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MANY CLAIMS

... apparently corresponds to the strength of several divisions. that Use British transport fleet off Dunkirk has been scattered or destroyed. ' The fall of Dunkirk is to he expilip loos : Press I siaila4 War ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 198 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

WOUNDED MAWS ESCAPE

... some other B.E.F. men, and said. lails. if we walk the seven miles to Dunkirk, we can get a boat. Can we do It? Another of the fellows said he was wounded in both hands at Dunkirk during a heavy aerial bombardment. lie ran on board a transport and did ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 99 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Scenes Of The Great THEY NEVER GAVE WAY

... Scenes Of The Great THEY NEVER GAVE WAY. kt S iesterday a British infantry brigade nit., embarked from the beach north of Dunkirk. It had been in the midst of the fighting in Flanders from start to finish, for it was among the troops which led the adsanee ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 113 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

AT VINT RIDGE

... AT VINT RIDGE. I escaped everything until I got to Dunkirk, and then they got me—in the leg. Private Cowley, of Birmingham, was brief but comprehensive. We came up against the Germans at Virny Ridge. and the first day we held them, although we only ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 133 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

B.E.F. Men's Stories Of The Retreat

... Sunday. TEN wounded members of B.E.F. told me the story, yesterday, of the retreat across Belgium and the re-embarkation at Dunkirk, a story illustrating the grim doggedness, the great courage, l and the superb discipline of the Allied Forces. They spoke ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 180 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

FIGHTING ON THROE FRONTS

... THROE FRONTS. PARIS, Sunday. To-night's French war communique states: 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 ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 41 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

STILL GOING ON

... STILL GOING ON. Pons. Sunday. Tha number of - Allied troops evacuated from around Dunkirk is a most comforting total. This was the statement made by the French military expert to-night, who aMrmed that the evacuation was proceeding with the utmost eMeiency ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 45 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

awn, wILLINGNESS

... to the north-west of it are in German hands.. _ _ Adinkerks. west of Fumes and Ghyvelde. ten kilometres (six miles) of Dunkirk, have been taken. ! The of prisoners and the lamount of booty also considerably Increased yesterday. Two hundred !guns of ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 261 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

From Danger To His Death

... From Danger To His Death. Survivor of bailie in Not France and the bombing of Dunkirk, Private Richard John Draper, aged 33, of H.A.M.C., arrived Saturday night at Csk (Mon). He was going home to Swansea to see u lie and three children. Taking a walk ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 68 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

EIGHT FIGHTERS MISSING

... In the NarriL area on 30 May our fighters shnt down ninP enemy atrcraft probably destroyed two others. To-day over the Dunkirk area air. craft of the Fighter Command have r.ontinued their offensive patrols. Reports so far received show that our fighters ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 62 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

GALLANT DUINGE

... exposed. While these events were taking le near our own shores our Expedivy Force was fighting for its life retreat fo Dunkirk. Mechanised ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 120 | Page: 1 | Tags: none