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FINNS ABANDON ISLAND FORTRESSES

... When , with other journalists , I visited the place yesterday its black shell of desolation was like the broken towns of Flanders and Northern France after 1914 . The destruction wrought on Viipuri is greater than anything done even in Madrid , Alicante ...

Published: Tuesday 27 February 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1166 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

R . A . F . WREAK HAVOC ON ENEMY BASES . . i . ' ¦ ¦ . From Rhineland to North Sea FIGHTERS CLAIM 28 VICTIMS ..

... mechanised vehicles near Boulogne . To-day ( Monday ) bombing operations have been carried out against various objectives in Flanders . So far all our aircraft have returned safely . Preliminary reports show that 28 enemy aircraft have been destroyed or ...

Published: Tuesday 28 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1721 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Ministry of Information THE QUEEN Conversations With Wounded Soldiers

... British Navy and Air Force can operate effectively . Troops near the ports may be evacuated as in the case of Boulogne . The story disclosed yesterday of how the Navy evacuated British troops there in face of attack by greatly superior forces of the enemy ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1169 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

EIRE'S DEFENCES . . ¦ ¦ - . ——?— - ¦ . - Mr de Valera on an Urgent Need DAIL'S LEAD TO FEOPLE DEFENCE OF ULSTER ..

... Government have decided to remove evacuated children from areas whether rural or urban , within approximately ten miles oi the coasts of Suffolk , Essex , and Kent , and part of Norfolk , and no more children will be evacuated to these areas . This decision ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1285 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

PAYING FOR WAR Capture of Narvik Heavier financial burdens on the taxpayer were forecast by the Chancellor of ..

... last Monday the town of Bodo , 60 miles south of Narvik , was destroyed by a savage bombing attack . The German troops who evacuated Narvik have retreated along the railway towards the Swedish frontier , which they may be obliged to cross to ' avoid capture ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2220 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

ON OTHER PAGES

... of school age for evacuation 6 ilr Duff Cooper said that Hitler • would never be asked to the conference seat which so long awaited him 1 Honours awarded to officers ana men of tlie Boyal Air Force , for bravery in France and Flanders , are given 10 ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 177 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

A NOBLE EFFORT Home and Export Markets

... they were surrounded by the enemy . The withdrawal and evacuation are being screened -by the R . A . F ., who continue to do magnificent work , and a number of troops have already been evacuated . But the great bulk remain and are being subjected to ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 946 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

• GERMAN CLAIMS ? B . E . F . Disintegrated FLIGHT TO THE SEA

... d FLIGHT TO THE SEA Yesterday ' s broadcast communique of the German High Command stated : — The great battle in Flanders and Artois is approaching its end with the annihilation of the British and French Armies fighting there . Since vesterday ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 505 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

FRENCH SUCCESS Abbeville Region Retaken ; Mopping Up Enemy DUNKIRK EVACUATION Great Part of Allied Forces Now Safe

... FRENCH SUCCESS Abbeville Region Retaken ; Mopping Up Enemy DUNKIRK EVACUATION Great Part of Allied Forces Now Safe [ FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT ] Paris , Friday—It is officially ar in a 48-hour operation , recaptured the the mouth ' of the Somme . ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 834 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

ON SOMME CFATEFUL DAYS FOR ITALY : *! Hitler ' s Reported Meeting With Envoy FASCIST PRESS CAMPAIGN CONTRABAND ..

... Reports from American observers in Europe that Germany has lost 40 per cent , of her mechanical equipment in the battle of Flanders are being linked with reports in Washington that Berlin is bringing heavy pressure to bear on Rome for Italy to enter the ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1274 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

ALLIED DEFENDERS OF 11 CORUNNA LINE

... and other transport material without losing a single tank ol their own . ¦ 500 , 000 ENEMY CASUALTIES In the fighting in Flanders the German Command has thrown into action what is described in Paris as the largest attacking force in history . Ten armoured ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 591 | Page: 9 | Tags: none