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The Defence

... Birmingham contributed los. !)d. The lifeboat did splendid work in the evacuation from Dunkirk and returned bearing the scars battle. Later she was given the name Guide of Dunkirk.’ After consultation with Government Departments it was decided to spend the remaining ...

Published: Friday 25 October 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 574 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

W INVASION PLANS WERE UPSET

... munitions and equipment, naval vessels and from trustworthy sources provide evidence damage at Antwerp, Calais, Boulogne, Dunkirk, Seaport, Le Havre, Brest and Lorient, in addition to the naval docks and shipbuilding yards at Kiel, and Bremen. At Lorient ...

Published: Thursday 24 October 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1053 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

A Waiting List

... in different parts England, to mine-sweepers and to private soldiers, relations of the workers. One soldier came back from Dunkirk carrying his blanket but nothing else. Another w rote that Once I have it on the bed it would take more than Hitler to get ...

Published: Tuesday 22 October 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 384 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

BROADCASTING

... endeared themselves to a large audience. He started as a Postscript speaker just after the withdrawal of the B.’E.F. from Dunkirk, and his task has been that of assessing and interpreting the spirit of England in the difficult days that followed. As he ...

Published: Wednesday 23 October 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 424 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

PLANTS IN ITALY ATTACKED

... launched series of attacks on Antwerp, Rotterdam, Ostend and Dunkirk, which began soon after 7 p.m. and continued for nearly twm hours. Many hits were scored on wharves and harbour works. Phres at Dunkirk could be seen all the way to the English coast. In Italy ...

Published: Tuesday 22 October 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1004 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

PARCELS FOR PRISONERS WORK IN BIRMINGHAM Trestle tables stand in rows in the basement ot Birmingham Town Hall. ..

... travelling through the International Bed Cross organisation at Geneva, were addressed to the prisoner by name. Then came the Dunkirk evacuation. The number of prisoners increased enormously, and, though each belligerent country is expected to give a list ...

Published: Wednesday 23 October 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 474 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Enemy Cargo Ship Hit

... tramp steamer in the outer harbour was directly hit a heavy bomb. The docks at Gravelines were also attacked. Four miles off Dunkirk one of the raiders sighted a convoy of 12 to 15 armed cargo vessels. They were escorted by E-boats and travelling in line ...

Published: Wednesday 23 October 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 599 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Long Attacks on Shipyards

... carried out by a strong force of bombors, was still in progress after dawn had broken. Docks and ships at Ymuiden, Ostend, Dunkirk and Flushing were attacked in a series of raids which continued until the early hours of ihe morning. FIRES AFTER BERLIN RAID ...

Published: Saturday 26 October 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 659 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

HAMBURG

... yards at Emmerich, Munster, Hamm, Bottrop and Duisburg, the power station at Hamburg the Channel ports Flushing, Osfcend, Dunkirk and several enemy aerodromes were attacked strong forces of air- craft which operated throughout the hours of darkness. One ...

Published: Saturday 26 October 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 749 | Page: 5 | Tags: none