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... Dunkirk On* hundred endi warships and over French merchant vessels of all kinds ranging from converted liners to trawlers have taken part the defence of Dunkirk and the evacuation of the Allied forces Flanders, it stated Paris.—P.A. War Special. ALLIES’ ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 259 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

MUD AND FOR DUNKIRK

... MUD AND FOR DUNKIRK allied DEFENDERS HOLD 1 R.A.F. STRIKES IN OFF 15 DIVISIONS French ’Plane* Destroy Convoys Hififiriilties in the 'l * baud* of tlie Allied troops new aimcumes m in« outsklrts liud conunuing reirk area, the embarkation with the utmost ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 738 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

GREAT DAY IN THE AIR DUNKIRK EVACUATION ACCELERATED IN SPITE OF NAZI PLANES CALM ON SOMME AND AISNE

... THE AIR DUNKIRK EVACUATION ACCELERATED IN SPITE OF NAZI PLANES CALM ON SOMME AND AISNE AUTHORITATIVE MILITARY CIRCLES IN PARIS STATE THAT ALTHOUGH SUNDAY WAS NOT MARKED BY ANY IMPORTANT EVENTS ON LAND IT WAS A GREAT DAY IN THE AIR. At Dunkirk the Germans ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1455 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

INDICATED ON THIS MAP 18 THE APPROXIMATE BATTLE LINE NOW HELD BY THE ALLIES FROM THE COAST TO THE MAGINOT LINE ..

... INDICATED ON THIS MAP 18 THE APPROXIMATE BATTLE LINE NOW HELD BY THE ALLIES FROM THE COAST TO THE MAGINOT LINE PROPER. STORY OF DUNKIRK ADVENTURE. HELPING IN EVACUATION. MUST HELP TO BEAT HITLER. AMERICAN PAPER'S PLEA. ISOLATIONIST POLICY CHANGED. Abandoning ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 597 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

LORD GORT HOME

... apparently corresponds” to the strength of several divisions, that the British transport fleet off Dunkirk has been “scattered or destroyed,” the fall of Dunkirk is to be expected “soon,” and that Marseilles and the most important French railway communications ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 504 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

“STATE OF WAI

... on operations Dunkirk continue on particularly large scale, the front from the Somme to the Rhine remains in a state of waiting, was stated here to-night. The calm has only been broken by few incidents. On ail the beaches in the Dunkirk sr?a, in spite ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 588 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

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... enemy aircraft and probably a further six over the Dunkirk area yesterday. Eight of our fighters are missing. “Seventy - eight Nazi bombers and fighters were destroyed or severely damaged over the Dunkirk beaches between dawn and seven o’clock Saturday. ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 511 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

PILOTS’ STORIES

... PILOTS’ STORIES Machines “Like Midges” Over Dunkirk Dramatic stories were told in London last night air battles during operations over Dunkirk, in which French fighters have been co-operating with the R.A.P. The pilot of a Hurricane who was eventually ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 334 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

“German Strategy Foiled’’

... the fighting spirit of our men.” he said. A German military expert yesterday stated that Germany expects the occupation of Dunkirk soon. He said the area still held by the Allies had been considerably narrowed since Friday. The number of French and British ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Derry Journal
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 371 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

UNEASY CALM SETTLES ON REST OF WESTERN FRONT

... UNEASY CALM SETTLES ON REST OF WESTERN FRONT BILE the embarkation operations at Dunkirk continue on par- W ticularly large scale, the front from the Somme to the Rhine remains in a state of waiting, it was intimated in Paris last mght. The calm has only ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 456 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

OVER 113 ENEMY MACHINES

... OVER 113 ENEMY MACHINES Fierce Combats Over Dunkirk ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 8 | Page: 5 | Tags: none