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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

ALLIED NIGHT FRENCH REPORT RESISTANCE

... ALLIED NIGHT FRENCH REPORT RESISTANCE TO -DAY'S FRENCH COMMUNIQUE SAYS:— During the night embarkation went on actively in the Dunkirk region, thanks to the resistance of our troops and in spite of ceaseless difficulties caused by enemy pressure. On the rest ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 91 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

LORD GORT HOME

... apparently corresponds” to the strength of several divisions, that the British transport fleet off Dunkirk has been “scattered or destroyed,” the fall of Dunkirk is to be expected “soon,” and that Marseilles and the most important French railway communications ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 504 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

“STATE OF WAI

... on operations Dunkirk continue on particularly large scale, the front from the Somme to the Rhine remains in a state of waiting, was stated here to-night. The calm has only been broken by few incidents. On ail the beaches in the Dunkirk sr?a, in spite ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 588 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

BRITISH HEROISM

... the ideals which they hold common will be made manifest yet once more.” THE LAST BOAT FROM DUNKIRK French Soldiers’ Adventure There reached England from Dunkirk yesterday 68 French soldiers who had been 24 hours at sea two small boats. There was not a ...

Published: Thursday 06 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 333 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

(CONTINUED FROM PAGE I.)

... enemy aircraft and probably a further six over the Dunkirk area yesterday. Eight of our fighters are missing. “Seventy - eight Nazi bombers and fighters were destroyed or severely damaged over the Dunkirk beaches between dawn and seven o’clock Saturday. ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 511 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

PILOTS’ STORIES

... PILOTS’ STORIES Machines “Like Midges” Over Dunkirk Dramatic stories were told in London last night air battles during operations over Dunkirk, in which French fighters have been co-operating with the R.A.P. The pilot of a Hurricane who was eventually ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 334 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Parachutist on Beach

... by a German parachutist on the beach at Dunkirk, arrived at an English south coast town yesterday with other French troops. One of them said—“ We were waiting about on the beach for a boat to take us out of Dunkirk when a civilian came up and began making ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 115 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

MILITARY PROMOTIONS

... iug usiliers R. E. Grace (110816), March 23, ISMO. EVACUATED FROM DUNKIRK: MARRIED IN CARNLOUGH Second-Lieut. Wm. Boyd MacLauchlaa, R.E., who was evacuated a lew davs ago from Dunkirk, was married yesterday special licence in Carnlough Presbyterian Church ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 114 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

UNEASY CALM SETTLES ON REST OF WESTERN FRONT

... UNEASY CALM SETTLES ON REST OF WESTERN FRONT BILE the embarkation operations at Dunkirk continue on par- W ticularly large scale, the front from the Somme to the Rhine remains in a state of waiting, it was intimated in Paris last mght. The calm has only ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 456 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

OVER 113 ENEMY MACHINES

... OVER 113 ENEMY MACHINES Fierce Combats Over Dunkirk ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 8 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

350,000 OF ALLIES BROUGHT BACK

... 350,000 OF ALLIES BROUGHT BACK PREMIER ON DUNKIRK MIRACLE OF DELIVERANCE ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 11 | Page: 5 | Tags: none