GUNFIRE HEARD FROM SOUTH-EASST COAST

... COAST The sound of gunfire was heard early today from the South-East Coast, coming apparently from the direction 0 Calais or Dunkirk. It was heard at intervals over a period of about two hours, and at times was very rapid. There were also heavy detonations ...

Published: Thursday 23 May 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Evening Telegraph
County: Angus, Scotland
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EIRANN ARMY ON WAR FOOTING

... troops are firmly holding Calais, Dunkirk. Ostend, and Zeebrugge, it was announced Paris late last night, and the German communique speaks of tough resistance. The German Air Force again bombed Zeebrugge, Ostend and Dunkirk, the communique adds. A French ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Portsmouth Evening News
County: Hampshire, England
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GUNFIRE HEARD FROM SOUTH-EAST COAST

... The sound of gunfire was heard early to-day from the South-East coast, com:n'rr apparently from the direction of Calais or Dunkirk. It was heard at intervals over a period of about two hours, and times was very rapid. There were also heavy detonations, ...

Published: Thursday 23 May 1940
Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo
County: Gloucestershire, England
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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
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GUNFIRE HEARD

... HEARD Sound of gunfire was heard early to-day from the South-East Coast, coming apparently from the direction cf Calais or Dunkirk. It was heard at intervals over a period of about two hours and at times was very rapid. There were also heavy detonations ...

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 ...

Guns Heard Across Channel r VHE sound of gunfire was heard early to-day from the south-east coast of Britain, ..

... gunfire was heard early to-day from the south-east coast of Britain, coming, apparently, from the direction of Calais or Dunkirk. It was heard at intervals over a period of about two hours and at times was riery rapid. There were also heavy detonations ...

Published: Thursday 23 May 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
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Rapid Gunfire

... Gunfire Sounds of gunfire were heard to-day from the south-east coast, coming apparently from the direction of Calais or Dunkirk. At times the gunfire was very rapid. There were also heavy detonations, thought to be bomb explosions.—Press Association ...

Published: Thursday 23 May 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
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GERMANS CLAIM TO BE NEAR i TRRES

... near Ypres. ~ The claim to have captured Calais is repeated in the communique, which also says that harbour equipment at Dunkirk is ablaze as the result of bombing by German ’planes. ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
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BUNKER PRICES

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Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Journal of Commerce
County: Lancashire, England
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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 ...

SUPREME DUEL T HE supreme Anglo-German duel is about to open, says Messaggero today, adding that the opening ..

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

Published: Saturday 25 May 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
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