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... bombers, betw ~en Calais and Dunkirk, their protecting Messerschmitts held from the fight. The Hurricanes first shot down and probably seven of the . bombers at 11,000 feet. Then they :limbed to 22,000 feet and put three of the Measerschmitts out of action ...
... badly damaged by bombs. Th. German Air Force also successfully bombed the ports, Dunkirk and Dover. German high-speed boats torpedoed and sank an enemy destroyer off Dunkirk. Off Narvik (Norway) a battlecruiser was hit and a transport of 3,000 ...
... that the opening shot will come from German long-range guns at Calais. Popolo di Roma, commenting on German repbrta that Dunkirk and Ostend are threatened, declares that England is thus about to lose her last bridgehead on the Continent. 'The democracies ...
... SHIELD I .A ET us face the situation squarely. If Germany were to gain possession of the Channel ports—Boulogne, Calais, Dunkirk, Ostend and Zeebrugge—how should we stand? Provided we had been able to withdraw our troops from the Continent, the answer ...
... some French divisions. This group of three Armies was commanded by General Blanchazd. CAPITULATED 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 ...
... 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. Trench with IF ...
... been nothing it since the entire Saxon Army deserted Napoleon in the middle of the battle of the nations at Leipzig. 7 ' Dunkirk, which was covered on the North by the Belgians, must now be regarded as menaced. Is it still possible to create a fortified ...
... 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 ...