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22 Nazis Down Over Dunkirk

... 22 Nazis Down Over Dunkirk f1» At least 22 enemy down by the R.A.F. y eStei officially announced. . j This success was attainea ca'( kirk when a formation ° and Defiants engaged a ia^ c0 enemy bombers heavily fighters. , A' All our aircraft j j In N.E ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Hull Daily Mail
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 73 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

EMBARKATION OF ALLIED TROOPS AT DUNKIRK B.E.F. GETTING OUT OF TRAP

... safely embarked, despite intensive German air attacks on Dunkirk. Sweeping claims to have inflicted damage at Dunkirk on Allied naval units were made in a special communique issued by the German High Command in Berlin to-day. This communi ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1025 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Lille Fighting

... partly occupied by the Germans, hut the spokesman said that some French troops are still holding out there. Fortifying Dunkirk Dunkirk being fortified French and British naval engineers, the Admiral commanding the operations reported to-night. He satisfied ...

B.E.F. FIGMENT' G REARGUARD ACrITONS. LLIED troops were fighting stubbornly last night in Northern France in a ..

... desperate bid to cut through German concentrations to the coast, while Allied naval forces firmly held the fortified area of Dunkirk, it is stated in Paris. British and French units were also still in possession of a part of Calais earlier in the evening ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 248 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

FRENCH WAR COMMUNIQUE. PARIS. Wednesday

... of Ostend. received from its King the order to cease fire, thus opening to the enemy the road to Ypres. to Fumes. and to Dunkirk. VERY HARD FIGHTINC. Since then our troops. under the command of General Blanchard and General Prioux. in close collaboration ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 437 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

SKILFUL REARGUARD FIGHTS AS B.E.F. FALL BACK

... Calais DUNKIRK FIRMLY HELD: R.A.F.'s GREAT WORK The King's Grateful Words to Our Troops Fighting skilful rearguard actions, the British and French troops in Flanders, it was learned early to-day, continued their well-ordered withdrawal on Dunkirk. ONE of ...

NAZIS CLAIM BIG AIR SUCCESS

... warships and troop transports which were to bring home the remainder of the beaten B.E.F. in the harbour and on the sea off Dunkirk and Ostend. All branches of the services joined in the attack which was directed against more than 60 ships. Three warships ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Hull Daily Mail
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 248 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

GERMANS CLAIM BIG RAID OFF FLANDERS 19 Ships Alleged Sunk

... warships and troop transports which were :0 bring home the remainder of the beaten B.E.F. in the harbour and on the sea off Dunkirk and Ostend. All branches of the services joined in the attack. which was directed I against more than 60 shins. Three war'ship ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 236 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

the • – I A GIRMAN CLAIMS. BERLIN, Wednesday

... Is only 25 miles wide at its widest point. German troops advancing in northern Flanders towards Dunkirk are stated to have reached the River Yser. Dunkirk, it is claimed, is now within the range of the German heavy artillery and its hattour has been ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 257 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

announcement

... member of the Council of the Ministry of Construction, 1917-18. 22 FOR 0. • Fight Off Dunkirk To Defend B.E.F. IN a terrific air battle over the French coast near Dunkirk last night, a formation of Hurricanes and Defiants shot down 22 of a large force of ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 463 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

MILLION GERMANS FLUNG AGAINST HILL LINE

... ing took place on the Yser and in the region ot Cassel. On the SOMME and on the rest of the front, there was nothing new Dunkirk the principal French port still in Allied hands, has now been transformed into an entrenched camp and is strqngly held by ...

Published: Thursday 30 May 1940
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 314 | Page: 6 | Tags: none