... 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 ...

... on fire. DUNKIRK DESTROYED British attempts to rescue their hemmed-in troops and take them heme over the Channel are being foiled by German air attacks against those Channel ports which are still in the enemy's hands. The port of Dunkirk was destroyed ...

... more troops are Quickly and safely evacuated from Dunkirk. 0 the west of the Yser Canal the Allies stand firm, the e.vrny of General Prioux, which was hemmed in continues to make progress towards Dunkirk. r ls now entrenched camp, almost completely ded ...

... The sound of gunfire was heard early to-day from the South-East coast, com:n'rr apparently from the direction of Calais or Dunkirk. It was heard at intervals over a period of about two hours, and times was very rapid. There were also heavy detonations, ...

... warships and troop transports which were to bring home the remainder of the beaten 8.E.F., in the harbour and on the sea off Dunkirk and Ostend. All branches of the Services joined in the attack, which was directed against more than 60 ships. Three warships ...

... broken in a short time. The attack against the rest of the British Army in the loop between Furnes, Bergues, and west of Dunkirk, is proceeding. The loop is only a few I miles deep, is flat, and has been flooded. The enemy is resisting here stub- j ...

... 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 ...

... badly damaged by bombs. The German Air Force also successfully bombed the ports of Dunkirk and Dover. German high speed boats torpedoed and sank enemy destroyer off Dunkirk. In general, the activity of the air forces on both sides was limited by weather ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... the ridge was destroyed successful British mine explosion. The German Fleet was reported to be at sea and to have shelled Dunkirk with 15J-inch shells. ...

... receiving the greatest possible assistance both from the combined British and French Air Forces and from naval units. At Dunkirk, Vice-Admiral Abrial is keeping open the lines of communication, while Allied aircraft, working in close collaboration, are ...