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AFTER HISTORIC REARGUARD ACTION

... 1,000,000 Germans, members of the British Expeditionary Force sailed from Dunkirk last night in a blaze of glory, leaving Flanders fields to flood and fire. Allied warships accomplished prodigious feats, sending shells from their big guns into the Nazi ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 233 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

HEATH SOLDIER HONOURED

... HEATH SOLDIER HONOURED Home on. leave, after taking part in Ithe evacuation from Flanders, Pte. Wm. lAlfred Edwards. husband of Mrs. C. Edwards. Maria Street. Neath, and son of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Edwards. .Aberavon. was presented with a ring by the ...

Published: Friday 28 June 1940
Newspaper: Neath Guardian
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 137 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Cefn Coed R.A.F. Pilot

... in Flanders. Some are due home on leave, but have Morris, not yet arrived. Pte. Randall orris, son of Mr. and Mre. William Morris, Pontycapel-road, Cefn Coed, was home for a few days' leave over the week-end : he was concerned in the evacuation from ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1940
Newspaper: Merthyr Express
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 214 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

THE EXPRESS. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 2.41tb. 19,

... France and Flanders mots' change dunng the have been knocked on the heat by the re. of tha Ad:.. The .•aen,: , • , ,ncbcateJ 'wit wok been tow to be ready actin lot the A GENERAL ADVANCE. hich we I; is now forward with the Allies all low a Flanders and northern ...

Published: Saturday 26 December 1914
Newspaper: Merthyr Express
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 901 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Line Up With the Nazis

... Most of the people opened their homes to the men for Sunday dinner and tea. From almost all the cent re* where soldiers from Flanders ami France spent Sunday come reports indicating how insistent the men were having a church parade on Sunday morning, even ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 178 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

LAST CANADIAN COLOURS

... COLOURS The lest of the Canadian colours which were left in England while the various battalices were serving in France and Flanders. were taken Out of the country ' when Colonel 'Lowry sailed for Canada with the colours of the tend (Calgary) Battalion Canadian ...

Published: Thursday 15 January 1920
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 190 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Efficacy of Prayer

... Efficacy of Prayer Sir, —As the news of the successful evacuation our troops from Flanders became known to us it appeared clear that as a nation w-e have again had an answer to the prayers which we collectively offered recently on the command of our King ...

Published: Wednesday 12 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 176 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

WESTERN MAIL & SOUTH WALES NEWS, MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1940. 200,000 Men “Walked Plank” to Safety A small hand of

... room,’’ at naval base the South-east Coast of Kngiand, helped to direct the evacuation which saved more than 335,000 officers and men of the Allied Forces beleaguered ill Flanders. The full story of their part and of the brilliant naval operations which ...

Published: Monday 10 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 190 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

RETREAT IN SOUTHERN BATTLEFIELDS

... general and three divisional commanders. In Flanders, despite the sodden ground, the Allies are pushing on from St. George’s, carrying trenches and houses. A thrust forward here will compel the Germans to evacuates considerable stretch of the coastline. North ...

Published: Wednesday 06 January 1915
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 384 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

GERMAN VERSION

... Infantry (of which the Emperor is hon. colonel), and two officers ano about 300 men were made prisoners. 700,000 GERMANS IN WEST FLANDERS. MANY HOSPITALS BEING PREPARED. From C. E. TRIPPE, Western Mail” and Daily Chronicle Special Correspondent. AMSTERDAM ...

Published: Wednesday 02 December 1914
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 345 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

BELGIAN GOVERNMENT'S PROMPT

... BELGIAN GOVERNMENT'S PROMPT The Western Mail learns that, following the liberation of more than half the province of West Flanders, the Belgian Government has taken prompt steps to deal with any danger arising from persons ot enemy origin remaining among ...

Published: Wednesday 23 October 1918
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 195 | Page: 5 | Tags: none