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OF DUNKIRK FIGHTING

... men whose self-sacrifice has turned disaster into triumph. CLALM TO HAVE ENTERED DUNKIRK BEBErN, Tuesday. To-day’s official German communique says:— “The fighting for Dunkirk is nearing its end. Our troops penetrated into the and took the Louis fort from ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 821 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK FIGHTING

... DUNKIRK FIGHTING HOW ALLIES ARE HOLDING NAZIS ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 7 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Somme in great strength to clasp it

... munitions. ran first to Amiens and afterwards to Abbeville and turned its way up the coast from Boulogne and Calais almost to Dunkirk. “Behind this armoured and mechanised onslaught came German divisions and lorries, and behind again came plodding the dull ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 322 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

REPORTED WITHDRAWAL

... REPORTED WITHDRAWAL OF 320,000 MEN Paris, Tuesday. The struggle round Dunkirk was going on with unabated violence, but despite continual air attacks and the bursting of large-calibre shells, the troops were still embarking in big numbers and in perfect ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 359 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Leopold’s Defection

... main power, the power of their far more numerous air force, was thrown into the battle or concentrated on the beaches of Dunkirk. The enemy began to fire with cannon the beaches. They sowed magnetic ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 239 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Praise for Flanders Withdrawal

... taken out to safety it would have to be set down as one of the most remarkable military and naval operations of modern times. Dunkirk is still holding out. Except for such of the remaining forces as are in the rearguard, however, most of the divisions that ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 292 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

SOUVENIRS OF HISTORIC

... SOUVENIRS OF HISTORIC BATTLE More French troops from Dunkirk were landed in England to-day. Nearly all of them carried their complete kit and several possessed prized souvenirs of the historic battle. One man brought with him an ignition key. It was all ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1380 | Page: 4 | Tags: none