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Published: Friday 10 May 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Advertisement | Words: 312 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

BELGIAN KING CAPITULATES

... that has never been surpassed in the annals of the British Army. French naval forces firmly hold the fortified area of Dunkirk open for the retreating troops. Here land and naval planes are performing magnificent service. British and French unite were ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Montrose Review
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 771 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

FIFTY YEARS AGO

... this Armv is resisting fiercely, and trying to make up for its inferiority in numbers by narrowing its front. The port of Dunkirk is an entrenched camp, rtrnilv held and supported by the heavy guns of the Fleet. night it was stated that in view of the ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Arbroath Herald
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 319 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

ATTACK ON FRANCE r 4 Waves of 'Planes Over Northern Areas MANY CIVILIANS KILLED NUFFIELD HOSPITALS TRUST ..

... civilian centres The tale is still incompletebut it is known that among the places attacked were Bethune . Choques . Lens , Dunkirk , Nancy , Hazebrouck . Calais . Abbeville Doulans and Albert . Numerous civilian casualties are known to have occurred although ...

Published: Saturday 11 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1082 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

DEFIANTS SHOW THEIR POWER . A ... ,. Twelve Destroy 37 German 'Planes , in One Day SCREENING B . E . F . ..

... the Germans vanished . Then the British squadron saw two formations of nine Heinkel bombers that were attempting to bomb Dunkirk , but all their bombs fell into the sea . Later the squadron encountered a number o £ Messerschmitt 110 twin-engine fightsi'B ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1091 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

ALIVE WITH TROOPS

... ALIVE WITH TROOPS The beaches and sand dunes around Dunkirk have been alive with troops for the past three days, waiting to be evacuated and being evacuated. At more and more frequent intervals German aircraft appear over them and drop bombs and fire ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 792 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

War in the Air By C. G. GREY GERMANY OPEN TO ATTACK

... receives the order to strike. aerodromes in Britain, we can keep control over the bombing activities of the enemy near Calais, Dunkirk, and Ostend. The success of our fighters in this allimportant work is made possible by the unexpected amount of superiority ...

Published: Tuesday 28 May 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 377 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

BELGIAN ARMY FIGHTING WELL

... 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 fire. No important events on the southern front. The German Air Force also attacked aerodromes in the vicinity ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Evening Telegraph
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 436 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

GENERAL BLANCHARD Nortli

... . ALLIED UNITS STILL RESISTING IN CALAIS Military circles in Paris stated last night ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1122 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

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Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 260 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

DAY BY DAY WAR TALKS

... would mean that the British and Belgian armies would be separated from our main bases and dependent on such places as Calais, Dunkirk, and Boulogne, all of which would be within easy bombing range of the enemy machines. ® ® It is important to note that the ...

Published: Wednesday 22 May 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 522 | Page: 4 | Tags: none