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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

FIERCE FIGHTING ROUND DUNKIRK

... FIERCE FIGHTING ROUND DUNKIRK Paris, June 3 To-night’s French official communique states: The enemy continued to attack with ferocity our positions around Dunkirk, wthere they encountered vigorous resistance and unceasing counter-attacks by our troops ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 384 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

200 CASUALTIES RIUMPH OF DUNKIRK OPERATIONS

... 200 CASUALTIES R IUMPH OF DUNKIRK OPERATIONS ; S MESSAGE TO THE PRIME MINISTER aftp ar s region were subjected to attack, yesterday ° » by “a considerable bombing expedition strongly or^e d by fighters.’' It is officially announced that more than j bombs ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 693 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

LOST 30 OUT OF 887 IN DUNKIRK TRIUMPH

... carried out from Dunkirk and from beaches in ihe vicinity. The whole operation was screened by naval forces against any attempt by the enemy at interference by sea. addition to almost incessant bombing and machine-gun attacks Dunkirk, the beaches and ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 689 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Soldier, Home From Dunkirk, Gets Court Order Reduced

... Soldier, Home From Dunkirk, Gets Court Order Reduced SOLDIER of the B.E.F. evacuated from Dunkirk and at present on leave at Quinton, applying at Halesowen to-day for a reduction of an order made against him before the war for the maintenance of his two ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 370 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

HAVRE BOMBED: HOUSES

... BOMBED: HOUSES HIT. VICTIMS ENTOMBED GERMANS CLAIM TO BE IN DUNKIRK CTREET fighting is now taking place in Dunkirk according to the German High Command communique to-day. The Battle of Dunkirk is nearing its end,” said the communique. Our troops penetrated ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 87 | Page: 1 | 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

PROGRESS

... 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 ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 442 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

TO ALL SERVICES

... 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 ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 615 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

THE BIRMINGHAM POST, TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1940

... 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 ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 259 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

The R.A.F.’s Part

... 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 ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 722 | Page: 4 | Tags: none