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... 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 ...
... fortified town of Bergues. The whole region round Dunkirk which is still in the hands of the enemy is under constant and heavy artillery fire. Bombers and Stuko (dive bomber) units continued their attacks on Dunkirk yesterday. They sank two destroyers, one patrol ...
... carried out from Dunkirk and from beaches in the vicinity. The whole operation was screened by naval forces against any attempt by the enemy interference sea. In addition to almost incessant bombing and machine-gun attacks on Dunkirk the beaches and the ...
... French Communique This morning’s official French communique states: During the night embarkation went on actively in the Dunkirk region, thanks to the resistance of our troops, and in spite of ceaseless difficulties caused by enemy pressure. the rest ...
... THE BIRMINGHAM POST, TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1940 NAVY’S PART AT DUNKIRK R.A.F. HELP IN THE DUNKIRK AREA ENEMY HARASSED DAY AND NIGHT RAIDS IN NORTH-WEST GERMAN ATTACK ON PARIS AT LEAST SEVENTEEN PLANES DOWN U.S. AMBASSADOR’S NARROW ESCAPE Paris, June 3 A communique ...
... importance. Where, then, does air power come in ? To the men who have been transported in their tens of thousands from the Dunkirk beaches to these shores it must have seemed at times that air power was a Nazi monopoly adding immensely to the difficulties ...
... works in favour of China,” he whose comrades were killed by German said. 1941 China will have parachutist on the beach at Dunkirk, 40,000.000 men in arms. But China is arrived at a South Coast town yesterday, going through very difficult times. With One ...
... Held, Evacuation Goes On J)ESPITE continual attacks from the air and by longrange artillery, troops are still embarking from Dunkirk in large numbers and in perfect order. German infantry attacks across the flood region are held by infantry and marines with ...
... n went on actively in the Dunkirk region, thanks to the resistance of our troops, and in spite of ceaseless difficulties caused by enemy pressure. On the rest of the front, nothing to report. More French troops from Dunkirk were landed in England Of the ...
... 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 ...
... SOLDIERS JT'OUR French soldiers, 21 of whose comrades were murdered in a party by a German parachutist on the beach at • Dunkirk, arrived at a south coast town yesterday. One of them said: We were waiting about on the beach for boat when civilian came ...
... bombers of the R.A.F. made a scries of attacks on enemy gun emplacements, roads, railways and troop concentrations in the Dunkirk area throughout yesterday. These operations were continued during the night our heavy bombers. At the same time other formations ...