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‘Heavyßattles Will Be Necessary ’

... the rear, also retiring columns and troop concentrations in Flanders and Artois. Harbour works at Dunkirk and Dover were bombed. German speedboats off Dunkirk sank an enemy destroyer by torpedo. Activity of both Air Forces was limited by the weather. ...

Published: Friday 24 May 1940
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 219 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

MAN HOME

... so fortunate, much havoc was p by bombs, and that a whole pane n the city. .ntwerp the night occupied the city, night to Dunkirk, a boat for Eng- passed long lines their way for safer is of troops head- ednesday was only is Victoria Day in ajority of ...

Published: Friday 24 May 1940
Newspaper: Arbroath Herald
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 126 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

ARBROATH SEAMAN HOME

... pane glass in the city. The party left Antwerp the night before the Germans occupied the city, travelling road at night to Dunkirk, where they hoarded boat for England. On the way they passed long lines of refugees making tlieir way for safer regions, and ...

Published: Friday 24 May 1940
Newspaper: Arbroath Herald
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 239 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

ROADS CHOKED WITH REFUGEES MANY WOMEN FALL OUT BY WAYSIDE

... managed to reach the French border, from whence the great trek of refugees began when the frontier was opened We got a train to Dunkirk, where we managed to get a car, but we were forced to beg, borrow, or steal petrol. Aftlsr Rouen the road was one solid stumbli ...

Published: Friday 24 May 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 232 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

ENEMY IN BOULOGNE : - — + — Unlikely to be Strong Force . DESTRUCTIVE RAIDERS BRILLIANT AIRMAN *——Squadron ..

... however , continue to fight defensively , based on the remaining Channel ports , which might include Zeebrugge , Ostend , Dunkirk and Calais It would then become a question whether this isolated Allied force could maintain itself foi a longer period than ...

Published: Friday 24 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1358 | Page: 6 | Tags: none