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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

CLAIM RIDICULED

... that no damage other than that already reported was done. : Yesterday’s Berlin communique said that Zeebrugge, Ostend, and Dunkirk had been bombed, an ammunition dump and a naval depot in Ostend being set on fire ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 114 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

HUGE SKY BATTLE

... HUGE SKY BATTLE A continuous air battle was fought over the French coast between Calais and Dunkirk, pilots reporting that the sky was filled with aircraft. A One formation of JU 88’s was tryin‘fi.to bomb ships when a Spitfire squadron approached. Five ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 158 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

ON OTHER PAGES

... ON OTHER PAGES Page KEWS SUMMARY . A big air battle was fought over the French , coast between Calais and Dunkirk r 7 The destroyer Wessex has been sunk as the result of air attacks off the French coast , and . the minesweeper Charles Boyes has been sunk ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 179 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

GERMANS . . CLAIM CALAIS : LONDON DENIAL Port in Posse BRITISH TROOP BELGIANS sion of Allies GO TO AID OF

... emphasised last night that Calais remained in the possession of the Allies . French military quarters stated that Calais , Dunkirk , Ostend , and Zeebrugge were solidly held by the Allies . Armoured German units had succeeded in penetrating into the town ...

Published: Monday 27 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 239 | Page: 5 | Tags: none