... French Warships Guard Dunkirk To Cover Withdrawal OTORY OF THE B.E.F.’s STRUGGLE TO PROTECT 0 THE FLANK LAID BARE BY LEOPOLD’S BETRAYAL AND TO FIGHT ITS WAY BACK TO THE COAST IN THE FACE OF ATTACK FROM ALMOST EVERY DIRECTION, WAS SIMPLY TOLD IN THE FOLLOWING ...

... for Allies COAST Fighting Resolutely Dunkirk still held v * —approximately 1,000,000 being used by the Germans the sector of the battle front in their effort to 3- Allies’ road to the sea, a French military esinan sa id to-day. 0 by the bulk of their ...

... claim to have reached the River Yser in their advance on Dunkirk, and to have the port within the range of their heavy artillery. Military circles Paris slated last night, however, that Dunkirk has been transformed into an entrenched camp, and is firmly ...

... 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 ...

... withdrawn and Allied ships are taking them off.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 ...

... ADMIRAL ABRIAL, under whose command the French Navy is performing new deeds of valour in supplying the fortified camp of Dunkirk in the teeth of terrific enemy aerial attacks. f* ••:•,• : ::: .> v x';;>^il ...

... HEARD ON S.E. COAST Gunfire was heard to-day on the i South-East Coast, coming, apparently.} from the direction of Calais or Dunkirk It was heard at intervals over a period of about two hours, and at times was very rapid. There were also heavy detonations ...

... fortified area of Dunkirk and to the west of the Yser Canal. BOUT A MILLION Germans, with nearly their entire ** mechanised force, have been pitted against the Allies in this desperate Flanders battle, and they have suffered enormous losses. Dunkirk, the port ...

... French Premier, was bitter and scathing. Without any warning to their Allies, the Belgians had opened the way for Germany to Dunkirk. M. Reynaud said: “I have to announce to the French people a grave event. France can no longer reckon on the help of the Belgian ...

... the air 30 were severely handi.\v° ,weather conditions. In \ nis the harbour of Dunkirk feck «a«-ted. lnst , tlle rest the British and ,,, lo between Fumes. I- of Dunkirk is pro,at anri°2 is - only few miles bp. rpSet. has bcen flooded. The here stubbornly ...

... their Vltal V.tb to ops an the French are abanc o all the Channel V * by''tv! her them unfit for the Germans for a long Round Dunkirk our main ports and w lle along the area of the th„ we may feel the bulk of the material t-he B.E.F. cannot fall of the enemy ...

... of the air , 30 were severely handi\}k weather conditions. V Lhis the harbour of Dunkirk attat,ked - Balnst the rest of the British loop between Fumes, West of Dunkirk Is pro- Oat „ J only a few miles 1 bas been flooded. The twisting here stubbornly ...