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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 ...

French and Britiah aeroplanes constantly bombed the enemy

... the Belgian King, the Allies were fighting with the same determination. Effect of Surrender German artillery blaated away Dunkirk and Calais, but those ports, with Zeebrugge, remained In Allied hands. The Immediate effect of King Leopold's surrender appeared ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 97 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

B.E.F. WITHDRAWING TOWARDS THE COAST ADMIRABLY SUPPORTED BY THE FRENCH

... changing hourly, but the latest reports indicate that the Allies still hold 30 miles of the Channel coast, including Calais and Dunkirk. The British and French armies in Belgium have been engaged in furious rearguard actions throughout the night, and have inflicted ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 456 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

ORDEAL BY SEA

... After four days and four In trawler, to Belgian folk have arrived Eltharo. Kent. They had been to Brlxham (Devon), back to Dunkirk, then to Calais, from there to south-const port. They include one family 13 relatives, from the, grandfather and grandmother ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 158 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

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 ...

changing houily. but the Allies, according to the latest Information, still held miles of Channel coast. The ..

... Allied and enemy units which are cloeely intermingled (says Press Cp to last night French units still held •tit In Calais. Dunkirk had been heavily bombed, but the town waa not directly threatened. French and British military opinion seems unanimous that ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 177 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

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 ...

NAZIS GAIN LITTLE

... south Lille has broken down. The British Army which concentrated the area Dlxmude, Armentlers, Ballleul, and Bergues, west of Dunkirk, facing complete destruction by our attacks. In swift push through Flanders German forces marched through Bruges, captured ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 665 | Page: 8 | Tags: none