Canals Will Help Our Defence

... miles from Saint Omer, that is on the flank of the German motorised troops which attacked Calais and attempted to approach Dunkirk. All Allied progress towards the south-west this region could not fail to produce a repercussion on the axis of the German ...

Published: Tuesday 28 May 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 262 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

ADMIT STRONG RESISTANCE

... through to the Channel in a north-western direction towards- St. Pol and Montreuil-sur-Mer. The port installations at Ostend, Dunkirk, Calais, Boulogne, and Dieppe, were successfully attacked by our air forces. In Flanders the enemy still offers strong ...

Published: Thursday 23 May 1940
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 256 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

M. REYNAUD'S BROADCAST

... Force in the centre, and French divisions on the right. They were provisioned by way of Dunkirk. The surrender of the Belgian Army had opened the road to Dunkirk to the German divisions. M. Reynaud declared: Misfortune has always made France greater ...

Published: Tuesday 28 May 1940
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 648 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

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... .. ----• country, and he is still a long But even if we give Germany way from completing that semiall the territory from Dunkirk circle. to Dieppe and from Amiens via The small map shows the the Chemin des Dames to area of France which Germany Sedan, ...

Published: Wednesday 22 May 1940
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 212 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Narvik

... iron ore railway against a vastly superior enemy. ----•- -- -, ---z----- ------------ .4,cr • Dionude Thie/It uNCIRIAIr. • DUNKIRK ------------ -- CALAIS Gravelines '4 E ` '• ' . T ' h' Roukrs .N EL( , 4. ) B , Ar' I:::ADEL HAS Oulnarde Now FALLEN • ...

Published: Tuesday 28 May 1940
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 207 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Massed Enemy Attacks

... from Saint Omcr; that is to say, on the flank of the German motorised troops which attacked Calais and attempted to approach Dunkirk. North of Calais, particularly in the direction of Gravelines, the country is covered by a dense network of canals, which ...

Published: Tuesday 28 May 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 242 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

ALL OF US SOLDIERS

... of superb confidence. `CHANNEL PORTS BOMBED' The German Press claimed last night that German planes had bombed Ostend. • Dunkirk, Boulogne and Calais. ...

Published: Wednesday 22 May 1940
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 238 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

* Our Air Force is attacking with success, S' the beginning of hostilities we have brought down 255 German air-

... attack British troops near Aire, on the flank of the German mechanised troops which attacked Calais and attempted to approach Dunkirk. Fighting Reaches Maximum Intensity. Bans, Monday.—A French military spokesman said to-night:— The fighting seems to have ...

Published: Tuesday 28 May 1940
Newspaper: Londonderry Sentinel
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 182 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

GERMAN CLAIMS

... 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. important events on the southern front. The German air force also attacked aerodromes in the vicinity ...

Published: Tuesday 28 May 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 227 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

RHINELAND HE

... of ten. One British squadron accounted for 18 Friday and another for 20 DOWN IN FOUR HOURS Air Battle Between Calais and Dunkirk In the four hours between 5.30 and 9.30 a.m. yesterday R.A.F. squadrons shot down at least 20 German bombers and fighters ...

BATTLE INFERNO IN FLANDERS

... prepared position. •• On the Somme and the Aisne fronts and the East nothing important to report.” GERMANS REPEAT CALAIS CLAIM “DUNKIRK DESTROYED BY FIRE” Berlin. Monday iPress Association War Special .—German forces are continuing then attacks in Flanders and ...