... ** Dunkirk Firr” Attacks against the German positions north-west of Lens, carried out by French colonial troops, were repulsed with heavy losses for the enemy. Calais was captured after a grim fight, as already reported. In Boulogne German tank fired ...

... them. They made off. Two or three half-hearted attempts at bombing followed in the morning. By this time the evacuation of Dunkirk had been begun. After the last few refugees had reached our ship, left the harbour, passed down the coast, and made uneventful ...

... Germans were by now sweeping towards the coast, sending death and destruction ahead with their air armada. I decided to get to Dunkirk, just over 15 miles away. All train and vices were suspended. It was impossible to get a conveyance of any kindeven to buy ...

... St. Pol and Montreuil-sur-Mcr Thc t tension Icw d Quays and pon facilities of OstenriJ considerably eased, and thc French Dunkirk. Calais. Boulogne and Dicppe „„, i „„ uh were again successfully raided by thej— counter-atSck, German Air Force. _ . ...

... COLUMNS mutts in iiuniu«jnt> 9 iitailei Holds Out ALLIED TROOPS ARE THIS MORNING FIRMLY HOLDING THE CHANNEL PORTS OF CALAIS, DUNKIRK. OSTEND AND ZEEBRUGGE. German armoured units have entered Boulogne, but the French, solidly entrenched in the ancient fortified ...

... ting in a PUS 008 Wlin oeucr nedlin, nnel ports-Zeebrugge. Ostend, all States of Australia. hotter mat and hotter snirits Dunkirk, Calais and Boulogne. The Sydney depots nave had theii oeuer coal ana oetier spirits uuna Germans admitted that there wa; ...

... post office, I had to stand nearly two hours in a qucu of people tha There was no wan We were safely in Franc Having reached Dunkirk new rite' right dow Few purely civilian targets were hit, although about fifty people were killed by stray bombs. First I ...

... Off the Channel coast three transports and one tanker have been sunk and one destroyer severely damaged. Harbour works at Dunkirk and Dover were bombed.’’ [Bombing Dover was the Air Ministry in London.] ...

... in two KFPIIISF of German attacks INorthcrn France our air force again In the rear the G erm. in Northern France and the Dunkirk ° f ZCCbrUBCP ° rain ' ain occupation of new crossing -in Ostend an ammunition dump and A convo y 0 f 12 motor vehicles was ...

... are still in the ship H . . . enemy s hands. This took them aboard and brought Scheldt near Valenciennes were “The port of Dunkirk was destroyed them to a South Coast port yesterday. reported in yesterday morning's Iby fire. French communique. j ,%,. „ ...