“Most Heroic”
... it held a large number of the enemy, and wa., of invaluable assistance to the main body of the B.E.F. in its withdrawal on Dunkirk. ntain communi- ,o carry out ...
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bursting in the sky
... bursting in the sky The fighi across the E Dunkirk-C FELT THE SHOCKS We saw creat flares, thcr bombs w f the Channel on ' Heavy arly all continu dropped killing another bombs on Diepp n and injurin Enemy I gunned fish says Reuter. ff the coast “TERRIBLE ...
FRANCE TOLD OF BETRAYAL
... Army, the British Expeditionary Force and some French divisions under the command of General Blanchard. and supplied via Dunkirk. The French and British defended the Port in the south and in the west and the Belgian army in the north. It is this Belgan ...
Thousands of B.E.F. Men Successfully Withdrawn from Trap THE NAVY GOT THEM OUT
... withdrawn, fighting every inch of the way. Two divisions of General Prioux's army have cut their way through from Lille to Dunkirk, itself holdmg out magnificently behind the flooded area. The part played by the navies, like the air forces, has been glorious ...
Official War Communiqués B.E.F. Hold Nazi Fkink, French Push To Cambrai
... transports and one tanker have been sunk and one destroyer severely damaged. Harbour works at Dunkirk and Dover were bombed. German speedboats off Dunkirk sank an enemy destroyer by torpedo. Activity of both air forces was limited by the weather. The ...
LATE NEWS Last Night's French Communique
... north-east of Ostend. received from King the order to cease fire, thus opt. ing to the enemy the road to Ypr7 , _. Fumes and Dunkirk. Since then our troops. under the eommand of General Blanchard and General Prioux. in close collaboration with the British ...
B.E.F. IS FIGHTING STIFF REARGUARD ACTION They Stand Again at Ypres
... forgotten. Dunkirk : Still In Our Hands A Frcrich :.-nukesman last night said that the Allied nurtheni armies. although the situation was extremely critical, were fighting ' murderously and with admirable courage Of the Channel ports he said that Dunkirk, the ...
Homeward hound
... them. They made off. Two or three half-hearted attempts at bombing followed in the morning. By this time the evacuation of Dunkirk had been begun. After the last few refugees had reached our ship, left the harbour, passed down the coast, and made uneventful ...
Continued from page One R.A.F. SINK WARSHIP
... Continued from page One R.A.F. SINK WARSHIP On this occasion a Hurricane squadron between Calais and Dunkirk spotted a formation of 30 Heinkel and Dornier bombers. Above them, protection guard, was another formation of Messerschmitt 110’s. Immediately ...
Crowded out
... Germans were by now sweeping towards the coast, sending death and destruction ahead with their air armada. I decided to get to Dunkirk, just over 15 miles away. All train and vices were suspended. It was impossible to get a conveyance of any kindeven to buy ...
GORT FOUGHT WITH INADEQUATE MEANS
... armies. Thence the line, thin but tough, continued the ellipse through the Forest of Nieppe and Cassel to a point west of Dunkirk. His I *■* “Must ...
Calais Ours Claim
... German Air Force renewed its attacks on those ports on the Belgian and French coast still in Allied hands. The harbour of Dunkirk is in flames. Attacks by the German Air Force were carried out against aerodromes near Paris The Allied losses amounted yesterday ...