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DUNKIRK EVACUATION SPEEDED UP

... DUNKIRK EVACUATION SPEEDED UP Hospital Ships Bombed yfORE British and French soldiers, evacuated from Flanders, reached British ports to-day and shared a single hope. That was to get back to the battle zone and have another go at the Germans. these remnants ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Portsmouth Evening News
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 971 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Portsdown Wedding

... artists who had given their services, but would also provide tribute to the men whose heroic deeds the shell-swept beaches of Dunkirk had thrilled the country The musical items included Beethoven concerto for violin and orchestra. In which the soloist was ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Portsmouth Evening News
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 436 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

FIGHTING FOR 18 DAYS

... stopped th» German advance at Tournai. I am quite sure we could have held them there had we had more planes. Bombing raids Dunkirk were described by the men terrific, but h. was noticed that the German planes timed their attacks for those periods when R ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Portsmouth Evening News
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 505 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

FIRE ON PLANE

... Minister, has sent the following r«hl* to Mr. Churchill: Every Australian has watched with pride the great feat the army at Dunkirk. Its amazing capacity convert defeat Into triumph ln«pir»a us. and the holding of the German arms of inestimable value otic ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Portsmouth Evening News
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 681 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Marseilles was bombed by the Germans on Sunday. A photograph of the entrance to the City Gardens.^

... , An N.C.O. of well-known infantry regiment said: We were not able get away at once, and have been waiting our turn at Dunkirk, The embarkation of troops commenced before dusk last night, and continued for hours. men lined the quay and marched calmly ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Portsmouth Evening News
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1663 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

6.—THE EVENING NEWS, MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1940

... brought the men and women aboard to e South-East Coast port. The Worthing (2.294 tons), which was attacked six miles off Dunkirk by nine Nazi planes, returned to another South Coast port. Chichester Woman's Fatal Fall The death of 68-year-old widow, found ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Portsmouth Evening News
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1646 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

A Dav of Gifts

... all end the tragic drama of the war In Flanders—it is only the ending of an act, and the prelude to another. The fate of Dunkirk and of the French and British remnants perforce left behind has »ct to be determined. ; Mi-uy of the German divisions are ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Portsmouth Evening News
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2044 | Page: 2 | Tags: none