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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

WAY TO DUNKIRK OPENED

... WAY TO DUNKIRK OPENED M. Reynaud said the King of the Belgians ordered his Army to lay down their arms at four o'clock this morning, thus opening the way for German'divisions to Dunkirk. The B.E.F. and the French forces in Belgium are using Dunkirk as their ...

Published: Tuesday 28 May 1940
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 223 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Calais—Dunkirk Air Battle:

... Calais—Dunkirk Air Battle: Spitfires' Triumph• In the four hours between 5.30 and Twenty blesserschnigit 1101 were cm. yesterday R.A.F. squadrons surprised 17.00011. above Calais. @bat down at least 20 German bombers Approaching from the sun British ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 261 | Page: 1 | 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

KING OF BELGIANS CAPITULATES

... But His Government Proposes to Continue the Struggle STOP FIGHT DECISION UNCONSTITUTIONAL SAY HIS MINISTERS Road to Dunkirk Opened Without Warning—M. Reynaud BRITISH AND FRENCH FORCES FIGHT ON THE BELGIAN GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS THAT THE DECISION OF ...

Published: Tuesday 28 May 1940
Newspaper: Hull Daily Mail
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 552 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Continuous Bombing

... from clergyman but could not sleep because the house rocked ~ After another walk of ten miles toward Dunkirk, they got a lift in a milk float. At Dunkirk they had take refuge in the cellars a candle factory during vlolant bombing. ...

Gunfire Heard from S.E. Coast

... Gunfire Heard from S.E. Coast The sound of gunfire e3 t early to-day from the soujn coming apparently from t of Calais or Dunkirk. f intervals over a period y hours, and at times was There were also heavy - o of\Sthought to be bomb ...

Published: Thursday 23 May 1940
Newspaper: Hull Daily Mail
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 45 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

German Communique

... three transports and one tanker have been sunk, and one destroyer severely damaged. Harbour works Dunkirk and Dover were bombed. German speedboats off Dunkirk sank enemy destroyer by torpedo. Activity of both Air Forces was limited by the weather. The ...

Bid for Ostend

... miles from Saint Omcr, that is say the flank the German motorised troops which attacked Calais and attempted to approach Dunkirk. The aim of the German Command launching repeated and very costly attacks in the sector between the Meuse and the Aisne is ...

Reynaud’s Bitter Words To

... the 8.E.F., and some French divisions. This group of three armies was commanded General Blanchard. It was provisioned via Dunkirk. 'without consideration” The British and the French armies defended this port in the south and in the west, the Belgian army ...

Supreme Duel Beginning

... that the opening shot will come from German long-range guns at Calais. Popolo di Roma. commenting on German reports that Dunkirk and Ostend are threatened, declares that England thus about to lose her last bridgehead on the Continent. The democracies ...

Published: Saturday 25 May 1940
Newspaper: Hull Daily Mail
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 113 | Page: 8 | 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