... officially described as important. battered their way through the German line during a night combat and reached the safety of Dunkirk. These units brought their war equip- ment saved from the Germans. French and British Marines were said to be still in possession ...

... troops are fighting with exemplary courage in a desperate drive to the coast. There have been heroic stands at Calais and Dunkirk. Nazis admit heavy losses, and their troops are showing signs of exhaustion. The Battle of Fianders may leave the Nazis in ...

... possession of the famous Line of the Hills.” which extends between Cassel and Ypres and divides the region of Lille from that of Dunkirk. The German attacks both in the southwest and north-east arc meeting with fierce resistance from the Allied troops, consisting ...

... was fleeing from its enemies. May 30th were severely handicapped by weather conditions. •* In spite o( this the harbour of Dunkirk was again attacked. The German Navy has taken over the defence the entire Dutch coast and of the part of the French and Belgian ...

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

... broken down. I “The British Army, which is concen| tratcd in the area of Dixmudc. Armen' tiers, Bailleul and Bergues. west of Dunkirk, is facing complete destruction by our concentric attacks. LILLK REACHED. •* Lille was reached by German forces ! coming from ...

... I was bombed. 44 On our last night in Holland we were bombed. In Zeebrugge, Belgium, we slept through an air raid and in Dunkirk we were bombed again. Only when back in England did I have an undisturbed night. Ostend we watched German ’planes sweep down ...

... region of Cassel. u On the Somme and on J ■ the rest of the front there J S was nothing new. intact, since the harbour at Dunkirk is already under fire from German artillery and no other port has facilities for largescale embarkation. It is expected in ...

... 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 fire. important events on the southern AERODROMES ATTACKED “The German Air Force also attacked aerodromes in ...

... Bourbourgville are in German hands. •• The German Air Force bombed the communication line leading to Nieuport. Ostend. and Dunkirk, as well as the ports and ships in the ports. An enemy destroyer was hit bomb between Calais and Dover. On the southern front ...

... Channel coast was continued yesterday north-west towards St. Pol and Montreuil- Sur-Mer, The harbour and docks at Ostend. Dunkirk. Calais, Boulogne and Dieppe were successfully attacked again the German Air Force. In Flanders the enemy resisted toughly ...

... the 8.E.F.. and some trench Divisions. This group of three *rmies was commanded by General Blanchard. was provisioned via Dunkirk. UNCONDITIONAL surrender. The British and the French Armies wended this port in the South, and in llle Belgian Army in the ...