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DUNKIRK IS POWERFULLY ENTRENCHED

... DUNKIRK IS POWERFULLY ENTRENCHED STILL unbroken in face of overwhelming odds, the British and French Armies are continuing their heroic withdrawal to the coast. “Suicide” French divisions were reported to-day to be holding the rear while British troops ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 179 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

NAZIS SAY. “WE ARE IN DUNKIRK ”

... NAZIS SAY. “WE ARE IN DUNKIRK OFFICIAL communiques were issued to-day as follows : FRENCH TVURING the night embarkation went on actively in the Dunkirk region thanks to the resistance of our troops, and in spite of ceaseless difficulties cause by enemy ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 371 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

ALLIES HOLD A CORUNNA LINE OUTSIDE DUNKIRK

... the Corunna Line. Flooded areas extending south-west and north-east of Dunkirk are playing a priceless part in delaying the German mechanised units. Embarked from Open Beaches Dunkirk itself is protected by curtain of fire from Allied warships, and most ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 700 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

R.A.F. Dawn Patrol Over Dunkirk Bags 19 Nazis

... R.A.F. Dawn Patrol Over Dunkirk Bags 19 Nazis Miners Work Before Play T EICESTERSHIRE miners are working full shifts to-day to assist Britain’s effort to produce more coal. This means that the men do not come out of the pits till half-past two. . Cricket ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 72 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Marsh That Halted Caesar Stops Hitler LL that big area to the south-west of Dunkirk, from Gravelines almost to St

... Marsh That Halted Caesar Stops Hitler LL that big area to the south-west of Dunkirk, from Gravelines almost to St. Omer, which was once a marsh that held up Julius Caesar’s legions, has gone back to marsh and is now holding up Hitler’s hordes. This t ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 355 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

100,000 ARE REPORTED EVACUATED

... remains in Flanders. The path of retreat to Dunkirk is still open, though the Germans have redoubled their efforts to cut off the Allied rearguard. Rising flood waters have foiled the enemy attack on Dunkirk. ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 144 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

us spraying: us with bullets—but not

... wounded by their own shells while they were prisoners at Dunkirk, They had been tended by the R.A.M.C., who gave them the same careful treatment as the British wounded. Men and women refugees from Dunkirk, among them a woman of more than 80, were also landed ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 433 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Communiques

... Communiques Nazi Claims at Dunkirk COMMUNIQUES issued from general headquarters to-day were as follows: ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 14 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Navies Pound Th&

... Navies Pound Th& In the Dunkirk area are pounding the Nazis and . and French Air Force are high explosives on them. In Berlin it is admitted British must have extricating a number of their Semi-official Berlin reports front stated that the British d were ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 170 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

French Between

... French Between Two Fires MORE French troops from Dunkirk were landed in England to-day. Nearly all of them carried their complete kit, and several possessed prized souvenirs of the historic battle. One man brought with him an ignition key. It was all ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 373 | Page: 1 | Tags: none