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EVACUATION GRIM STORIES TOLD BY MEN OF B.E.F

... Tourna. lam quite sure we could have held them there had we had more 'planes Alleged Attempt to Bribe Jury Bombing raids on Dunkirk were described by the men as terrific, but it was noticed that the German 'planes limed their attacks for those periods when ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 435 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Casualties Among Men Of North-East

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Published: Thursday 20 June 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 540 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

'WE SHALL FIGHT TO THE END,' DECLARES MR CHURCHILL

... described by Mr inston Churchill, the Prime Minister, in his historic speech to Parliament yesterday on the withdrawal from Dunkirk. He told how 4000 men (3000 of them British) defended Calais to the last to make this miracle possible by diverting the enemy's ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 3806 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

THE WEEK. The Great Ordeal

... that, under the protection of the Fleet and Air Force, four-fifths of the B.E.F. had been successfully brought over from Dunkirk, and the more difficult task of evacuating the valiant rearguard is in progress. May it, too, be achieved ‘ with maximum sueecess ...

IF NEW ENEK OPPOSE US FRIENDS WILL ARISE HELP US

... speak the heart and mind of our country when I say that every fort in Canada will be another Calais and every harbour another Dunkirk before the men and women of our land allow the light and life of their Christian faith to be extinguished by the powers of ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 487 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

VALOUR OF B.E.F. AGAINST ODDS

... LL the world awaits with suspense the fate of the British and ** French troops fighting with their backs to the sea round Dunkirk. Some of them, as announced officially, have disembarked and reached England with the help of the Royal Navy and the Air Force ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 643 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

MAJOR OF GORDONS KILLED

... Aberdeen, C.S.M. Frederick Patterson, Royal Army Service Corps, has been posted missing, believed drowned, in the evacuation of Dunkirk. He was a partner Mr 'Gharles Morrice in the Pittodrie Garage. C.S.M. Patterson Skipper Mair C.S.M. Patterson belongs to Kirkcaldy ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 590 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Master of Forbes Wounded

... badly wounded while serving with the Grenadier Guards in Flanders. In one of the heavy engagements during the retreat on Dunkirk, a trench mortar shell exploded near him and shattered his left leg above the knee. He is now in hospital in England; where ...

Published: Thursday 06 June 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 565 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

BIGGEST RAID YET ON BRITAIN: NAZIS LOSE 3 PLANES

... Incendiary bombs penetrated roofs of houses in a working-class district of one North-east of England town, but soldier there with Dunkirk experience declared, This is nothing. Damage was not extensive. HOUSES DEMOLISHED The bomb which killed Mrs and Miss Ramsbottom ...

Published: Friday 21 June 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 611 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

LBOYS' BRIGADE NOTES –

... reaffirmed by the British Premier in phrases as strong and solemn as those he used in his speech describing the evacuation of Dunkirk. THIS week, because of the urgency of the situation in France, the activities of the Prime Minister in the House of Commons ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 522 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

EDWARD F. BALLOCH tells of THE BRAINS WAR

... his own heart. WE shall no doubt find that France's first man of the sea. Admiral Abrial, after his magnificent defence of Dunkirk—for which he has been duly recognised by the King and President Lebrun—has gone to join Admiral Cunningham. Admiral Abrial ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 531 | Page: 4 | Tags: none