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... Dunkirk 5 Ships Sunk Convoy * THE Admiralty issued the following cwmmnlffh last night:— A naval bombardment of the port of Dunkirk was carried out by our forces last night. Fires were seen to have been caused, and it Is considered that much damage resulted ...

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

DUNKIRK SURVIVOR

... DUNKIRK SURVIVOR. IMPROPER WEARING OF MEDALS. A Dunkirk survivor appeared before a Field General Court-martial at Chatham yesterday, charged with improperly wearing the ribbons of the Military Medal, the Long Service Medal, and the Good Conduct Medal ...

Published: Saturday 19 October 1940
Newspaper: Londonderry Sentinel
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 522 | 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

THE MIRACLE OF DUNKIRK

... THE MIRACLE OF DUNKIRK If we look hack over the few months, lie said, •• we realise that we have passed through a time when, doubt, in the opinion of the majority of the world, we stood face to face with danger and disaster. Now the tide has turned ...

Published: Monday 21 October 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Journal of Commerce
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 303 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Dunkirk Bombarded by Navy

... Dunkirk Bombarded by Navy THE Admiralty issued the following communique last night:— A naval bombardment of the port of Dunkirk was carried out by our forces last night. Fires were seen to have been caused, and it is considered that much damage resulted ...

Published: Thursday 17 October 1940
Newspaper: Hull Daily Mail
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 96 | Page: 5 | 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

Escaped from Dunkirk

... Escaped from Dunkirk. Gunner Pickering was the second son of Mr. and Mrs. D. Pickering, of Geneva-avenue, Lincoln. He was a pupil St Giles' School, and on leaving became apprenticed with William Wright and Son, builders, Lincoln, where his father Is employed ...

Published: Saturday 19 October 1940
Newspaper: Lincolnshire Chronicle
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 125 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK APPEAL RESPONSE

... DUNKIRK APPEAL RESPONSE. - - In answer to an urgent appeal tor garments for men returned from Dunkirk. i the committee supplied 68 garments and I distributed 25 pairs of socks to men ' billeted in Yorkshire. A urt her parcel I of comforts was sent to ...

Published: Tuesday 15 October 1940
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 306 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

A DUNKIRK HERO

... A DUNKIRK HERO Racing along 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 evacuation from Dunkirk. He was awarded ...

Published: Monday 21 October 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 165 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

NAVY HEAVILY SHELL DUNKIRK

... seen to be raging from an already-severely devastated Dunkirk. Much important damage is believed :to have been done. The official- Admiralty communique stated: naval bombardment of the port of Dunkirk was carried out our forces last night Fires were seen ...

Published: Thursday 17 October 1940
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 693 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK SHELLED, CONVOY SUNK

... DUNKIRK SHELLED, CONVOY SUNK BRITISH naval forces have sunk five ships, three convoyed vessels and their escort—and shelled Dunkirk, the Admiralty announced last night. One of the convoyed vessels was of about 700 tons. The others were smaller. One ...

Published: Thursday 17 October 1940
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 130 | Page: 5 | Tags: none