... GUNNERS’ BAYONET CHARGE Dundee officers and men of the Royal Artillery played a heroic part in the battle around Dunkirk. All the officers have arrived in Britain; and so far as can be ascertained only two have been slightly wounded. These are Lieut. ...

... back in England ready for another gnt. Fi) ¢ RS R Many different sources spoke of British troops who, when told to go to Dunkirk for embarkation, begzed to be allowed to stop and fight side by side with their French comrades. ...

... COURAGE AND CALMNESS UJ) to last night French units still held out in Calais. Dunkirk has been h_eawlly bombed, but the town is not directly threatened. Enemy back areas, troop concentrations, columns of infantry and tanks. and temporary earthworks were ...

... FOG HELPED THE ALLIES The safe embarkation of four-fifths of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk, only a few days after the King’s command for a nation-wide appeal to God for help, is truly an answer to prayer and a fitting oceasion for a great ...

... THREE AGAINST 40 Three Hudsons of the Coastal Command while engaged in operations over Dunkirk attacked a formation of 40 enemy machines. Three were shot down, two dived away out of control, and two others were damaged. The Hudsons were unharmed, and ...

... Hurricanes and Defiants last night shot down 22 of a large force of German bombers and fighters in a tertific air battle over Dunkirk without loss to themselves. ...

... SIXTEEN OF OUR FIGHTERS ARE REPORTED MISSING. ¥ At dawn this morning, the communique continued, our fighter patrols over Dunkirk shot down ten enemy fighters with the loss of only one of our aircraft. Bombing operations against the enemy in Flanders were ...

... like a tide and at all costs. The bombing of Paris and Le Havre is the gathering crest of the next wave. - Thus, though Dunkirk and perhaps even the citadel of Calais hold out, the main German host must resume its march towards the next assailable objective ...

... They calmly take shelter in the dunes. The slopes St(f)‘P splinters, and the sand deadens the effect of the explosions. Off Dunkirk transports were not only attacked from the air but also by ragid motor boats armed with one torpedotube. In addition, the ...

... and avoid being encircled. Whatever may happen, one may say.that the falling back of the French and gritish troops towards Dunkirk has taken place under conditions much more satisfactory than might have been expected after the surrender of the Belgian Army ...

... safely landed this morning were increasing numbers of General Prioux’s gallant French Army, who hacked thier way through to Dunkirk. They were remarkably fit and confident. In spite of the accelerated tempo of the evacuation, one of the small boats on its ...

... REMARKABLE CAPABILITIES (From Qur Air Correspondent) Twelve Boulton-Paul Defiant fighters shot down 37 German ‘planes over Dunkirk, thus staking the Defiant’s claim to the title “destroyer” above that of the much-vaunted Messerschmitt 110, despite the German ...