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25 May 1940 (4)

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Continuous Bombing

... from clergyman but could not sleep because the house rocked ~ After another walk of ten miles toward Dunkirk, they got a lift in a milk float. At Dunkirk they had take refuge in the cellars a candle factory during vlolant bombing. ...

Broke Up In Air

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

Published: Saturday 25 May 1940
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 108 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

BLOCKADE CONCESSIONS FOR ITALY

... open. The opening shot will come from German long-range guns- Calais. Popolo Roma,'' commenting on German reports that Dunkirk and Ostend are threatened, declares that England Is thus about to lose her last bridgehead on the Continent. The democracies ...

Published: Saturday 25 May 1940
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 253 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Little Boy's Help

... Little Boy's Help From Dunkirk they walked to Calais. Even there we could not rest, said Mr. Sykes. Every few moments the German •planes came swooping over ana we had to rush into the cellars. It was terrible to see the people the roads, particularly ...