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ROAD TO DUNKIRK

... ROAD TO DUNKIRK the North there was a group of three Allied armies—the Belgian Array, the B.E.F. and some French divisions. This group of three armies, under the command of General Blanchard, was supplied by way Dunkirk. The French and British Annies ...

COMMUNIQUES

... the road to Dunkirk to the Germans the Allied Command has never lost Its coolness for a moment. The watchword Immediately went out The British and French go on fighting. The Belgian Army's task had been to defend the sector North of Dunkirk while the ...

THE ODD CHANCE

... always been able to use bomb power against these islands, but with a position on the Belgian coast and one, secured, between Dunkirk and Boulogne, the long-range guns of shore batteries could operate against the sea line of the Thames Estuary. The Straits ...

THE POSITION NOW

... been riddled by German political power and fear has made its head uncover the left flank of the British Army and imperil Dunkirk base. And this 24 hours after the B.E.F. had saved the Belgian front against a power drive! CRITICAL: NOT DESPERATE The situation ...

given In a broadcast by M. Reynaud, the French Prime Minister, at 8.30 a.m. France can no longer count

... Army and the British Army are now fighting alone against the enemy in the North. M. Roynaud pointed out that the road to Dunkirk—through which the three Allied Armies In the North received their supplieshad been opened to the German divisions. Paris ...

Berlin and the Capitulation

... Bourbourg—are in German hands. The German air force bombed the communication lines leading to Zeebrugge, Nieuports, Ostende and Dunkirk well the ports and ships in the ports. An enemy destroyer was hit by a bomb between Calais and Dover. On the Southern front ...