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... ON OTHER PAGES Page KEWS SUMMARY . A big air battle was fought over the French , coast between Calais and Dunkirk r 7 The destroyer Wessex has been sunk as the result of air attacks off the French coast , and . the minesweeper Charles Boyes has been sunk ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 179 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

GERMANS . . CLAIM CALAIS : LONDON DENIAL Port in Posse BRITISH TROOP BELGIANS sion of Allies GO TO AID OF

... emphasised last night that Calais remained in the possession of the Allies . French military quarters stated that Calais , Dunkirk , Ostend , and Zeebrugge were solidly held by the Allies . Armoured German units had succeeded in penetrating into the town ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 239 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

GERMAN INFANTRY ^—»—Masses Now Flung Into Action NEW PHASE OF BATTLE COMMAND CHANGES ?¦ New Vice-Chief of I . G ..

... the German attack appears to be north of Lille , in the neighbourhood of Menin and Courtrai . Its direction may indicate Dunkirk as its ultimate objective , but presumably its more immediate object would be to isolate the Allied forces in the Lillc-A ...

Published: Tuesday 28 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1233 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

ENEMY IN BOULOGNE : - — + — Unlikely to be Strong Force . DESTRUCTIVE RAIDERS BRILLIANT AIRMAN *——Squadron ..

... however , continue to fight defensively , based on the remaining Channel ports , which might include Zeebrugge , Ostend , Dunkirk and Calais It would then become a question whether this isolated Allied force could maintain itself foi a longer period than ...

Published: Friday 24 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1358 | Page: 6 | Tags: none