May 25, 1940 (266 th Day)
... 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. ...
... 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. ...
... fortified area of Dunkirk, almost completely surrounded by flood waters, but also to theqaiest of the Yser Canal. The army, of General Prioux. which was hemmed in near Lille, continues to make progress northwards towards the Dunkirk region. HACKING THROUGH ...
... FOUNDRYMAN INJURED Mr. J. Paling. of Dunkirk. who is employed at the Weston Boiler Co., was taken to the Nottingham General Hospital on Wednesday with an injury to his foot. ...
... The operations of the Air Force on May 30 were severely handicapped by weather conditions. In spite of this the harbour of Dunkirk was again attacked. ...
... that the opening shot will come from German long-range guns at Calais. Popolo di Roma, commenting on German repbrta that Dunkirk and Ostend are threatened, declares that England is thus about to lose her last bridgehead on the Continent. 'The democracies ...
... objectives at Bremen and Hamburg bombed and fuel depots set on fire. Up to last night French units still held out in Calais. Dunkirk been heavily bombed, but the town is not directly threatened. ...
... cut off the French troop,. The entrenched camp of Dunkirk itself is holding out magnificently. The flooding of regions around Dunkirk has now been accomplished. The whole of the area the south-west Dunkirk, from the neighbourhood of Gravelines almost to ...
... The sound of gunfire was heard early to-day from the South-East Coast, coming apparently from the direction of Calais or Dunkirk. It was heard at intervals over period of about two hours, and at times was very rapid. There were also heavy detonations ...
... planes and about 2.000 out of 5.000 mechanised units. On the ground, the one fixed point in this new phase of the battle is Dunkirk. all other points the fierce fighting is being carried on In the utmost confusion caused by King Leopold's defection. It is ...
... been broken in a short time. The attack against the • of the British Army in the loop between Furnes. Bergues and west of Dunkirk is proceeding. The loop is only a few miles deep. is flat, and has been flooded. The enemy is resisting here stubbornly ...
... are receiving the greatest possible assistance both from the combined British and French forces and from naval units. At Dunkirk Vice-Admiral Abrial is keeping open the lines of communication, while Allied aircraft, working in close collaboration, are ...
... to-morroware Coventry-road, Highbury, Jesse Boot, Middleton, Quarry-road, Seely, Walter Halls, Bestwood Temporary, Bulwell Hall, Dunkirk, Haydn-road, Player, William Crane, Wollaton Temporary, and Bulwell Trust. ...