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FIGHTING IN DUNKIRK?

... FIGHTING IN DUNKIRK? Street fighting was reported, to-day, in the Channel port of Dunkirk, according to informed Nazi sources in Berlin, who said that the Belgian capitulation had permitted a very strong break-through on the entire line. The French, ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 120 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK HEAVLIY BOMBED

... DUNKIRK HEAVLIY BOMBED Authoritative advices received in t'ans state that while the situation on tne .Northern front is not clear, the battle is extremely violent and is marked by deadly combats in most sectors between Allied and enemy units, which are ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 196 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Supplies Reaching Dunkirk

... Supplies Reaching Dunkirk OSTEND Midddkerke unl, '> Hxmu Armei Laventt ° Warn La '^Lillers Bethune civeridy Bruay logs Houdain Lens Dunkirk is being fortified by French and British naval engineers, the Admiral commanding the operations reported to-night ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 142 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK IS POWERFULLY ENTRENCHED

... DUNKIRK IS POWERFULLY ENTRENCHED STILL unbroken in face of overwhelming odds, the British and French Armies are continuing their heroic withdrawal to the coast. “Suicide” French divisions were reported to-day to be holding the rear while British troops ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 179 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

ONE PENNY DUNKIRK FIGHT

... ONE PENNY DUNKIRK FIGHT Behind the message, “ Gentlemen, I thank you,” sent by General Georges, Chief of Staff to General Weygand, to an R.A.F. squadron, is the story of one of the bravest feats of the war. All the bridges over the Meuse near Maastricht ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 242 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

ALLIES HOLD A CORUNNA LINE OUTSIDE DUNKIRK

... the Corunna Line. Flooded areas extending south-west and north-east of Dunkirk are playing a priceless part in delaying the German mechanised units. Embarked from Open Beaches Dunkirk itself is protected by curtain of fire from Allied warships, and most ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 700 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

FRENCH TANK ATTACK A WAY FORCED TO DUNKIRK

... ATTACK A WAY FORCED TO DUNKIRK Paris, Thursday.—The vanguard of General Prioux's army, consisting of two divisions, has blasted its way out of the German trap in Flanders means of a furious tank battle, and has reached Dunkirk, a French military’ authority ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 88 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

RETREAT TO COAST GOES ON NAVAL GUNS GUARD DUNKIRK

... RETREAT TO COAST GOES ON NAVAL GUNS GUARD DUNKIRK FIGHTING in Flanders reached rare pitch of violence during the night, declared the French military spokesman, when the Germans threw into the battle the full weight of forty divisions—more than a million ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 293 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK’S AIRMAN DID FIRST “SOLO” IN BATTLE (Pbom oua own ooai

... DUNKIRK’S AIRMAN DID FIRST “SOLO” IN BATTLE (Pbom oua own ooai i, A fils, Friday. •A TERRIFYING adventure in the air that ended with promotion for a second lieutenant and award the Cross the Legion Honour told in the French Press. A pilot, with an observer ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 239 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

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Published: Monday 20 May 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 89 | Page: 1 | Tags: none