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29 May 1940 (3)

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ALLIES STILL IN DUNKIRK AND CALAIS

... ALLIES STILL IN DUNKIRK AND CALAIS HAMBURG AND BREMEN BOMBED JTRENCH units are still holding out in Calais. Dunkirk has been heavily bombed, but the town is not directly threatened, it is stated in French military circles to-day. Allied aircraft are ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 195 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Germans Claim Capture of Lille, Ostend and Bruges

... has broken down. The British Army which is concentrated in the area of Dixmude, Armentiers, Bailleul, and Bergues, west of Dunkirk, is facing complete destruction by our concentric attacks. In a swift push through Flanders German forces marched througn ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 447 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

‘‘Wrecking In Action WARSHIP BLOWN-UP, QUAYS DESTROYED

... them I was bombed. On our last night in Holland we were bombed. In ZeebrUgge. Belgium, we slept through an air raid, and in Dunkirk we were bombed again. Only when back in England did I have an undisturbed night. Ostend we watched German planes sweep down ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 481 | Page: 3 | Tags: none