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ALLIES MAKING STRONG STAND AT YSER CANAL

... ALLIES MAKING STRONG STAND AT YSER CANAL DUNKIRK ALMOST SURROUNDED BY FLOOD WATERS pARIS, FRIDAY.—ALLIED TROOPS ARE CONTINUING TO HOLD OUT SOLIDLY NOT ONLY IN THE FORTIFIED AREA OF DUNKIRK ALMOST COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY FLOOD WATERS, BUT ALSO TO THE ...

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

ALL NIGHT FIGHTING IN BLAZING TOWNS

... FIGHTING IN BLAZING TOWNS DUNKIRK STRONGLY HELD BY FRENCH i;iS. THURSDAY.—FIGHTING WITH INDOMITABLE RESOLU* HOW THE BRITISH AND FRENCH ARMIES IN THE NORTH aK K MAKING A DESPERATE BID TO DRIVE THEIR WAY llli(ji ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 588 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

HEAVY GUNFIRE HEARD OVER CHANNEL

... from the sea front saw shells bursting in the sky. The activity appeared on - the other side of the Channel, on the Ostein!, Dunkirk, Calais coast. 44 We saw great flares as though were exploding, and it seemed that guns were in action. One watcher told ...

Published: Monday 20 May 1940
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 149 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

ALLIED FORCES CAPTURE NARVIK

... military objectives Bremen and Hamburg bombed and fuel depots set on fire. ' last night French units still held ©'it in Calais. Dunkirk has been heavily but the town is not chrectly threatened. B.E.F. Not Lost Their Cohesion wa ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1162 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

FIGHTER PILOTS DAY OUT

... picked by paddle steamer; and was eventually landed at Margate. The geant, who was in a formation of nine aircraft patrolling Dunkirk, stated that towards the end of the patrol tiine Messerschmitt 109 fighters were sighted. His report gones on: 44 Messerschmitt ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 261 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

LATE NEWS

... circumstances demanded if. impose such further restrictions ou puMic entertainment as may necessary. STILL FIGHTING AT CALAIS Off Dunkirk powerful Allied Fleet is taking p«.rr defence of area, landing supplies in work of evacuation. British and French ticr-ps ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 298 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

KING LEOPOLD ABANDONS THE FIGHT

... the Belgian Army, the 8.E.F., and some French divisions under the command of General Blanchard. They were provisioned over Dunkirk. One of the first indications that a pave announcement had to be made was dramatic two-hour of the French Council last nifiht ...

Published: Tuesday 28 May 1940
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1009 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

HOLD-UP AND AFTER

... may win no actual foothold on our soil, may not even hold single one of those Channel Ports—Zeebrugge, Ostend, Nieuport, Dunkirk —which he covets as nests for his U-boats to harry our shipping in all our sea-ways and to lighten up our blockade. VITALLY ...

Published: Tuesday 21 May 1940
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 560 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Thrilling Combats By R.A.F. Fighters

... flames near the same place. hen .1 Hurricane squadron attacked formntionof :!() Heinkel and Dornier bombers between alius and Dunkirk, their protecting held off from the fight . i ii lrrß ' a . tirBt sh,,t live ami probably seven the bombers at 11.(MM) ...

Published: Saturday 25 May 1940
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 474 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

MOST OF ARMY MAY BE GOT AWAY

... after swimming for Mime time, was the only one to be rescued. Bombed and Machine Gunned The beaches and sund dunes around Dunkirk have been alive with troops for the past three days waiting be evacuated and being evacuated. more and more frequent intervals ...

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

B.E.F. ENGAGED IN FIERCE FIGHTING IN ARRAS SECTOR

... goiug on. Speaking of Air Force activities it is asserted that the German Air Force also successfully bombed the ports of Dunkirk and Dover. On inquiry the Air Ministry to-day the Press Association was informed that there was truth whatever the German ...

Published: Thursday 23 May 1940
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 886 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

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Published: Thursday 23 May 1940
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 680 | Page: 3 | Tags: none