... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... Forest of Mieppe and Cassell to the Channel coast west of Dunkirk. The Belgians held the line from Ypres to the sea east of Dunkirk. With Boulogne in enemy hands and Calais a battleground. Dunkirk remained the only seaport at the disposal of the B.E.F. ...

... Army, the British Expeditionary Force and some French divisions under the command of General Blanchard. and supplied via Dunkirk. The French and British defended the Port in the south and in the west and the Belgian army in the north. It is this Belgan ...

... armies. Thence the line, thin but tough, continued the ellipse through the Forest of Nieppe and Cassel to a point west of Dunkirk. His I *■* “Must ...

... Among the courageous youths who have answered the call of the Govern■s king and j ment , united with Belgian elements at o Dunkirk to the ] p resen France or Great Britain, a new army is to be raised and organised. It will into the light at the side 5f ...

... break through, our Army in the north was forced back through the Forest of Nieppe and through Cassel to a position west of Dunkirk. v The ---------- magnificent though they have been and still are, had not enough planes to give the same amount of support ...

... curtains of bombs in an effort to protect the Allied Army in the north. He stated also that the French were still holding Dunkirk In the Commons. Mr. Churchill, after saying that there should be no attempt at this moment to pass judgment on King Leopold ...

... among which many of us have a dear one. This group of three armies under the command of General Blanchard was supplied via Dunkirk. The French and British Armies defended this port in the south and in the west and the Belgian Army in the north. OPENED THE ...

... in frontof the German forces who stabbed toward Dunkirk at the flank which was left uncovered by the surrender of the Belgian Army by King Leopold. Late last night the French military spokesman said Dunkirk was still in Allied hands. It will be necessary ...

... Here is the reason : The surrender of the Belgians yesterday morning led to the exposure of the British line of retreat to Dunkirk. Rescue from the sea now is extremely difficult. There is the chance that the B.E.F. may fight a way through the steel ranks ...

... disguise the setback to the Allies caused by the Belgian capitulation, with its consequent threat to the ports of Ostend and Dunkirk. In the House of Commons Mr Churchill used these words:— The situation of the British and French armies, now engaged in the ...