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Calais—Dunkirk Air Battle:

... Calais—Dunkirk Air Battle: Spitfires' Triumph• In the four hours between 5.30 and Twenty blesserschnigit 1101 were cm. yesterday R.A.F. squadrons surprised 17.00011. above Calais. @bat down at least 20 German bombers Approaching from the sun British ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 261 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Is BB: NAVY SHELLS ENEMY

... Is NAVY SHELLS ENEMY B RITISH and French troops last night held Calais and Dunkirk. The French official communique stated that Boulogne had been taken by the Germans after fierce street fighting. But Paris reported that Allied forces still hold the town's ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 187 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

WILD CLAIMS BY NAZIS

... on fire. DUNKIRK DESTROYED British attempts to rescue their hemmed-in troops and take them heme over the 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 ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 360 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

GERMAN

... GERMAN Flander ;i>t of Belgium and Northern Air Force again bombed the i.rugm. Otend, and Dunkirk, ii ammunition dump and a w. i. set lire. One trans- England ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 28 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

EIRANN ARMY ON WAR FOOTING

... troops are firmly holding Calais, Dunkirk. Ostend, and Zeebrugge, it was announced Paris late last night, and the German communique speaks of tough resistance. The German Air Force again bombed Zeebrugge, Ostend and Dunkirk, the communique adds. A French ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Portsmouth Evening News
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 405 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

GERMANS CLAIM TO BE NEAR i TRRES

... near Ypres. ~ The claim to have captured Calais is repeated in the communique, which also says that harbour equipment at Dunkirk is ablaze as the result of bombing by German ’planes. ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 64 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

BUNKER PRICES

... Copal own Capetowu Casablanca ' 6O/.We1a1t Ceuta ' Ceuta 1 Charleston Colombo ' Como: 1 Corcubion , Dakar Dakar ' Dunkirk Dunkirk Fayal Gibraltar Gibraltar Gulfport Havana Havre ' 04. .. Welsh Havre Huelva Istanbul. porta Karachi 2;6 .1.. .Indian Karachi ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Journal of Commerce
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 202 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Dash Belgians

... Dash Belgians Allied troops are firmly holding the four PORTS OF CALAIS, DUNKIRK, OSTEND, AND ZEEBRUGGE. THE GERMANS LAST NIGHT CLAIMED CALAIS, BUT THIS IS DENIED IN BOTH LONDON AND PARIS. The position at Boulogne obscure. According to French military ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 88 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

DILL IS NOW C.I.C.S

... hemmed-in Northern Prance, our air force again enemy armies bombed the ports of Zeebrugge. many points the enemy is Ostend and Dunkirk.” ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 117 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

OUR FLEET a SURE SHIELD

... 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 ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 842 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Mopping Up On Somme

... as far as Ypres in the north is not confirmed. The Germans repeat their claim to have captured Calais, and say the port of Dunkirk has been destroyed by fire. Heavy bombers of the R.A.F. last night attacked German communications and aerodromes in Belgium ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 135 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

CONTINUOUS BATTLE

... CONTINUOUS BATTLE A continuous air battle was fought over the French coast between Calais and Dunkirk yesterday. Pilots reported that the sky was filled with aircraft. A squadron leader spoke of encountering large masses of Messerschmitt 109’s. > Twenty ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 117 | Page: 16 | Tags: none