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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

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

FOR FREEDOM

... 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 ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 599 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

GERMANY

... 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 ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 336 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

The British Fleet

... how little this has affected the Allies’ command of the sea is abundantly shown by the great success of the withdrawal from Dunkirk. Signor Mussolini during his present contemplative silence is undoubtedly giving full weight to the arguments which have been ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 253 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

FIC ANI WHISTLE

... defence regulations in * » l Dundee during the week-e 1 ' } several officials and mem British Union of Fascists. age air RAIDS DUNKIRK lR SEs in lifeboat ‘'^CHINE-GUNNED '■ lJ|f TRAPPED BY Dazing oil + B-E.F. j french troops est..^ yesterday at Soutlioa/°yerB ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1822 | Page: 3 | Tags: none