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NEW CABINET MEANS FRESH DRIVE

... declare, have been attacking harmless villages, and in some places have dropped bombs on schools where children had assembled evacuated. Air raid alarms have been frequent, they say, that they could not distinguish the warning from the all clear. A woman ...

Published: Monday 13 May 1940
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 706 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

FRENCH REGAIN ARRAS

... along the Maginot Line there is nothing to report. Senlis Told Evacuation Unnecessary The population of Senlis, about 25 miles north-east of Paris, was warned to-day by Radio Paris that evacuation is quite unneces- sary. A message trom the Prefect of the Oise ...

Published: Wednesday 22 May 1940
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1456 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

SCHEME FOR VISITS TO WOUNDED

... different from the last, when the wounded were so largely cared for in hospitals in France and Flanders. 44 This time every man who can possibly evacuated hospital in the United Kingdom is brought here. Hundred* of inquiries are reaching us for news ...

Published: Saturday 25 May 1940
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 375 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

FLANDERS BATTLE GROWS IN INTENSITY

... FLANDERS BATTLE GROWS | INTENSITY GREATER PART OF NAZI ARMY ENGAGED IN STRUGGLE FRENCH AND ALLIED TROOPS HOLD UP ADVANCE RIS, MONDAY.—THE OFFICIAL FRENCH COMMUNIQUE pA TO-DAY STATES:— ‘© In the north the enemy continues his attacks, French and Allied ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1537 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

MOST OF ARMY MAY BE GOT AWAY

... arriving in their thousands and it is hoped that most of the B.E.F. may be evacuated, although the difficulties and dangers increase every hour. As it is this mass evacuation is a stupendous feat, only made possible by the dauntless efficiency ol the ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2218 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

ALLIES MAKING STRONG STAND AT YSER CANAL

... On—Official Paris, Friday.—lt sfficially announced by the Belgian authorities here that Belgian troops are still fighting in Flanders. The number of troops engaged is not known present. A Difficult Operation The Press Association military correspondent, wri ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 786 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

French Rearguard Men Reaching Dunkirk

... still providing, the necessary cover for the withdrawal, while British and French ships are collaborating in the task of evacuating Allied troops Britain. Not for the first time in history this is a case where the little ships are doing great deeds. Paris ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 899 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

B.E.F. BOYS STILL POURING BACK

... war. According to some estimates only a division of Allied troops now remains in Flanders. We Haven't Staarted On Hitler Yet Trains carrying Tommies buck from Flanders were ruuning so smoothly to-day that they did not atop at some the stations in the ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 715 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Nazis Lose 56 More Planes In A Day

... Nazis Lose More Planes In A Day Hits On Enemy Troops And Transport Columns AIR FORCE fighters continue to screen the evacuation of Allied troops from the North East coast of France, the Air Ministry announced to-day. Further reports show that during ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 299 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

GERMANS HAVE LOST 500,000 EFFECTIVES

... transport material without losing a single tank of their own. 100.000 Troops Evacuated I'aris Report Paris, Saturday.—More than 100,000 men have been evacuated froin Flanders according M. Kerillis in the 44 Kpoque to-day. He that to these a third, or ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 688 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

A Matchless Feat Of Arms

... to British successes to-morrow. (2) People who even forget that British reverses have occurred, and speak about the evacuation of Flanders as unmitigated triumph. The B.E.F. fought bravely as any victorious army. We acclaim the incredible courage which ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 531 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

NAZIS STILL BATTER AWAY AT DUNKIRK

... NAZIS STILL BATTER AWAY AT DUNKIRK Evacuated Troops Share Single Hope They Want To Return For Another Go MORE BRITISH AND FRENCH SOLDIERS EVACUATED FROM FLANDERS REACHED BRITISH PORTS TO-DAY AND SHARED A SINGLE HOPE, THAT WAS TO GET BACK TO THE BATTLE ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1733 | Page: 1 | Tags: none