... Record “ Bag ” of Enemy Planes Hundreds of German planes are reported to have taken part in the aerial attacks on Dunkirk to-day, but the combined “bag” the Allied forces and anti-aircraft defences is described in military circles here as “record.” The ...

... had been vitally hit, ” baled out ” over .Belgium Otherwise, every British machine, pilot and gunner returned safelv. Over Dunkirk, the Defiants sighted seven Messerschmitt 109’s. They immediate) v attacked, and one of the Messerschmitts was shot down. ...

... this communique stated that some of the transports sunk were of more than 15,000 tons. It also claimed that the sluices in Dunkirk harbour had been destroyed and the harbour basin destroyed. ...

... bombers has failed to return. Our fighters have been engaged in offensive patrols over the French coast throughout to-day. Near Dunkirk this evening a formation of Hurricanes and Deliants engaged large forces of enemy bombers heavily escorted by fighters. At ...

... French sources, Calais remains in possession of the Allies. Paris, May French military quarters stated to-night that Calais, Dunkirk, Ostend and Zeebrugge are solidly held by the Allies. There is ho direct threat to Calais; the town, is firmly held by the ...

... is meeting with resistance at Boelogne. and the opposition should be stronger if the Germans atempt to push on to Calais, Dunkirk, and the Belgian border. Also it should be possible to bring air assistance, both fighter and bomber, fairly quickly from ...

... firmly as theirs. The 8.E.F., it must be remembered, is not beaten force, though its position is so obviously criticalwith Dunkirk threatened. Our home morale must remain as rock-like. M. Reynaud has made the same appeal to the French people, and Anglo-French ...

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

... it contained large number of the enemy and was of invaluable assistance to the main body of the B.E.F. in its withdrawal Dunkirk. This action will count among the most heroic deeds in the annals of the British Army.” ” Held on Grimly Further details of ...

... lle are in German hands. * The German Air Force bombed the communication line leading to Zeebrugge, Nieuport, Ostend and Dunkirk, as well as the ports and ships in the ports. ,An enemy destroyer was hit by a bomb between Calais and Dover. the Southern ...

... has broken down. The British Army which is concentrated in the area of Dixmude, Armentiers, Bailleul, and Bergues, west of Dunkirk, is facing complete destruction by our concentric attacks. In a swift push through Flanders German forces marched througn ...

... the men were still wearing steel helmets camouflaged with netting and sacking, or mud and sand stained. “We got away from Dunkirk,” said one party, through a terrific hail of bombs and shells. All the time bombs were falling around us and bombers sweeping ...