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Over 100 Submarines

... at the end of the Great. War Italy was very proud of her M.T.B.’s. and she has since developed harbours from which these little ships can operate. The waters in the vicinity of the Dodecanese Islands are ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1940
Newspaper: Portsmouth Evening News
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 97 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Combined Operation

... while British and French ships are collaborating In the task evacuating Allied troops to Britain. This occasion where the little ships are doing great deeds. The epic withdrawal still goes on, and there are still high hopes that will consummated by saving ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 147 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

ALLIES FIGHT WITH CLOSE UNITY

... collaborating in the task of evacuating Allied troops Britain. Not for the first time in history, this is a case where the little ships are doing great deeds. ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Newcastle Evening Chronicle
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 166 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

LAUNCHED BY PHONE: MEN'S POCKET COMPASSES

... LAUNCHED BY PHONE: MEN'S POCKET COMPASSES THE assembly of the Armada of Little Ships which rescued the B.E.F. and French Armies from Dunkirk was neither a miracle nor magic. The gathering of nearly small ships, raitgi tit! from two-seater canoes to luxury ...

Published: Thursday 06 June 1940
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 678 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

OF STAND ON CORUNNA LINE

... collaborating in the task of evacuating Allied troops to Britain. Not for the first time in history, this is a case where the little ships are doing great deeds. That gallant force of British and French comrades, who have stood shoulder to shoulder against fearful ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 165 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

li-Boats Busy Again

... but they could it force the . protected passage the Navy had drawn! from Britain to Dunkirk through, which the armada of little ships' passed. So the U-boats looked elsewhere. and found our anti-submarine defences weakened by the Channel diversion. Our ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Hampshire Telegraph
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 525 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

.EVENTV- FI V

... V THE ITALIAN NAVY-INCLUDING THOSE NOW COMPLETING. 'ITISH AND FRENCH FLEETS WILL SHOW ITS INFERIORITY. particularly the little ships of the Regolo class now constructing. Three of the Italian heavy cruisers have a wide radius of action—namely, the Trento ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1940
Newspaper: Illustrated London News
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 234 | Page: 22 | Tags: none

She's Grand !

... seventeen hours of rowing backwards and forwards from the boats to the beach under a downpour of death from the skies. The Little Ships have all got their tales of valour. Thames-side will sing them as long as the river flows. ...

Published: Monday 10 June 1940
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 292 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

THE LIGHTER SIDE

... of opposition, and it was only by sheer force of its own merit that his music at length won popularity. The Little Ships. The 130 little ships that took part in the evacuation of Dunkirk are back again in the Thames, looking, at first glance, as if nothing ...

Published: Wednesday 12 June 1940
Newspaper: Nottingham Evening Post
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 662 | Page: 4 | Tags: none