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French and Britiah aeroplanes constantly bombed the enemy

... the Belgian King, the Allies were fighting with the same determination. Effect of Surrender German artillery blaated away Dunkirk and Calais, but those ports, with Zeebrugge, remained In Allied hands. The Immediate effect of King Leopold's surrender appeared ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 97 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

FIERCE REARGUARD RESISTANCE TO ENEMY BID TO SPLIT ALLIED ARMIES

... of the famous Line of the Hills, which extends between Cassel and Yypres, and divides the region of Lille from that of Dunkirk. The German attacks, both in the south-west and northeast, are meeting with fierce resistance from the Allied troops, consisting ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Hull Daily Mail
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 360 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

B-E.G. STILL INTACT, WITHDRAW SOME MILES TOWARDS COAST

... B-E.G. STILL INTACT, WITHDRAW SOME MILES TOWARDS COAST Deadly Combats in Rearguard Action Dunkirk Still Held : Great Support R.A.F. and French A UTHORITATIVE circles in tondon state to-day that latest reports from the Western Front show that the B.E.F ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Hull Daily Mail
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 666 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

WHITSUNTIDE-

... MAY 11th and 18th and AUGUST 3rd and 10th—but will open FRIDAYS. MAY 10th and AUGUST 2nd. from 2 0 p.m. to 7.0 p.m. BRAMLEY Dunkirk House, Town Street CROSS GATES S, Station Road DEWSBURY ROAD 267, Dewsbury Road ROUNDHAY —Corner of Shaftesbury Avenue and ...

Published: Thursday 02 May 1940
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 89 | Page: 1 | 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

Broke Up In Air

... near the same place. When a Hurricane squadron attacked a formation of 30 Heinkel and Dernier bombers between Calais and Dunkirk their protecting Messerschmltts held off from the fight. The Hurricanes first shot down five, and probably seven, of the bombers ...

Published: Saturday 25 May 1940
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 108 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

The British Navy and Air Force is tak-

... Nevertheless vhls army Is resisting, and trying to make up tor lu inferiority In numbers by narrowing Its front. The port Dunkirk Is entrenched camp firmly held and supported by the heavy guns the Fleet. —Press Association War Special. ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 120 | Page: 8 | 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

NAZI CLAIMS

... evening and during the night, German air units composed of two strong forces, attacked the coastal area and the sea between Dunkirk and Ostend. They attacked British warships and troopships which were attempting to embark the remnants of the British Exp ...

The Latest German Claims

... asserted, is only miles wide its widest point. German troops advancing Northern Flanders towards Dunkirk arc stated to have reached the River Yser. Dunkirk. claimed. now within range of the German heavy artillery, and its harbour has been destroyed ...

ALLIED TROOPS CUTTING THROUGH T COAST

... to the sea Falling back from the Lille region, and fighting fiercely, the French are slowly retiring in the direction of Dunkirk. These forces, which include some armoured units', are literally cutting their way through the German troops, often fighting ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Hull Daily Mail
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 439 | Page: 1 | Tags: none