... from the sea front saw shells bursting in the sky. The activity appeared on - the other side of the Channel, on the Ostein!, Dunkirk, Calais coast. 44 We saw great flares as though were exploding, and it seemed that guns were in action. One watcher told ...

... The sounds of gunfire continued until 12.30 a.m. The activity appeared to be on the other side of the Channel on the Ostend-Dunkirk-Calais coast. We saw great flares though bombs were exploding, and it seemed that guns were in action, one watcher told ...

... may win no actual foothold on our soil, may not even hold single one of those Channel Ports—Zeebrugge, Ostend, Nieuport, Dunkirk —which he covets as nests for his U-boats to harry our shipping in all our sea-ways and to lighten up our blockade. VITALLY ...