... /or the of Dunkirk and the troops who hold it, and overhead planes are perpetually in action. The withdrawal is a race against time in the face of bitter fighting, for the Germans claim to have reached the River Yser in their advance on Dunkirk and to have ...

... 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. In general tlie activity of the air forces both sides was limited by weather ...

... warships and troop transports which were to bring home the remainder of the beaten 8.E.F., in the harbour and on the sea off Dunkirk and Ostend. All branches of the services joined in the attack which was directed against mora than 60 ships Thrae warships ...

... 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 ...

... May 25, (266 th Day) Four hours’ air battle between Calais and Dunkirk. . . R.A.F. shoot down at least 20 German bombers and fighters and put another 20 out of action. . . Only five British casualties. ...

... THE BELGIAN TASK Th? Belgian Army’s task bad been to defied ««Aor north Dunkirk while the British and French were responsible for the regions to the south ana west estimated that some 300.000 Belgians have laid down their arms accordance with King Leopold's ...

... BELGIANS LEAVE GAP ON ROAD TO DUNKIRK M. REYNAUD’S BITTER COMMENT Paris, May 28 First news of Belgium’s decision was announced to the world at 8.30 this morning in broadcast by M. Reynaud, French Prime Minister. During the night there had been a two-hour ...

... English fight well. The German advance Is governed our counterstrokes as We move to the entrenched line that is Calais and Dunkirk. We might have been at Ostend to-day, but our way was made hard a craven King who can now have a villa there. The B.E.F. must ...

... troops are firmly holding Calais, Dunkirk. Ostend, and Zeebrugge, it was announced Paris late last night, and the German communique speaks of tough resistance. The German Air Force again bombed Zeebrugge, Ostend and Dunkirk, the communique adds. A French ...

... TROOPS SAFE DEFENCE LINE HOLDS FIRM THE number of troops evacuated from Dunkirk is described as very large, but it is not permitted to give exact figures. Allied troops are now holding a line a certain distance from the coast, which is becoming appropriately ...

... Bailleul, and Bergues. west of Dunkirk, are facing annihilation. In North Flanders Bruges was taken. We have taken Ostend and Dixmude. East of Cassel we broke through a French fortified position and reached the Belgian border. Dunkirk is under fire from our heavy ...

... possession of the famous line of hills, which extends between Cassel and Ypres and divides the region of Lille from that of Dunkirk. The German attacks both in the south-west and north-east are meeting with fierce resistance from the Allied troops consisting ...