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DUNKIRK AND DOVER

... damaged by bombs The German Air Three also sue• I (es-shiny bombed the ports Dunkirk I I and Dover. German high-speed boats I torpedoed and sank an enemy destroyer off Dunkirk. In general, the activity of the Air Threes on both sides was limited by weather ...

Published: Thursday 23 May 1940
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 157 | Page: 6 | 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

DUNKIRK FLOODS STRENGTHEN ALLIED DEFENCES Sea Pours Over Wide Area

... DUNKIRK FLOODS STRENGTHEN ALLIED DEFENCES Sea Pours Over Wide Area Pans. Friday. D , mkirk is hciciinc out magnificently The inundations extending youth-west and north-east of this ,:ntrenchtt camp are now cfnctive. their water having risen owing to the ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 403 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

THE HALIFAX DAILY COURIER ' ALLIES HOLD SOLIDLY TO DUNKIRK AREA While Masterly Withdrawal CANRTUII ..

... THE HALIFAX DAILY COURIER ' ALLIES HOLD SOLIDLY TO DUNKIRK AREA While Masterly Withdrawal CANRTUII-SAEIRRORLOASFTT of Other Forces Continues Hi& Curlew Sunk During Norway Operations Many of them had not had a square meal for nearly a week. Bakers worked ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1377 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

BITTER BATTLE AROUND DUNKIRK -FRENCH COMMUNIQUE. British Forces Resisting Stubbornly —GERMAN COMMUNIQUE. Paris. ..

... BITTER BATTLE AROUND DUNKIRK -FRENCH COMMUNIQUE. British Forces Resisting Stubbornly —GERMAN COMMUNIQUE. Paris. Friday. This mornings French war communique stated: In the North. operations are continuing with the same bitterness around the foi titled ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 265 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Leopold's Order Against Unanimous Will of His Ministers

... B.E.F. and some French divisions. This group of three armies was commanded by General Blancha• Cl. 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 ...

Published: Tuesday 28 May 1940
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 137 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

GERMANS CLAIM BIG RAID OFF FLANDERS 19 Ships Alleged Sunk

... warships and troop transports which were :0 bring home the remainder of the beaten B.E.F. in the harbour and on the sea off Dunkirk and Ostend. All branches of the services joined in the attack. which was directed I against more than 60 shins. Three war'ship ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 236 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

ROLL OF HONOUR

... official to the effect that her son, Driver Leslie Holroyde. RA.S.C. is riEssing. Another member of the Corps who back from Dunkirk, has that_ Haroycle was wounded . . when the B.E r. retieuted to the ooest !More joining the Army he was employed m the textile ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 60 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

OTOS CYCLIST TO PAY 85-15-0 bowl to Halifax Street Accident

... a.m. on April , 9, he was driving his car down Warieroan. spproactimg the junction of Dunkirk-lane at a speed of about 4nap.h.. when defendant drove out of Dunkirk - lane ab 40 m.p.h. Witness pulled up suddenly, but it was to avoici •an accident Defendant ...

Published: Friday 17 May 1940
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 475 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

MILLION GERMANS FLUNG AGAINST HILL LINE

... ing took place on the Yser and in the region ot Cassel. On the SOMME and on the rest of the front, there was nothing new Dunkirk the principal French port still in Allied hands, has now been transformed into an entrenched camp and is strqngly held by ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 314 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

TRIUMPH OF COURAGE AND DISCIPLINE AGAINST ODDS French Storming Way to Safety Thousands of B.E.F. Men Pass ..

... stated to-day: The army of General Prioux, which was hemmed in near Lille. continues to make progress northwards towards the Dunkirk region. Already a considerable part of it as hacked its way safely across the line of the Flemish hills. w Inch the Germans ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 321 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

GERMANS CLAIM LILLE Enemy Resisting Desperately North of Ypres

... of Lille has broken down. The British Army which is concentrated in the area ot Digniude Armentiers. Bailleul an west of Dunkirk. is facing complete uestruction by our cencentric attacks. Lille was reached by German fLices coming from the c.ist and ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 111 | Page: 4 | Tags: none