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South-East Gunfire

... The sound of Riinflre w«i heard early to-day from the South-East Coast coming apparently from the direction of Calais or Dunkirk. It was beard at Intervals over a period of about taro hours and at times was aery rapid. There were also heavy detonations ...

Published: Thursday 23 May 1940
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 102 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

LIESE FORTRESS

... g about 23.000 tons. One destroyer was badly damaged by bombs. Tin Gentian Air Faro* also snoesaw fully bambad tha parts Dunkirk and Dover. German high-speed boats torpedoed and sank an enemy destroyer oil Funkirk. “In general the activity of the air ...

Published: Thursday 23 May 1940
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 124 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

GERMAN PLAN LOOKS LIKE KING FOILED

... has nothing Hhs ft ths entire taxon army dsssrtsd Napelssn in the middle of ths battle of ths nations at Leipzig. DUNKIRK MKHACEO Dunkirk, which was covered the north bv the Belgians, must now be regarded as menaced. Is it still possible to create a fortified ...

Published: Tuesday 28 May 1940
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 397 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

GAP CLAIMED

... Bourgvillc are German hands. The German Air Force bombed the communication line leading to Zeebrugge. Nieuport. Ostend and Dunkirk, well tne ports and ships in the ports. An enemy destroyer was hit a bomb between Calais and Dover. the Southern front enemy ...

Published: Tuesday 28 May 1940
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 135 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

‘DOVER BOMBED’ CLAIM DENIED

... DENIED The German High Command, in their communique to-day. claim that the Nazi Air Force successfully bombed the ports of Dunkirk and Dover and that German troops were advancing towards Calais. The Air Ministry to-day stated that there was no truth whatever ...

Published: Thursday 23 May 1940
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 156 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

ATTACKS NEAR LENS

... Channel are being foiled by German air attacks against those Channel ports which are still in the enemy's hands. The port of Dunkirk was destroyed by Are. No important events on the southern front. “The German Air Force also attacked aerodromes the vicinity ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 161 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

AFRICA HOUSE. KINCSWAT. WC.2

... he order their King el without any warning given to their British and French comrades, --. ,-■ P UIS hpenlng the road to Dunkirk (VI j* «r“f-r-r the German divisions. Im, Banda* pan* f Stronger Unity kidneys. Frequent The French Premier ha.«. further ...

Published: Tuesday 28 May 1940
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 266 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

R.A.F. POUNCE ON GERMAN BRIDGES

... Channel coast was continued yesterday to the north-west of St. Pol and Montrcull-sur-Mer. The harbour and docks at Os tend, Dunkirk Calais. Boulogne and Dieppe were successfully attacked again by the German Air Force. “In Flanders the enemy resisted toughly ...

Published: Wednesday 22 May 1940
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 794 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

BELGIAN ARMY GAVE UP IN MIDST OF BATTLE

... Belgian, the B.E.F. and some French divisions. This group of three armies, commanded General Blanchard, was supplied byway of Dunkirk. Comrades Betrayed “ The British and the French armies defended this port in the south and in the east, the Belgain Army in ...

Published: Tuesday 28 May 1940
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1876 | Page: 1 | Tags: none