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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

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

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

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

Tter rearguard ACTIONS

... Tter rearguard ACTIONS NAVAL FORCES HOLD DUNKIRK PARTLY IN NAZI HANDS: street fighting in lille fi lria cen t courage and in complete order, the B.E.F. is withdrawal from the isolated Northern zone. Strong cti° ns are covering the operation. Last night’s ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 360 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

GERMAN VERSION OF BATTLE

... twenty-five miles wide at its widest point.” German troops advancing in Northern Flanders towards Dunkirk are stated to have reached the River Yser. “ Dunkirk,” it was claimed, “is now within the range of the German heavy artillery and its harbour has been ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 164 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Fighting Round Ypres

... fighting is continuing to-night round Ypres and Kemmel. German airmen report that Dunkirk has been burning for three days. It is also stated that there is street fighting in Dunkirk. —The Associated Press. NAZI COMMUNIQUE 4 BRITISH ARMY FACING DESTRUCTION A ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 318 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

“ Liege Fort Surrenders ”

... badly damaged by bombs. The German Air Force also successfully bombed the ports of Dunkirk and Dover. German high-speed boats torpedoed and sank an enemy destroyer off Dunkirk.” The Air Ministry states that there is no truth in the German claim that Dover ...

Published: Friday 24 May 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 161 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

NAZI COMMUNIQUE

... Channel coast was continued, yesterday, north-eastwards towards St. Pol and Montreuil-sur-Mer. The harbour and docks at Ostend, Dunkirk, Calais, Boulogne and Dieppe were successfully attacked again by the German Air Force. In Flanders the enemy resisted toughly ...

Published: Thursday 23 May 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 118 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

French Coast Air Battle

... action. There were only five British casualties. continuous air battle was fought over the French coast between Calais and Dunkirk. Pilots reported that the sky was filled with aircraft. A squadron leader spoke of encountering large masses of Messerschmitt ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 119 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

COMMUNIQUE

... com- HI. was defend- V the Scheldt and the Ostend, received ‘b b'y to der to cease fire, k ''rnpo ' enemy the road to \ t 0 Dunkirk. 'iSi l,l d ' lle Coast f'fj roops> under the : era t Blanchard and Vjf'-islj’ close collaboration . y under Lord Gort, in ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 172 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

“ Douai Captured ”

... Bourbourgville are in German hands. The German Air Force bombed the communication line leading to Zeebrugge, Nieuport, Ostend-and Dunkirk as well as the ports and ships in the ports. An enemy destroyer was hit by a bomb between Calais and Dover. “On the Southern ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 154 | Page: 1 | Tags: none