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Farmer's Boys And Girls

... a farm. One or two want to take children with them: which won't (I think) work. mind is busy thinking of Hurricanes over Dunkirk. or whether Italy will come in, or of the men of the B.E.F. saw this perfectly illustrated yesterday. Someone showed me an ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 156 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Street Fighting

... very strong break-through along the entire line was claimed by authorised circles in Berlin yesterday. Street fighting in Dunkirk was reported. As a result of the Belgian capitulation the Nazis were said to have captured Ostend. Germans advancing from ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Daily Herald
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 181 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Street Fights In Lille

... German tanks, not in scores but in bnndreds, our men are falling back >tc|» step towards the narrow strip of coast around Dunkirk. They are inflicting tremendous losses on the advancing enem\ And there has been no wavering, no break in the khaki line, ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Daily Herald
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 226 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

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... 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 ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Daily Herald
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 250 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

FACTS

... 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 ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 262 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

FOR GERMANY IN BELGIUM HEROIC FIGHT TO COAST

... powerful support. Under command Admiral Abrial, with a large number of ships, it is engaged in supplying the fortified camp of Dunkirk and the troops dependent on it, in co-operation with land and naval aircraft ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 225 | Page: 18 | Tags: none

Protect Armies

... 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 ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 197 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

All Return After Shooting Down 22 A F 0 R M e A v T e n l O i

... g u e r r i f c o a r n e e e s e a o n f d D G e e fi r ants an bombers, heavily escorted by fighters, in the region of Dunkirk. At least 22 ot the enemy were shot down All our machines returned. This was announced in an Air Ministry bulletin last night ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 190 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Belgian King Denounced Surrendered Without a Word to His Comrades-In-Arms From Our Own Correspondent PARIS, ..

... 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 ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 601 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

LEOPOLD: STORMY SCENE KING LEOPOLD told hi his treacherous intenti , meeting in his chateau at Saturday morning ..

... 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 ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 719 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

SHOT DOWN FOUR ENEMIES, CAME HOME IN BOAT

... picked up by a paddle steamer; Landed at Margate. The pilot, a sergeant, was in a squadron of nine Hurricanes patrolling over Dunkirk when they engaged nine Messerschmitt 109 s. He shot down two and was levelling out when he saw a Junkers 88. He shot down ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 299 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

TAHEs K : why mp

... 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 ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 341 | Page: 16 | Tags: none