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bombers, betw ~en Calais and Dunkirk, their protecting Messerschmitts held from the fight. The Hurricanes first ..

... bombers, betw ~en Calais and Dunkirk, their protecting Messerschmitts held from the fight. The Hurricanes first shot down and probably seven of the . bombers at 11,000 feet. Then they :limbed to 22,000 feet and put three of the Measerschmitts out of action ...

Published: Saturday 25 May 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 141 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

r1 THE LEICESTER MERCURY FRIDAY 31st MAY - 'From Page One Dunkirk A Fortress With Qigantic Moat evacuation it is

... tied area camp wtranche oil Dunkirk On the Somme' and on the Alsnel some local infantry action bv both sides Between the Aisne and the artillery duels of some violence Ik Mi1m' an enemy raid Was repulsed GERMAN CLAIMS -Dunkirk Allied Air :r- Tnnrawai ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Daily Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 1627 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

A MIGHTY BRITISH BLOW TO COME By EVENING MAIL MILITARY EXPERT

... study a map of better armed forces induced his the Channel. There seems to be capitulation. The weight of this an idea that Dunkirk, Calais and onslaught, now directed against Boulogne are the only Channel the surprised flank and rear of the ports. Please ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 269 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

GERMAN CLAIM TO HAVE BOMBED DOVER TODAY'S German High Command communique states : German forces are slowly ..

... badly damaged by bombs. Th. German Air Force also successfully bombed the ports, Dunkirk and Dover. German high-speed boats torpedoed and sank an enemy destroyer off Dunkirk. Off Narvik (Norway) a battlecruiser was hit and a transport of 3,000 ...

Published: Thursday 23 May 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 179 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

BID TO CUT ARMIES IN TWO

... EVERTHELESS, this Army is resisting and trying to II make up for its inferiority in numbers by narrowing its front. The port of Dunkirk is an entrenched camp firmly held and supported by the heavy guns of the Fleet. The German attacks, both in the south-west ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 61 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

WIPED OUT

... The operations of the Air Force on May 30 were severely handicapped by weather conditions. In spite of this the harbour of Dunkirk was again attacked. ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 78 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

BOMBS ON GERMANY

... objectives at Bremen and Hamburg bombed and fuel depots set on fire. Up to last night French units still held out in Calais. Dunkirk been heavily bombed, but the town is not directly threatened. ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 83 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

SUPREME DUEL T HE supreme Anglo-German duel is about to open, says Messaggero today, adding that the opening ..

... that the opening shot will come from German long-range guns at Calais. Popolo di Roma, commenting on German repbrta that Dunkirk and Ostend are threatened, declares that England is thus about to lose her last bridgehead on the Continent. 'The democracies ...

Published: Saturday 25 May 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 74 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

GERMAN BERLIN IS WIPING US OUT!

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

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 109 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

At many points in the low-lying plain, crossed by a network of canals, water is slowly rising, following the ..

... are receiving the greatest possible assistance both from the combined British and French 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 ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 111 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

OUR FLEET a SURE SHIELD

... SHIELD I .A ET us face the situation squarely. If Germany were to gain possession of the Channel ports—Boulogne, Calais, Dunkirk, Ostend and Zeebrugge—how should we stand? Provided we had been able to withdraw our troops from the Continent, the answer ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 842 | Page: 4 | Tags: none