... near the same place. When a Hurricane squadron attacked a formation of 30 Heinkol and Dornier bombers between Calais and Dunkirk their protecting Messersehrnitt 100’s held off from the fight. The Hurricanes first shot down five and probably seven of the ...

... HEARD The sound of gunfire was heard early to-day from the South-East Coast coming apparently from the direction of Ca:ais 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 ...

... among which many of have a dear one. This group of three armies, under the command of General Blanchard, was supplied via Dunkirk. The French and British Annies defended this port in the south and the west, and the Belgian Army in the north. “It is this ...

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... that the opening shot will come from German long-range guns at Calais. Popolo di Roma,” commenting on German reports that Dunkirk and Ostend are threatened, declares that England is thus about to lose her last bridgehead on the Continent. The democracies ...

... great effectiveness. The bridgehead which the Germans established on the Somme has been definitely wiped out. The port of Dunkirk is an entrenched camp firmly held and supported by the heavy guns of the Fleet, continues the French spokesman. It forms the ...

... High Command communique to-day joined in the chorus of lies, stating: The German Air Force successfully bombed the ports Dunkirk and Dover. On inquiry at the Air Ministry it was stated that there was no truth whatever in the German claim that Dover had ...

... resolution, the British and French armies in the North are making a desperate bid to drive their way through to the coast. Dunkirk, the principal French port, ...

... and still offer resistance at a ’his resistance will have a short time. against the rest of the the loop between Fumes, of Dunkirk is proceedis only a few miles deep, been flooded. The enemy ;re stubbornly, the aim le as many soldiers as ms of ships, without ...

... has broken down. The British Army, which is concentrated in the area of Dixmude, Armentiers, Bailleul and Bergues, west of Dunkirk is facing complete destruction by our concentric attacks. “In swift push through Flanders German forces marched through Bruges ...

... Force in the centre, and French divisions on the right. They were provisioned by way of Dunkirk. The surrender of the Belgian Army had opened the road to Dunkirk to the German divisions. M. Reynaud declared: Misfortune has always made France greater ...

... fresh hope for the orderly and unbroken withdrawal of the B.E.F. in the splendid joint Anglo-French Naval cover provided off Dunkirk. Even the Italian Press has to pay reluctant tribute to the matchless tenacity of our troops, and our marines are now adding ...