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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

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. ...

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 ...

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

FRANCE'S PREMIER on the BELGIAN SURRENDER

... the B.E.P. and some French divisions. This group of three armies was commanded by Oenerml Blanchard. It >u provisioned vie Dunkirk. The British and the French Armies defended this port in the south and in the west, the Belgian Army the north. The Belgian ...

Published: Tuesday 28 May 1940
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 519 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

RHINELAND HE

... of ten. One British squadron accounted for 18 Friday and another for 20 DOWN IN FOUR HOURS Air Battle Between Calais and Dunkirk In the four hours between 5.30 and 9.30 a.m. yesterday R.A.F. squadrons shot down at least 20 German bombers and fighters ...

BLOCKADE CONCESSIONS FOR ITALY

... open. The opening shot will come from German long-range guns- Calais. Popolo Roma,'' commenting on German reports 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: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 253 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Sweeping Claims in Berlin

... Channel are being foiled 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. It was claimed that some 700.000 of the best British and ...

FASCIST H.Q. RAIDED

... badly damaged by bombs The German Air Force also succesafullv bombed the ports of Dunkirk and Dover. German high speed boats torpedoed and sank enemy destroyer off Dunkirk. In general, the activity of the air forces both sides was limited by weather conditions ...

Published: Thursday 23 May 1940
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 715 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Little Boy's Help

... Little Boy's Help From Dunkirk they walked to Calais. Even there we could not rest, said Mr. Sykes. Every few moments the German •planes came swooping over ana we had to rush into the cellars. It was terrible to see the people the roads, particularly ...

TERROR

... husband's motor-cycle, but at Ostend there was no petrol to be had. they left the machine in the yard of a cafe and walked to Dunkirk, a distance of about 40 miles. When a girl, Mrs Gummerson came to England a Belgian refugee the last war, but she says the ...