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 withdrawn and Allied ships are taking them off.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

... being quickly and safely evacuated from Dunkirk. Dunkirk itself is holding out magnificently. -JH morning's French w«r iunique states: north opct aliens are with the same bitterness ; fortified area of Dunkirk. • Somme and the Aisne infantry actions both ...

... Friday ‘Press Association ar Special)— Allied troops are continuing to hold out solidly, not only In the lomhed area of Dunkirk, almost completely surrounded flood waters, but also io the West of the Yser Canal, tne French military spokesman staled to-day ...

... Nevertheless this army is resistin’ and trying to make up for its inferiority numbers by narrowing its front. The port of Dunkirk is an entrenched camp, firmly held and supposed heavv Fle It forms the maritime part of a sort ot corridor along which the ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... HEARD Sound of gunfire was heard early to-day from the South-East Coast, coming apparently from the direction cf 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 ...

... FLOODED AREAS The floods immediately north and south of Dunkirk have reached such a depth that ail operations by both infantry and mechanized units have been brought to a standstill. In places the water is two feet deep. While the Allied forces some few ...

... 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 ...

... greatest possible assistance both from the combined British and French Air Forces and from naval units. BLOW AFTER BLOW At Dunkirk. Vice-Admiral Abrial is keeping open the lines of communication. while Allied aircraft, working in close collaboration, are ...