny places, are \ era^ons ' ■^ i>i V j> co-operating tK° succeeded in j; stronghold of ;> irt r °und Dunkirk, fj, the enemy, are from our ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 288 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Yet Known

... dilferent sources spoke of British, troops who, when told to go to Dunkirk for embarkation, begged to allowed to stop and fight side by side with their French comrades. Back Areas of Dunkirk Shelled German bombing attacks have again made against certain regions ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1405 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Warning!

... Warning! EVACUATION OF ALLIED TROOPS FROM THE Dunkirk area goes on steadily —a magnificent achievement and a significant warning if Mussolini reads it aright. Although hemmed in on three sides, our forces have been withdrawn despite the onslaughts of ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 63 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

TWO BRITISH HOSPITAL SHIPS BOMBED: NURSES THROWN INTO SEA

... shells in Dunkirk —have been landed at a south-east coast port and handled and tended as carefuly as anybody's casualties. They have been given cigarettes, water, food, and tea, just as our own boys. These wounded were tended in hospital near Dunkirk by our ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 405 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

CAUGHT IN RING OF FIRE pHE savagery of the Nazis could not better illustrated than this prim story told by

... Nazis could not better illustrated than this prim story told by a N.C.0.. and confirmed by men who arrived with him from Dunkirk to-day. On Saturday, while thousands of us were waiting for ships to take us off.” he said. one party of 20 found a rowing ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 143 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

MIDLAND MAN HELPED TO ROW 20 MILES ACROSS CHANNEL

... man who, until a few weeks ago, was a cinema manager in a* London suburb, to-day recounted his adventures in the inferno of Dunkirk. He responded to an appeal for men to help evacuate the 8.E.F., and was in charge of a small motor cruiser with two other ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 492 | Page: 6 | Tags: none