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BRIDGE DESTROYED

... BRIDGE DESTROYED Our force bombed Ostend. Dunkirk. Nieuport and Blankenberghe and the roads and railways leading to these ports and their harbours. At Dunkirk a harbour bridge was destroyed. Between Calais and Dover an enemy destroyer was hit with a ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 133 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

8.E.F., INTACT, ARE WITHDRAWING TO COAST

... 8.E.F., INTACT, ARE WITHDRAWING TO COAST DUNKIRK AND CALAIS, STILL HELD THE B.E.F. ARE STILL INTACT TOGETHER, AND HAVE WITHDRAWN MILES TOWARDS THE COAST. UP TO LAST NIGHT THE FRENCH STILL HELD CALAIS. DUNKIRK HAS BEEN HEAVILY BOMBED, BUT IS NOT YET DIRECTLY ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 122 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

MOVE ON SOMME

... 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 ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 192 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

WITHDRAWAL TO NEARER COAST

... WITHDRAWAL TO NEARER COAST French Hold On In Calais, Dunkirk Still Safe ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Shields Daily News
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 12 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

On It/ l*nrl

... It/ l*nrl Dunkirk was the only port at Lord Oort’s disposal, and it was being severely and continually bombed. So long as Dunkirk remained in British possession there was a fair prospect of the evacuation of the B.E.F. from Belgium and Northern France ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Daily Herald
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 238 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

A MIGHTY BRITISH BLOW TO COME By EVENING MAIL MILITARY EXPERT

... study a map of better armed forces induced his the Channel. There seems to be capitulation. The weight of this an idea that Dunkirk, Calais and onslaught, now directed against Boulogne are the only Channel the surprised flank and rear of the ports. Please ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 269 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

THE BELGIAN TASK

... THE BELGIAN TASK Th? Belgian Army’s task bad been to defied ««Aor north Dunkirk while the British and French were responsible for the regions to the south ana west estimated that some 300.000 Belgians have laid down their arms accordance with King Leopold's ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Shields Daily Gazette
County: Durham, England
Type: Article | Words: 44 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

BELGIANS LEAVE GAP

... BELGIANS LEAVE GAP ON ROAD TO DUNKIRK M. REYNAUD’S BITTER COMMENT Paris, May 28 First news of Belgium’s decision was announced to the world at 8.30 this morning in broadcast by M. Reynaud, French Prime Minister. During the night there had been a two-hour ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 230 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

CURTAINS OF BOMBS

... curtains of bombs in an effort to protect the Allied Army in the North. He also stated that the French are still holding Dunkirk.—British United Press. SURVIVED TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY. PILOT WHO '`BALED OUT. ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 57 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

BOMBS ON GERMANY

... objectives at Bremen and Hamburg bombed and fuel depots set on fire. Up to last night French units still held out in Calais. Dunkirk been heavily bombed, but the town is not directly threatened. ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 83 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

ALL NIGHT FIGHTING IN BLAZING TOWNS

... FIGHTING IN BLAZING TOWNS DUNKIRK STRONGLY HELD BY FRENCH i;iS. THURSDAY.—FIGHTING WITH INDOMITABLE RESOLU* HOW THE BRITISH AND FRENCH ARMIES IN THE NORTH aK K MAKING A DESPERATE BID TO DRIVE THEIR WAY llli(ji ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 588 | Page: 7 | Tags: none