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HEAVY SHIPPING LOSSES Worst Week Since Dunkirk 32 BRITISH VESSELS SUNK Mercantile losses due to enemy action ..

... HEAVY SHIPPING LOSSES Worst Week Since Dunkirk 32 BRITISH VESSELS SUNK Mercantile losses due to enemy action for the week ended October 20-21 ( the Admiralty announce ) were : — Ships Gross tonnage British 32 146 , 528 Allied 7 24 . 686 Neutral . C 26 ...

Published: Wednesday 30 October 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 51 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

NAVY BOMBARDS DUKKIRK

... to be raging Irom an already severely devastated Dunkirk . Much important damage is believed to have been done . Tiie official Admiralty communique stated : — A naval bombardment of the port of Dunkirk was carried out by our forces last night ( Tuesday ...

Published: Thursday 17 October 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 135 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

GUIDE OF DUNKIRK Empire Girl Guides' Gift of Lifeboat The Royal National Lifeboat Institution has received a ..

... GUIDE OF DUNKIRK Empire Girl Guides' Gift of Lifeboat The Royal National Lifeboat Institution has received a cheque for £ 5000 from the ^ Girl Guides' Association . This is part of the £ 50 , 000 contributed by the 700 , 000 Guides of the Empire , who ...

Published: Thursday 10 October 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2122 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

MARQUESS OF NORMANBY

... the Green Howards and was officially reported missing early in July. He was last seen at a casualty clearing station near Dunkirk with a leg wound and a wound in the back. Lord Normanby succeeded to the title eight years ago. ...

Published: Friday 25 October 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 76 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

LOST LUXURY LINER

... a member of the liner ' s crew- since she was commissioned nine years ago . and he was on one of the ships engaged in the Dunkirk evacuation . ~ ; Mr J . Brawley , ninth engineer , said : The boat I was in overturned . A large number of people were in ...

Published: Wednesday 30 October 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 173 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

GLASGOW HOMCEOPATHIC HOSPITAL . — Presiding at the annual meeting of subscribers to the Glasgow Homoepathic ..

... The driver of the lorry was unhurt . SOLDIER STOLE FRIEND'S CAR . —A soldier , who was in hospital after his experiences at Dunkirk , was sentenced yesterday to three months imprisonment at Glasgow Sheriff Court for the theft of a car belonging to a friend ...

Published: Friday 18 October 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 720 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

The Canadian PremierMr Mackenzie King , announced yesterday that Parliament would meet formally on November 5 ..

... daylight raids , directed chiefly against coastal objectives from Rotterdam to Dunkirk . A convoy of 12 merchant ships , escorted by war vessels , was sighted close inshore near Dunkirk -during the morning , and attacked from a low level . Highexplosive bombs ...

Published: Saturday 05 October 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1679 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

2302 LIVES SAVE

... lifeboats of the Institution formed part of the fantastic armada of little boats which evacuated the B . E . F . from Dunkirk . The cost to the Institution m rewards , repairs , and the replacement of a lost boat was over £ 8000 . Many of the launches ...

Published: Tuesday 01 October 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 336 | Page: 4 | Tags: none