... are pushing up the coast from the South and down from the North towards Dunkirk in an attempt to complete the encirclement of the Allies. The British and French navies off Dunkirk and Belgian coasts, are covering with fire the retirement of the Allied ...

... of Ostend, received from its King the order to ' Cease fire,' thus opening to the enemy the road to Ypres, to Furnes, and Dunkirk. Since then our troops, under the command of General Blanchard and General Prious, in close collaboration with the British ...

... detained a large number of the enemy and was of invaluable assistance to the main body of the B.E.F. in its withdrawal on Dunkirk. This action will count among the most heroic deeds in the annals of the British Army.” British Ministry of Information A ...

... against invasion will be taken, states the Dublin correspondent of the Press Association. and sank an enemy destroyer off Dunkirk. “In general the activity o; the Air Forces on both sides was limited weather conditions. “The enemy lost nine 'planes. Five ...

... whilst further attacks were made in Germany on railways carrying military traffic towards the battlefield. GERMAN: “Bombed Dunkirk and Dover’’ German forces are slowly advancing Flanders across the Scheldt In face of strong enemy resistance. The battle ...

... miles wide at the widest point. German troops advancing in, Northern Flanders towards Dunkirk are stated to have reached the River Yser. It is claimed that Dunkirk is now within range of the German heavy artillery, and the harbour been destroyed, Death ...

... attack British troops near Aire, on the flank of the German mechanised troops which attacked Calais and attempted to approach Dunkirk. Fighting Reaches Maximum Intensity. Bans, Monday.—A French military spokesman said to-night:— The fighting seems to have ...

... their way of retreat the sea. General Prioux’s army is. however, slowly retiring in the direction of the entrenched camp of Dunkirk from the Lille region. BRITISH ADMIRAL AND KING LEOPOLD Sir Roger Keyes. Admiral of the British Fleet, who. ns Special British ...

... A message from Paris this morn- ing says that French troops are firmly BRITISH AIR MINISTRY’S STATEMENT holding Calais, Dunkirk, Ostend and ie ...

... Channel 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 by fire. “No important events on the Southern, Front. New Minister of Information TO SPEAK IN COMMONS TO-DAY ...

... stated to have gone to Spain, while others have crossed to North Alrlca.” Belgian Government at Dunkirk. The Belgian Government has moved from Ostend to Dunkirk, according to the Russian newspaper “Izvestia,” quoted the Moscow wireless, Enemies Meet. The ...

... 8.E.F.. and some French divisions. This group of three Armies was commanded by 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. “The Belgian ...