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Dover And Dunkirk Bombed Claims German Communique

... was badly damaged by bombs. The Air Force also successfully bombed the ports of Dunkirk and Dover. German high speed boats torpedoed and sank an enemy destroyer off Dunkirk. In general the activity of the air forces on both sides was limited by weather ...

Published: Thursday 23 May 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 352 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

ALLIES HOLD A CORUNNA LINE OUTSIDE DUNKIRK

... the Corunna Line. Flooded areas extending south-west and north-east of Dunkirk are playing a priceless part in delaying the German mechanised units. Embarked from Open Beaches Dunkirk itself is protected by curtain of fire from Allied warships, and most ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 700 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK PIG-BEEPEIi FINED Regulations Contravened

... DUNKIRK PIG-BEEPEIi FINED Regulations Contravened Charles Fisher, of the Gate Inn, Dunkirk, Amid Eli at St. Augnetine's Sessions, Canterbury, last week for causing a pig to be slaughtered contrary to the Reguletiass Livestock Order on April .i. Henry ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Faversham News
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 298 | Page: 8 | 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

FRENCH TANK ATTACK A WAY FORCED TO DUNKIRK

... ATTACK A WAY FORCED TO DUNKIRK Paris, Thursday.—The vanguard of General Prioux's army, consisting of two divisions, has blasted its way out of the German trap in Flanders means of a furious tank battle, and has reached Dunkirk, a French military’ authority ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 88 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

RETREAT TO COAST GOES ON NAVAL GUNS GUARD DUNKIRK

... RETREAT TO COAST GOES ON NAVAL GUNS GUARD DUNKIRK FIGHTING in Flanders reached rare pitch of violence during the night, declared the French military spokesman, when the Germans threw into the battle the full weight of forty divisions—more than a million ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 293 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Dunkirk Not Yet Menaced. NARVIK IN ALLIED HANDS Norwegian Operations

... Dunkirk Not Yet Menaced. NARVIK IN ALLIED HANDS Norwegian Operations Pans. Wednesday. Authoritative advices state that while 'he situation on the northern front is clear, ,he battle is extremely violent and is marked by deadly combats in I most sectors ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 608 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

R.A.F. Shoot Down 22 Planes in Battle Off Dunkirk

... R.A.F. Shoot Down 22 Planes in Battle Off Dunkirk TN a tarrffla air battla over the Franait ooatt naar Dunkirk last night a formation ol Hurrleanaa and Dahants shot down of a large fore# of German bombers and lighters This was stated an Air Ministry ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Nottingham Journal
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 528 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

General Blanchard. It was provisioned via Dunkirk. The British and the French Armies defended this port in the ..

... General Blanchard. It was provisioned via Dunkirk. The British and the French Armies defended this port in the south and in the west, the Belgian Army in the north. UNCONDITIONAL CAPITULATION The Belgian Army has now suddenly and unconditionally capitulated ...

Published: Tuesday 28 May 1940
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 157 | Page: 8 | Tags: none