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DUNKIRK STILL HOLDING OUT

... DUNKIRK STILL HOLDING OUT French Army Hacking Way to Safety WHILE ever increasing numbers of British and French troops are being safely landed in England their comrades in Flanders are grimly continuing their great rearguard action against the German ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Shields Daily News
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 91 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

French Warships Guard Dunkirk To Cover Withdrawal

... French Warships Guard Dunkirk To Cover Withdrawal OTORY OF THE B.E.F.’s STRUGGLE TO PROTECT 0 THE FLANK LAID BARE BY LEOPOLD’S BETRAYAL AND TO FIGHT ITS WAY BACK TO THE COAST IN THE FACE OF ATTACK FROM ALMOST EVERY DIRECTION, WAS SIMPLY TOLD IN THE FOLLOWING ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Newcastle Journal
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 191 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

for Allies COAST Fighting Resolutely Dunkirk still held

... for Allies COAST Fighting Resolutely Dunkirk still held v * —approximately 1,000,000 being used by the Germans the sector of the battle front in their effort to 3- Allies’ road to the sea, a French military esinan sa id to-day. 0 by the bulk of their ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Newcastle Evening Chronicle
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 903 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Grim Night Fighting Towns: Allied Drive DUNKIRK STRONGLY HELD BY FRENCH

... Grim Night Fighting Towns: Allied Drive DUNKIRK STRONGLY HELD BY FRENCH Violent Struggle Cassel and on Near Yser Paris. Thursday. FIGHTING with indomitable resolution the British and French armies in the north are making a desperate bid to drive their ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Shields Daily News
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 804 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

ALLIED MILITARY REVIEWS FRENCH UNITS STILL HOLD CALAIS AND DUNKIRK Belgians' Valiant Fight Before Capitulation ..

... ALLIED MILITARY REVIEWS FRENCH UNITS STILL HOLD CALAIS AND DUNKIRK Belgians' Valiant Fight Before Capitulation Paris, Wednesday. A UTHORITATIVE advicee state • that while the situation on the northern front is not clear, the battle is extremely violent ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Shields Daily News
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 581 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

ALLIES' MASS AIR RAIDS Navy Keeps Dunkirk Life-line Open Front Press Association Special Correspondent with the ..

... ALLIES' MASS AIR RAIDS Navy Keeps Dunkirk Life-line Open Front Press Association Special Correspondent with the R.A,F. Somewhere in France. Wednesday. THE troops on land are receiving the greatest possible assistance both from the combined British and ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Shields Daily News
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 188 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

BERLIN REPORT

... REPORT “Stubborn Resistance” at Dunkirk Berlin. Friday ‘Press Association War Special —To-day’s German High| Command communique states “The! at ack against the British in the loop between Fumes. Bergues. and West ol Dunkirk is proceeding. The loop is only ...

Race Against Time

... claim to have reached the River Yser in their advance on Dunkirk, and to have the port within the range of their heavy artillery. Military circles Paris slated last night, however, that Dunkirk has been transformed into an entrenched camp, and is firmly ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Newcastle Journal
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 253 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

GRIM DRAMA WITHDRA

... fortified area of Dunkirk almost completely surrounded flood waters, but also to the west of the Yser Canal, said the spokesman. The Army of General Piroux, which hemmed in near Lille, continues to make progress northwards towards the Dunkirk region. Already ...

BITTER FIGHTING

... being quickly and safely evacuated from Dunkirk. Dunkirk itself is holding out magnificently Today's French communique reports : In the north opera- tions are continuing with the same bitterness around Dunkirk. On the Somme and the Aisne several local ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Shields Daily News
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 1192 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Rear-guard Action

... 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 ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Newcastle Journal
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 336 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Ship Struck Mine

... 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 ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Newcastle Evening Chronicle
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 333 | Page: 1 | Tags: none