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CLOSING S DUNKIRK

... CLOSING DUNKIRK Embarking Last Expeditio “SHOWING M DISCIP] all the beaches in the Dui tion of the Allied Navies re-embarking the last heroic de evacuation of the northern an steadily forward, in spite of in bombardment by German long task increasingly ...

To-day’s Communiques French On land and sea and in the air the ■uch and Bi-itish forces at Dunkirk continuing in

... To-day’s Communiques French On land and sea and in the air the ■uch and Bi-itish forces at Dunkirk continuing in complete solidarity stubborn fight to resist the German and assure the evacuation. le enemy, showing the importance he attaches to crossing ...

REARGUARD HEROES

... within the bounds of the fortified area of Dunkirk and the arrival cf British and Belgian units nas placed at the disposal of the commanding officer more effectives than are necessarv the defence of Dunkirk Consequently many of these units have been embarked ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail
County: Durham, England
Type: Article | Words: 771 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

FLOODED AREAS

... other transport material without losing a single tank of their own. DUNKIRK POSITION On the Northern battlefront the withdrawal ot Allied units to the fortifled positions of Dunkirk has continued in the most favourable conditions, said the French military ...

FIGHT STUBBORNLY Enemy Tries To Mine Coast

... transports. The withdrawal of Alliied units to the fortified positions Dunkirk has continu«d in the most favourable conditions, said the French military spokesman to-day. UNITS REACH DUNKIRK French Fight Rearguard Action From Lille which down P.M. AND MR. ATTLEE ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Newcastle Evening Chronicle
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 350 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Battle Goes On

... re-form on the coast under the protection of Dunkirk,” the Paris radio commentator stated yesterday. “Important units of the French and Belgian Armies are succeeding in forcing the line of the hills to reach Dunkirk. Another portion of these troops is attempting ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Newcastle Journal
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 135 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

FOR COAST Allies Fighting Desperate Rearguard Action

... Germans claim to have inflicted heavy damage at Dunkirk, to have sunk three Allied warships and 16 troopships in the Dunkirk area and to have damaged 31 other ships, yet the latest news is that Dunkirk is still firmly held by the French. Calais, too, ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Newcastle Chronicle
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 621 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

GERMAN CLAIMS

... F on both sides of Dunkirk, which is meeting with stubborn resistance in very difficult terrain, is making good progress Despite the bad weather our Air Force made further successful attacks yesterday on troops d sembarkmg at Dunkirk and intervened m ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail
County: Durham, England
Type: Article | Words: 245 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

SOMME FRONT VISITED

... the night. German attack agains Dunkirk sout tl and east is slow ftrSS difficult terrain, ? nd trenched bv lm P the opera! with , su cceeded in co air f° in entc trongiy fortified town of Bcrgu, which I S? le round Dunkirk nnrt'oc * 111 the hands of the ...

5S GERMAN PLANES DESTROYED Yesterday 56 enemy idrcron destroyed or seriously damaged in operatdfons north east ..

... 56 enemy idrcron destroyed or seriously damaged in operatdfons north east coast of France. Our own aptrul of lighters over Dunkirk today shot down ter. enemy fighters with the loss of one aircraft. Yesterday 16 of our fight- yrs wcre reported misbinp, in ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Shields Daily News
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 60 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Terrific Bombing

... he went through the last war, he declares it was far greater Ilian anything he could ever have imagined. The bombing, of Dunkirk was “quite terrific,” but the loss of life was small —an opinion expressed by almost every source. This officer declared that ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Newcastle Journal
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 308 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

INTENSIFIED

... INTENSIFIED Allies Continue Re-embarkation From Flanders DUNKIRK STILL RESISTS ALL NAZI ATTACKS LIGHTING stubbornly against German armies which are * described as the largest attacking force in history, British and French troops are still maintaining ...