... only 25 miles wide at its widest point. German troops advancing in northern r landers towards Dunkirk are stated to have reached the River Yser. Dunkirk is now within the range of the German heavy artillery and its harbour has been destroyed. ' ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

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

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 withdrawn and Allied ships are taking them off.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

... the road to Dunkirk to the Germans, the Allied Command has never lost its coolness for a moment. The watchword immediately went out, “The British and French go on fighting.” The Belgian Army’s task had been to defend the sector north of Dunkirk, while the ...

... 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 ...

... on fire. DUNKIRK DESTROYED British attempts to rescue their hemmed-in troops and take them heme over the Channel are being foiled by German air attacks against those Channel ports which are still in the enemy's hands. The port of Dunkirk was destroyed ...

... * The Oerman communique May claims that destroyer was sunk by aeroplanes in the port of Dunkirk, that cruiser and a cargo vessel were seriously damaged oft Dunkirk, that two French destroyers were damaged and a transport badly hit that had to run aground ...