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Belgians furious at betrayal: BERLIN SEALS DOOM OF ALLIED ARMIES

... broken down. 'The British Army, which is concentrated in the area of Dismude. Armentieres, Bailleul. and Bergues. west of Dunkirk. is facing complete destruction by our concentric attacks. In a swift pust through Flanders. German forcer marched through ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 223 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

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... themselves imperishably among those who Will yet save by their suffering everything which makes civilised life of value. lAt Dunkirk, the combined 'Allied for are giving effective IP:Section to the embarkatton of wounded and of troops which are 1 , 4 t seeded ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 1116 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

the Allied troops. consiking particularly of British. On the Yser the Germans have obtained no success. On ..

... under Lord Gort, are bearing the brunt of the defence of these two fronts. Garman attacks southwestward from Bruges. aimed at Dunkirk, have encountered fierce resistance by the British on the Year. It Is to be noted in this respect that the British are defending ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 319 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

TYLER'S ADVENTURES No. 148 BRITISH SEAMEN BLEW UP NEW DUTCH WARSHIP

... them I was !bombed. 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. At Ostend we watched German planes sweep ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 266 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

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... SOLIDLY IN r- DUNKIRK AND WEST OF THE VIE R CANAL GENERAL PRIOUX'S ARMY HACKING --ITS -WAY FROM: LILLE TOWARDS DUNKIRK '--At rench -spokesman - claimed this afternoon that naval -—A :A guns and RA F fighter literally banned the air over Dunkirk to Cer- man ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Daily Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1193 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

GUNFIRE HEARD

... THE sound of gunfire was heard early today from the South. East Coast, coming apparently from the direction of Calais or Dunkirk. It was heard at intervals over a period of about two hours, and at times was very rapid. There were also heavy detonations ...

Published: Thursday 23 May 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 387 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

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... and on aea off Dunkirk and Otitcnd warahlna and 16 tranaport inciuains:aonia oioer 15000- intehaire ooncenlrlb attack- continued rturty-one more received uirertnits were heavily ere immobilised and otnera on The sluices In Dunkirk Harbour were completely ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Daily Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2338 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

NAZIS HURL 1,000,000 MEN INTO DRIVE FOR HILLS

... 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 Germans have flung 40 divisions, more than 1,000,000 men, and almost the whole of their armoured divisions against an ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 720 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

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... magnetic mine and sank, and after swimming for some time he was .the only one to be rescued. 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 ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 530 | Page: 8 | Tags: none