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MADE WAY THROUGH BREACH

... badly damaged by bombs. The German Air Force also successfully bombed the ports of Dunkirk and Dover. German nigh-speed boats torpedoed and sank an enemy destroyer off Dunkirk. general the activity of the air forces on both sides was limited weather conditions ...

Published: Thursday 23 May 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 517 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

MENIN’S FAME IN LAST WAR

... despite their claim in the Saturday High Command communique that it had fallen H French troops are firmly holding Calais, Dunkirk, Ostend and Zeebrueee it was announced in Paris late last night. ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 214 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

FAITH IN VICTORY

... 8.E.F., and some French divisions. This group of three armies was commanded by General Blanchard. 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 Belgian ...

Published: Tuesday 28 May 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 740 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Mr, Churchill On Effects Of Leopolds Surrend The Belgian Government Dissociates Itself From Its King HEART ..

... [Bourbourgville is ten miles southwest of the port of Dunkirk, and about fifteen miles east of Calais.] “The German air force bombed the communication line leading to Zeebrugge, Nieuport, Ostend and Dunkirk, as well as the ports and ships in the ports. An ...

Published: Tuesday 28 May 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 946 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Civilian Gas Mask Free Fitting Of New Filters In Liverpool Supplies of the improved type of filter for gasmasks ..

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

Published: Thursday 23 May 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 354 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

B.E.F. “FIGHTING LIKE HELL”

... German push to the Channel had been widened in the direction of Montreuil and that the harbours of Ostend, Calais, Boulogne, Dunkirk, and Dieppe had been bombed. Berlin informed sources also said that Soissons—6o miles north-east of Paris and south of the ...

Published: Wednesday 22 May 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 437 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

MAIN FIGHT TO COME

... Channel coast was continued, yesterdav, north-eastwards towards St. Pol and Montreuil-Sur-Mer. The harbour and docks at Ostend, Dunkirk, Calais, Boulogne and Dieppe were successfully attacked again by the German Air Force. [Montreuil is on our map near Etaples ...

Published: Wednesday 22 May 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 443 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Official To-Day’s Communiques FRENCH (published II a.m.): In the north the enemy is continuing his attacks, ..

... 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 fire. No important events on the Southern front. The German air force also attacked aerodromes in the vicinity ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 579 | Page: 8 | Tags: none