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8.E.F., INTACT, ARE WITHDRAWING TO COAST

... 8.E.F., INTACT, ARE WITHDRAWING TO COAST DUNKIRK AND CALAIS, STILL HELD THE B.E.F. ARE STILL INTACT TOGETHER, AND HAVE WITHDRAWN MILES TOWARDS THE COAST. UP TO LAST NIGHT THE FRENCH STILL HELD CALAIS. DUNKIRK HAS BEEN HEAVILY BOMBED, BUT IS NOT YET DIRECTLY ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 122 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

FRENCH WAR COMMUNIQUE. PARIS. Wednesday

... of Ostend. received from its King the order to cease fire, thus opening to the enemy the road to Ypres. to Fumes. and to Dunkirk. VERY HARD FIGHTINC. Since then our troops. under the command of General Blanchard and General Prioux. in close collaboration ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 437 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

SKILFUL REARGUARD FIGHTS AS B.E.F. FALL BACK

... Calais DUNKIRK FIRMLY HELD: R.A.F.'s GREAT WORK The King's Grateful Words to Our Troops Fighting skilful rearguard actions, the British and French troops in Flanders, it was learned early to-day, continued their well-ordered withdrawal on Dunkirk. ONE of ...

11. E.F. Fights To Coast

... towards the coast Dunkirk was being fortified by French and British naval engineers. The Admiral commanding the operations there was satisfied with the supply situation. Ships arc reported taking a steady stream of food and war supplies Dunkirk,” the spokesman ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Daily Herald
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 186 | Page: 8 | 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

WITHOUT ANY

... WITHOUT ANY WARNING 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. The Belgian Army has now suddenly and unconditionally capitulated, in the midst of battle ...

Published: Tuesday 28 May 1940
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 173 | Page: 1 | 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

ALLIES STILL LEAVING NORTHERN FRANCE

... stated that Allied troops are holding out aj e fortified area of Dunkirk and west of the Yser m ' ' Prioux's Army, which was hemmed in tovv cont ' nue s to make progress northwards the Dunkirk region, and already a considertha las hacked its way safely across ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Derby Daily Telegraph
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1184 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Is BB: NAVY SHELLS ENEMY

... Is NAVY SHELLS ENEMY B RITISH and French troops last night held Calais and Dunkirk. The French official communique stated that Boulogne had been taken by the Germans after fierce street fighting. But Paris reported that Allied forces still hold the town's ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 187 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

WITHDRAWAL TO NEARER COAST

... WITHDRAWAL TO NEARER COAST French Hold On In Calais, Dunkirk Still Safe ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Shields Daily News
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 12 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Ship Struck Mine

... killed and another wounded. The human targets dig themselves into the sand and wait. DUNKIRK SHELLED Dangers of Evacuation Increased German artillery is now shelling Dunkirk an dthe vicinity, so the dangers are worse than ever. All the men I spoke to to-day ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Newcastle Evening Chronicle
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 333 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Rear-guard Action

... withdrawn and Allied ships are taking them off. Dunkirk has been turned into a fortified position through which the heroic troops fighting to the last may pass to the open sea. By Our Military Correspondent off Dunkirk. One young officer who witnessed such a ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Newcastle Journal
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 336 | Page: 4 | Tags: none