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DUNKIRK SO

... DUNKIRK SO BELFAST TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1940. ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 8 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

THE EPIC OF DUNKIRK

... THE EPIC OF DUNKIRK Treasures Van'eriS KM THE HARBOUR AT DUNKIRK, WHENCE THE ALLIED ARMIES ARE BEING WITHDRAWN. SO it's June the First! Back in 1939 it was something to get excited about; holiday ideas became more concrete, one really began to feel summer ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1380 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

holding the region west the Yser and the entrenched camp near Dunkirk. An officer who has just returned to London

... camp near Dunkirk. An officer who has just returned to London speaks of the stunning effect of the air bombardment. Although went through the last war he points out that it was far greater than anything could ever imagine. The bombing Dunkirk was quile ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 405 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

BRITONS HELD AT FRONTIER

... —Reuter. FRENCHMEN NOT AT DUNKIRK YET. PRIOUX ARMY SECTION. POSITION MORE DIFFICULT. OPERATIONS ON SOMME FRONT. PARIS, Saturday.—On the northern battlefront the withdrawal of Allied units to the fortified positions of Dunkirk has continued in the most ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 399 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

VILLAGERS CHEER TROOP TRAINS

... B.E.F. had been evacuated from Dunkirk, states the Daily Telegraph and Morning Post correspondent. Gallant French soldiers, side by side with the British. fought like cats against the Nazis. Little remains of Dunkirk itself. which I was subjected to ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 617 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

FIGHTING RETREAT BY FRENCH

... forces. General Prioux’s French troops are falling back on Dunkirk, and the Germans are making desperate efforts to cut them off. In order to safeguard the western flank and keep the way to Dunkirk open for their French comrades, British troops are holding ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 173 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

democracy fell away there. Beaten but unconquered, shining splendour she faced the enemy . . . It was the ..

... ACTIVITY OF BOMBERS• ARRAS TO DUNKIRK. ULSTERMAN'S STORY OF RETREAT. PACKED ROADS AND BOMBS. REFUGEES' TERRIBLE FATE. One of the first Ulstermen to reach Belfast after taking part in the epic struggle still in progress around Dunkirk' is 20-year-old Gunner Desmond ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 352 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

WILL BE SPOKEN WITH REVERENCE Long As English Tongue Survives

... WILL BE SPOKEN WITH REVERENCE Long As English Tongue Survives long as the English tongue survives the word Dunkirk will be spoken with reverence. A leading article in the New York Times, tribute to-day, adds: The rags and blemishes which have hidden ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 43 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

FOG HAMPERS GERMAN

... says. Dense fog over the Channel giving cover to the British in their headlong flight. The last resistance offered around Dunkirk restricted to a narrow area of a depth of about six miles, the commentary continues. Big Claims The High Command communique ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 264 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

STAND ON YSER LINE

... required on the line. There is confirmation that troops are holding the region west the Yser and the entrenched camp near Dunkirk. An officer who has just returned to London speaks of the “ stunning effect of the air bombardment. Although he went through ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 323 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Huge Force

... lorries and other transport Material, without losing: a single tank their own. •'larch to Dunkirk the north our troops have contmued their march towards Dunkirk, hare a portion of them were able to embark under the protection of the •'avy and Air Force ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 499 | Page: 5 | Tags: none