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3 June 1940 (11)

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HANLEY ACUATION OF DUNKIRK BELIEVED TO BE APPROACHING COMPLETION ES SMALL, SAY B.E.F. MEN RTHER INTENSIVE ..

... HANLEY ACUATION OF DUNKIRK BELIEVED TO BE APPROACHING COMPLETION ES SMALL, SAY B.E.F. MEN RTHER INTENSIVE GERMAN AIR ATTACKS rHORITATIVE MILITARY CIRCLES IN PARIS THAT EMBARKATION OF THE ALLIED FROM THE DUNKIRK BEACHES HAS BEEN ITED, DESPITE A RENEWAL ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 917 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

GERMAN ADMISSIONS

... to-day's German High Command communique:— The whole region round Dunkirk, which is still in the hands of the enemy, is under constant and heavy artillery fire. The attack against Dunkirk from the west, the south, and the east is slowly making progress ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 94 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

E. MAYALL

... E. MAYALL W. H. BAILEY conversation lasted an hour. Mayan, who is a tradesman serving in the R.A.S.C., was landed from Dunkirk on Thursday morning. Mrs. Mayan told the Sentinel that her husband, who is 31, had got through without a scratch.' Mr. and Mrs ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 80 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

The Communique

... Communique Last night's French war communique was in the following terms:— Since the order was given to them to fall back on Dunkirk French and British troops engaged on, three fronts in the region from St: Omer to the neighbourhood of Arras. Valenciennes ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 144 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

MOSCOW'S VIEW OF THE WAR MAIN FORCES OF ALLIES STILL UNTOUCHED Moscow radio, in its weekly comment on world events,

... Italian preparation, all this may not be anything more than a clever bluff.—Press Association War Special. MARINES' COURAGE AT DUNKIRK Tribute by Gunner Still further evidence of German brutality against refugees was expressed by. a 23-years-old anti-aircraft ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 400 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

FURIOUS ENEMY AIR ASSAULTS

... here to-day state that, although yesterday was not marked by any important events on land, it was a great day in the air. At Dunkirk, the Germans made no moves of any importance on land, but made furious attempts with their aviation to impede the embarkation ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 134 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

TWO HOSPITAL SHIPS BOMBED

... brought the men and women aboard to a South-East Coast port. The Worthing (2.294 tons), which was attacked six miles off Dunkirk by nine German o:anes returned to another South Coast port Every scrap of paper Is valuable. Save it. ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 146 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

LIEUTENANT WHO LIVED IN BELGIUM

... REJOINS HIS PARENTS AT NEWCASTLE Further news of North Staffordshire men who were successfully evacuated with the B.E.F. from Dunkirk has been recexed during the week-end, and in all cases they have vivid stories to tell of the courage and fortitude of the ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 201 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

LONGTON HIGH SCHOOL

... whole might have been lost, so desperate had become the circumstances, with the Britis . h left flank exposed and the road to Dunkirk, the only haven, opened. A British soldier was not inexact when he said that fnr three weeks they had done nothing but march ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 1332 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

More North Staffordshire

... While these events were taking place near our own shores our Expeditionary Force was fighting for its life in its retreat to Dunkirk. Mechanised forces already encircled its western flank, and the collapse of the Belgian Army left open a wide gap between ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 694 | Page: 6 | Tags: none