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

... COAST The sound of gunfire was heard early today from the South-East Coast, 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 very rapid. There were also heavy detonations ...

... 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. Death ...

... action. There were only five British casualties. A continuous air battle was fought over the French coast between Calais and Dunkirk. Pilots reported that the sky was filled with aircraft. A squadron leader spoke of encountering large masses of Messerschmitt ...

... of battle on the order its King, without having warned their French and British comrades in arms and opening the road to Dunkirk to the German divisions. “ Eighteen days ago the same King addressed to us an appeal for help. To this appeal I responded ...

... this resistance. On the coast of Belgium and Northern France our Air Force again bombed the ports of Zeebrugge. Ostend, and Dunkirk. In Ostend an ammunition dump and a naval depot were set on fire. One transport was badly damaged. During the night from Friday ...

... flames near the same place. When a Hurricane squadron attacked a formation of 30 Heinkel and Domier bombers between Calais and Dunkirk, their protecting Messerschmitt 100’s held off from the fight. The Hurricanes first shot down five, and probably seven of ...

... ille are in German hands. The German Air Force bombed the communication line leading to Zeebrugge, Nieuport, Ostende and Dunkirk as well as the ports and ships in the ports. An enemy destroyer was hit by a bomb between Calais and Dover. the southern front ...

... break-through the Channel in a North Western direction towards St. Pol and Montreuil-Sur-Mer. The port installations at Ostende, Dunkirk, Calais, Boulogne and Dieppe were attacked from the air. It was admitted that the Allies were offering strong resistance on ...

... 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 ...