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COURAGE AND CALMNESS

... COURAGE AND CALMNESS UJ) to last night French units still held out in Calais. Dunkirk has been h_eawlly bombed, but the town is not directly threatened. Enemy back areas, troop concentrations, columns of infantry and tanks. and temporary earthworks were ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 136 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

communique was : — The decision taken by the King of the Be ' sians permitted the enemy to increase

... to Dunkirk to the Germans , the Allied Coinmand has never lost its coolness for a moment . The watchword immediately went out : — The British and French go on fightina . The Belgian Army ' s task had been to cefenfl the sector' north of Dunkirk , -while ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 561 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

GERMANS CLAIM LILLE AND OSTEND

... statement that ¢p The following special announcement ! Belgiian defection opened téle door 1 issued by the German High Command | Dunkirk for the Germans 1s described as was broadcast ty the German radio this a *libellous alibi. ‘ afternoon: “ Continuing their ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 191 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

GERMAN ACCOUNT King Leopold Gave Up Senseless Resistance COMPLETE SURRENDER GERMAN HIGH COMMAND CLARIS ..

... are in German hands . The German air force bombed the communication line leading to Zeebrugge , Nieuport , Ostend , and Dunkirk , as well as the ports and ships in the ports . An enemy destroyer was hit by a bomb between Calais and Dover . On the southern ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 713 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

NEW BELGIAN FORCES TO CONTINUE STRUGGLE ' ? . Premier Denounces King Leopold ' s Surrender UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACT ..

... Force , and some French divisions . This group of three Armies was commanded by General Blanchard . It was provisioned via Dunkirk . The British and the French Armies defended this port in the south and in the west , the Belgian Army in the north . WITHOUT ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1843 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

MUNITIONS DRIVE —?—Plan to Train 100 , 000 Engineers a Year EXPANSION OF CENTRES BRITISH SEAMEN . BLEW UP ..

... of them I was bombed . Our last night in Holland we were Mmbed . in ZeebruggeBelgiumwe slept through an air raid , and in Dunkirk we , vere bombed again . Only when back in England did I have an undisturbed night . At Ostend we watched German ' planes ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1317 | Page: 8 | Tags: none