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“Opened the Road to Dunkirk

... the Road to Dunkirk “It is this Belgian Army which, at tho height of the battle, has unconditionally, and without warning its British and French comrades in arms, suddenly capitulated on the orders of its King and opened the road to Dunkirk to the German ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 604 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

ALLIES STILL IN DUNKIRK AND CALAIS

... ALLIES STILL IN DUNKIRK AND CALAIS HAMBURG AND BREMEN BOMBED JTRENCH units are still holding out in Calais. Dunkirk has been heavily bombed, but the town is not directly threatened, it is stated in French military circles to-day. Allied aircraft are ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 195 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

ROAD TO DUNKIRK NOW OPENED TO GERMANS

... ROAD TO DUNKIRK NOW OPENED TO GERMANS Paris, Tuesday. Broadcasting to the French nation at 8.30 this morning, M. Reynaud, Prime Minister, said: I have to inform the French people of a grave event. This event occurred during the night. France can no longer ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 540 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

BLIZZARD OF BOMBS MEN LEFT DUNKIRK

... BLIZZARD OF BOMBS MEN LEFT DUNKIRK THE WORKMAN’S TRIBUTE TRAIN of French and Bel * gian soldiers, looking hot and tired, stopped in a Surrey station. They made a rush for the small buffet, but having only foreign money could not be served. Waiting passengers ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 116 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Dover And Dunkirk Bombed Claims German Communique

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

Published: Thursday 23 May 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 352 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

General Blanchard. It was provisioned via Dunkirk. The British and the French Armies defended this port in the ..

... General Blanchard. It was provisioned via Dunkirk. The British and the French Armies defended this port in the south and in the west, the Belgian Army in the north. UNCONDITIONAL CAPITULATION The Belgian Army has now suddenly and unconditionally capitulated ...

Published: Tuesday 28 May 1940
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 157 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

HOUSANDS OF B.E.F. HOME AS REARGUARD FIGHTS ON Three Destroyers Lost in Withdrawal FRENCH DIVISIONS REACH DUNKIRK

... HOUSANDS OF B.E.F. HOME AS REARGUARD FIGHTS ON Three Destroyers Lost in Withdrawal FRENCH DIVISIONS REACH DUNKIRK pART of the B.E.F. has been safely evacuated. Many have already reached this country. Yesterday they were arriving by thousands. Three British ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 597 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

THEY HAVE EARNED IT

... In the Argonne some fairly violent artillery activity by the Germans was followed by patrols, but these too were repulsed. Dunkirk “Like a Fortress” The spokesman said that there was no deterioration of the situation of the French and British armies in ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 603 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

REACH HOME

... REARGUARD ACTION IS CONTINUING WITH THE SAME BITTERNESS AROUND DUNKIRK.” The Allied warships are pounding the Nazi hordes with their big guns and the R.A.F. are showering them with high explosive. Dunkirk itself is holding out magnificently. The inundations extending ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 277 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

FAVOURABLE

... the Lille region, and fighting fiercely, the Prioux army is slowly retiring in the direction of the entrenched camp of Dunkirk. Dunkirk itself is holding out magnificently. The inundations extending southwest and north-east of the entrenched camp are now ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 446 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

FIGHT TO COAST

... ALLIES’ STAND AT YSER CANAL 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 west of the Yser Canal, the French military spokesman stated ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 337 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Line” Near The Coast

... General Prioux. which was'hemmed in near Lille, continues to make progress northwards towards the Dunkirk region. German artillery is now shelling Dunkirk end the vicinity, so the dangers are worse than ever. Already a considerable part of it has hacked ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1342 | Page: 1 | Tags: none