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DUNKIRK BOMBARDED

... DUNKIRK BOMBARDED Dunkirk has been heavily bombarded by the Navy. This latest naval offensive against a Hitler invasion port—which was carried out on Tuesday night—was disclosed in an Admiralty communique of 31 words Wednesday night. The bombardment appears ...

Published: Saturday 19 October 1940
Newspaper: Dumfries and Galloway Standard
County: Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 163 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Y AT DUNKIRK

... Y AT DUNKIRK. “Both awards, I understand, have been made for gallant action during the evacuation of the B.E.F. from Dunkirk. “I have reason to believe that further awards are coming to the town.” The Provost was authorised by the Council to send the ...

Published: Saturday 19 October 1940
Newspaper: Campbeltown Courier
County: Argyll, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 516 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

WARSHIPS SHELL DUNKIRK

... WARSHIPS SHELL DUNKIRK u A naval bombardment of the port of Dunkirk was carried out by our forces on Tuesday night, says the Admiralty. Fires were seen to have been caused, and it is considered that much damage resulted. ...

Published: Thursday 17 October 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 40 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

BRAVE SCOT SAVED HUNDRED OF LIVES AT DUNKIRK

... OF LIVES AT DUNKIRK Racing along a trawler’s deck through clouds of scalding steam from boilers which threatened to explode at any moment, Petty Officer Neil Maclean Speed saved the lives of hundreds of men during the evacuatior from Dunkirk. He was awarded ...

Published: Saturday 19 October 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 127 | 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

NAZI CONVOY OF 5 WIPED OUT

... NAZI CONVOY OF 5 WIPED OUT 7000-Ton Ship Hit by 3 Torpedoes DUNKIRK SHELLED BY NAVY V IN addition to wiping- out entirely a Nazi convoy of five ships, the largest of which was a vessel of 7000 tons, and scoring- three direct hits with torpedoes on a sixth ...

Published: Thursday 17 October 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 257 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

GERMAN CONVOY WIPED oOuUT

... shelling of Dunkirk. Admiralty communiques issued last night told of these assaults. One of the three supply ships destroyed was of about 7000 tons. The two others were smaller, and one of them exploded before sinking. The bombardment of Dunkirk took place ...

Published: Thursday 17 October 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 129 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

ONE PENNY

... ONE PENNY PACE 7 NAVY’S HAMMER BLOWS- DUNKIRK BOMBARDED AND. ...

Published: Thursday 17 October 1940
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 10 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

OUR ARMY IS GETTING THE WEAPONS IT NEEDS

... OUR ARMY IS GETTING THE WEAPONS IT NEEDS FROM THE MILITARY MAN TIMMEDIATELY AFTER THE EVACUATION OF DUNKIRK THE WAR OFFICE SET UP A NUMBER OF COMMITTEES AND EXAMINED A LARGE NUMBER OF WITNESSES TO DISCOVER WHAT WEAKNESSES EXISTED IN THE BRITISH ARMY ...

Published: Wednesday 16 October 1940
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 210 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Nazi Convoy Wiped Out

... HAMMER BLOWS BY THE NAVY 1 —THE BOMBARDMENT OF DUNKIRK AND THE SINKING OF A NAZI CONVOY OF THREE SUPPLY SHIPS AND THE TWO ESCORT VESSELS ACCOMPANYING THEM —WERE DISCLOSED LAST NIGHT. The bombardment of Dunkirk, carried out on Tuesday night, appears to have ...

Published: Thursday 17 October 1940
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 204 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

INVASION HELD

... A.F. bombed Le Havre, Antwerp, Ostend, Dunkirk, Boulogne, Flushing and Calais. On September 16, the day on which the neutral sources say the enemy embarked, the Air Ministry stated that Calais, Zeebrugge, Dunkirk and Ostend were bombed in daylight, and ...

Published: Saturday 19 October 1940
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 188 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

ARMY LEAVE

... ARMY LEAVE Sir, —My husband went to Fiance in September, 1939, getting his first leave in March, 1940 After Dunkirk he got forty-eight io*** / i ...

Published: Saturday 19 October 1940
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 31 | Page: 6 | Tags: none