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THE MIRACLE OF DUNKIRK

... THE MIRACLE OF DUNKIRK Exhausted soldiers await their turn for evacuation TN late May 1940, nearly three hundred and fifty thousand men were evacuated from the beaches of Dunkirk as bombs fell and the town burned. From the coast of England, a procession ...

Published: Wednesday 12 March 1958
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 208 | Page: 19 | Tags: Photographs 

NO DUNKIRK from TUNISIA!

... NO DUNKIRK from TUNISIA! THE DUNKIRK THAT FAILED Some of the Germans from Tunisia, who tried to escape to the island of Pantellaria, being rounded up by the Royal Navy some 20 miles from land. Rubber dinghies, large and small, were used in the attempt ...

Published: Saturday 29 May 1943
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 573 | Page: 9 | Tags: Photographs 

INDIA'S DUNKIRK AND AFTER

... INDIA'S DUNKIRK AND AFTER JOHN CONNELL Few would now believe, I imagine, that there is going to be any swift or easy conclusion to the Sino-Indian border dispute, which has become open, if undeclared, war. India is beginning painfully to give herself ...

Published: Saturday 17 November 1962
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1219 | Page: 14 | Tags: Photographs 

THE LAST PHASES at DUNKIRK: Scenes During the Retreat to the Coast; and in the City of Dunkirk Itself

... RETREATED ON TO DUNKIRK DUNKIRK-- THE TOWN A BLAZING LORRY IN A STREET STREWN WITH DEBRIS AFTER AN INTENSIVE GERMAN AIR ATTACK. A FEW MINUTES AFTER THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN A COLUMN OF ALLIED TROOPS MARCHED THIS SpOT ON THEIR WAY TO THE DOCKS DUNKIRK -THE HARBOUR ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 273 | Page: 8 | Tags: Photographs 

The SHELLING of DUNKIRK by Long-range Fire: The SHELLING of the TOWN of DUNKIRK; The OPERATIONS on the EASTERN ..

... one for the Russians. The Entrance to the Harbour at Dunkirk French Fishing Boats in the Port at Dunkirk C L I V -I How Dunkirk is Shelled by German Heavy Guns The position of the guns shelling Dunkirk is probably near Dixmude, at the spot indicated above ...

Published: Saturday 08 May 1915
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 791 | Page: 8 | Tags: Photographs 

THE CZAR REVIEWING THE FRENCH FLEET AT DUNKIRK

... FRENCH FLEET AT DUNKIRK. THE 44 CASSINI 99 WITH THE FRENCH PRESIDENT ON BOARD SALUTING THE 44 STANDART 99 DRAWN BY OUR SPECIAL ARTIST AT DUNKIRK, HENRI RUDAUX THE FRENCH FLEET ILLUMINATED AT NIGHT DRAWN BY OUR SPECIAL ARTIST AT DUNKIRK, HENRI RUDAUX The ...

Published: Saturday 28 September 1901
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 355 | Page: 9 | Tags: Photographs 

Naval Reservists at Greenwich for Dunkirk, Sunday Service

... Reservists at Greenwich for Dunkirk, Sunday Service OVER FOUR HUNDRED officers of the London Flotilla of the R.N.V.(S.)R. and their friends attended the annual service in the Chapel of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, on Dunkirk Sunday the Sunday nearest ...

Published: Wednesday 13 June 1951
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 228 | Page: 49 | Tags: Photographs 

BOMBING BY DAY AND BY NIGHT--Dunkirk, Tours and Turin

... BOMBING BY DAY AND BY NIGHT Dunkirk, Tours and Turin n eccnt reconnaissance pictures iv taken by the R.A.F. show considerable damage inflicted during raids on the great in dustrial city of Turin. Among targets which have suffered heavily are the Fiat ...

Published: Saturday 06 March 1943
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 702 | Page: 7 | Tags: Photographs 

THE EVACUATION OF DUNKIRK--AS NEW YORKERS WILL SEE IT

... THE EVACUATION OF DUNKIRK-- AS NEW YORKERS WILL SEE IT. The Department of Overseas Trade has arranged for striking mural paintings of the historic EVACUATION FROM DUNKIRK to be made by well-known artists and exhibited at the New York Fair. This is a ...

Published: Wednesday 24 July 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 149 | Page: 23 | Tags: Photographs 

BACK FROM DUNKIRK WITH THE B.E.F

... BACK FROM DUNKIRK WITH THE B.E.F. So this is England A truckful of stray dogs rescued by men of the B.E.F. Stray dogs who followed the British soldiers and got safely to England. Bight Taking a look out of their truck Belgian and French pets brought here ...

Published: Wednesday 12 June 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 153 | Page: 5 | Tags: Photographs 

VISIT OF THE CZAR OF RUSSIA TO FRANCE: DUNKIRK: THE FRENCH LIVERPOOL

... VISIT OF THE CZAR OF RUSSIA TO FRANCE. DUNKIRK: THE FRENCH LIVERPOOL. DUNKIRK, the curious Franco-Flemish town which is this week enjoying unwonted festivity in honour of Nicholas II. and his gracious Consort, has been called the French Liverpool, and ...

Published: Wednesday 18 September 1901
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 934 | Page: 19 | Tags: Photographs 

The FREEING of DUNKIRK: After Five Years in German Hands

... it was announced that all the French ports held by the Germans including Dunkirk had been freed. Thus ended an occupation by the enemy which had lasted for five years. Dunkirk will always be remembered by the people of these islands, because it was from ...

Published: Saturday 26 May 1945
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 272 | Page: 15 | Tags: Photographs