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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

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

THE GERMANS TAKE BOULOGNE

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

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 469 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Wttfast ititgraph MOND.I Y. M.4l' 27. 1940

... ground firmly and inflicting heavy losses on the enemy, both in men and material. It is reassuring to learn that Calais, Dunkirk. Ostend and Zeebrugge are strongly held by the Allies, though a French message admitted on Sunday that Boulogne is, for the ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 270 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

WHAT GERMANY IS TOLD

... 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.—Reuter. ROME 'NEWS FROM AFAR. 'The Soviet organ Izvestia ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 218 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

20 IN FOUR HOURS

... British casualties, states the Air Ministry news service. A continuous air battle was fought over the French between Calais and Dunkirk. Pilots reported that the sky was filled with aircraft. One formation Junker was try. ing to bomb ships when Spitfire squadron ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 336 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

If Hitler Gains the Channel Ports . .

... Ports . LET us face the situation squarely. If Germany were to gain possession of all 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: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1191 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

SAY NAZIS

... this resistance. On the coast of Belgium and Northern France our Air Force again bombed the ports of Zeebrugge, Ostend, and Dunkirk. In Ostend an ammunition dump and a naval depot were set on fire. One transport was badly damaged During the night from Friday ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 482 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

BRITISH GO TO AID OF BELGIANS

... claimed yesterday that they had taken Calais after violent fighting, but this was denied both by the British and French, Dunkirk, Ostend and Zeebrugge are also solidly held, it is stated. Last night’s French communique said that Boulogne had fallen to ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 810 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

KING LEADS THE EMPIRE AT PRAYER

... fighters and put another 20 out of action. A continuous air battle was fought over the French coast between Calais i.sul Dunkirk. Pilots reported that tue sky v/as lilled with aircraft A s*;uadron-leader spoke of encountering large rarses of Messerschmidt ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 878 | Page: 1 | Tags: none