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200 CASUALTIES RIUMPH OF DUNKIRK OPERATIONS

... 200 CASUALTIES R IUMPH OF DUNKIRK OPERATIONS ; S MESSAGE TO THE PRIME MINISTER aftp ar s region were subjected to attack, yesterday ° » by “a considerable bombing expedition strongly or^e d by fighters.’' It is officially announced that more than j bombs ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 693 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

LOST 30 OUT OF 887 IN DUNKIRK TRIUMPH

... carried out from Dunkirk and from beaches in ihe vicinity. The whole operation was screened by naval forces against any attempt by the enemy at interference by sea. addition to almost incessant bombing and machine-gun attacks Dunkirk, the beaches and ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 689 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Soldier, Home From Dunkirk, Gets Court Order Reduced

... Soldier, Home From Dunkirk, Gets Court Order Reduced SOLDIER of the B.E.F. evacuated from Dunkirk and at present on leave at Quinton, applying at Halesowen to-day for a reduction of an order made against him before the war for the maintenance of his two ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 370 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

THE BIRMINGHAM MAIL, DUNKIRK DEFENDERS MEN STILL EMBARKING FROM BEACHES

... THE BIRMINGHAM MAIL, DUNKIRK DEFENDERS MEN STILL EMBARKING FROM BEACHES FOUR-FIFTHS OF B.E.F. SAVED NAZIS ADMIT DESPERATE RESISTANCE ON ALL THE BEACHES IN THE DUNKIRK AREA, UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE AL LI ED NAVI ES AND Al R FORCES, THE WORK OF EMBARKING ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 504 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

AY TO DUNKIRK rman Counter-Attack on 6 Somme Front Repulsed

... AY TO DUNKIRK rman Counter-Attack on Somme Front Repulsed AND MORE MEMBERS OF THE B.E.F. ARE BEING LANDED FROM FLANDERS, THE GREATER PART OF THE k*'® DIVISION OF GENERAL PRIOUX’S army has succeeded in WAY THROUGH THE GERMANS AND HAS JOINED THE ARMY Dunkirk ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 955 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

HOUSANDS OF B.E.F. HOME AS REARGUARD FIGHTS ON Three Destroyers Lost in Withdrawal FRENCH DIVISIONS REACH DUNKIRK

... HOUSANDS OF B.E.F. HOME AS REARGUARD FIGHTS ON Three Destroyers Lost in Withdrawal FRENCH DIVISIONS REACH DUNKIRK pART of the B.E.F. has been safely evacuated. Many have already reached this country. Yesterday they were arriving by thousands. Three British ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 597 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

HAVRE BOMBED: HOUSES

... BOMBED: HOUSES HIT. VICTIMS ENTOMBED GERMANS CLAIM TO BE IN DUNKIRK CTREET fighting is now taking place in Dunkirk according to the German High Command communique to-day. The Battle of Dunkirk is nearing its end,” said the communique. Our troops penetrated ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 87 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

REOCCUPIED

... REOCCUPIED THE DEFENCE OF DUNKIRK Paris, May 31 To-night’s French war communique states: In the North our troops have continued their march towards Dunkirk, where some of them were able to embark under the protection of the Navy and Air Force, despite ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 352 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

GERMANS FOILED

... GERMANS FOILED RENEWED ATTACK ON DUNKIRK BUT THE EVACUATION GOES ON Paris, Monday The German land, sea and air forces have renewed their onslaught on the Allied fortress at Dunkirk, making completion of the troop evacuation “ increasingly difficult,” ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 186 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

THEY HAVE EARNED IT

... In the Argonne some fairly violent artillery activity by the Germans was followed by patrols, but these too were repulsed. Dunkirk “Like a Fortress” The spokesman said that there was no deterioration of the situation of the French and British armies in ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 603 | Page: 1 | Tags: none