B.E.F. HOL WAY TO SEA

... reached Dunkirk. The remainder of their comrades were following. Dunkirk itself is holding out magnificently. The flooding carried out south-west and north-east of the entrenched camp is now effective. All the area to the south-west of Dunkirk, from the ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 143 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

Fighting Fiercely

... region and fighting fiercely, the Prioux Army is. however, slowly retiring in the direction of the entrenched camp of Dunkirk. Dunkirk ItMlf i* holding out mog- nifteontly. Tho Inundalioni extending south-west and north-east of entrenched camp ars now ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 178 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

ALIANT BRITISH IN EPIC STRUGGLE Hope That Withdrawal May Be Completed WNIFICENT HELP OF NAVY AND AIR FORCE ..

... 25 bombers. lie port of Dunkirk, described as a fortified camp, is held by Allied warships and Air Forces. Apparently at Dunkirk are assembled transport fuels for the evacuation of troops. iceording to the Paris spokesman, Dunkirk forms the port of a sort ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 151 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

I and peding hr LATE NEWS Prioux's Army

... Prioux's Army Reaches Dunkirk PARIS. Thur-day.—The vanguard of General Prioux's Army. concisiing of two divisions. has blasted its way out of the German trap in Flanders by mean% of a furious tank battle and has reached Dunkirk. a French military authority ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 63 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

FRENCH FIGHTING CLEAR

... literally banned the air over Dunkirk to German 'planeo. A second force of General Prloux’s army has arrived in the region the hills and is trying to cut its way across, while the large remnants are a little way behind. At Dunkirk the combined Allied air forces ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 581 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

BRITISH HEROES AT CALAIS

... region and fighting fiercely, the Prioux Army is, however, slowly retiring in the direction of the entreffched camp of Dunkirk. Dunkirk itself is holding out magnificently, since the inundations extending south-west and north-east of the entrenched camn ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 585 | 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

BRITISH COLLIER SUNK; CREW SAVED

... BRITISH COLLIER SUNK; CREW SAVED DUNKIRK, Wednesday. The British cargo steamer Brighton sank off Dunkirk, after an explosion, yesterday. The 34 members ut the crew were saved by a motor launch. Ten were injured.— Reuter. Owned by the Carlton Steanitiliiii ...

Published: Thursday 09 May 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Journal of Commerce
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 64 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

R.A.F. Destroy 22 Nazi Planes

... R.A.F. Destroy 22 Nazi Planes IN ONE FIGHT Big Battle Near Dunkirk In a terrific air battle over the French coast near Dunkirk last night a formation of Hurricanes and Defiants shot down 22 of a large force of German bombers and fighters. Not one the ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 180 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

yesterday or last night

... yesterday or last night The fortified area of Dunkirk. around which all the withdrawal operations we,re taking place, was continuing to resist solidly. It is now a kind of fortress, completely surrounded by water stretching for several kilometres like ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 63 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

TROOPS SOLIDLY HOLD CORRIDOR TO SEA

... French spokesman, describing the situation at Dunkirk, said, “Naval A.A. guns and squadrons of R.A.F. fighters banned the air over the port to German planes.” Allied troops are still holding out solidly in Dunkirk and west of the Yser Canal. They are holding ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Evening Express
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 1703 | Page: 1 | Tags: none