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ALREADY SAVEI BRITISH WARNING

... ALREADY SAVEI BRITISH WARNING As Dunkirk Evacuation Goes On ' french SOLDIERS senlry duty brldgo up as measure at the Front. ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 21 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

BRITISH SHIPPING LOSSES

... Ton* in Dunkirk Week The Admiralty announce that the total British mercantile tonnage lost byjweniy action in the «eek ended mtdntsM. Sanda,. June 2, was TR.TIS tone, of which 24.000 tons were lost during the Dunkirk operations. Excluding Dunkirk, the hgures ...

Published: Wednesday 12 June 1940
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 260 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

town held against all attacks

... spite of all that the Germans can do by land, sea and air, the evacuation of British and French troops still proceeds at Dunkirk. Already more than four-fifths of the 8.E.F., which consisted of nine divisions, has been evacuated. This was announced by ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 333 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

300 GERMAN RAIDERS DROP TRIUMPH OF ALLIED SEA POWER

... carried out from Dunkirk and from beaches in the vicinity. The whole operation was screened by naval forces against any attempt the enemy at interference by sea. In addition to almost incessant bombing and machinegun attacks on Dunkirk, the beaches and ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 830 | Page: 1 | 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

Tanks Slaughter Women

... of the men spent two days in farmhouse on the retreat to Dunkirk. On the way the soldiers destroyed all equipment they could not carry- Gunner Farmer graphically described the scenes in Dunkirk. When they got orders to move in the place was in flames ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 189 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

THE R.A.F. COMMUNIQUE

... bombers of the R.A.F. made a series of attacks on enemy gun emplacements, roads, railways, and troop concentrations in the Dunkirk area throughout yesterday. These operations were continued during the night by our heavy bombers. At the same time other ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 154 | 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

H.C.B. FOR FRENCH ADMIRAL

... C.B. FOR FRENCH ADMIRAL. The award of an Hon. K.C.B. (military) to Admiral Jean Marie Charles Abrial, for services in the Dunkirk withdrawal is announced by the Admiralty. ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 28 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

DESTITUTE OF DEFENCE

... DESTITUTE OF DEFENCE THE Duke a York described Dunkirk as being destitute of any real defence againt his force of over 35.000 THOS. JOHNSON & SONS LTD., ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1940
Newspaper: Irish Weekly and Ulster Examiner
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 27 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Communication, Cut

... which ran first Amiens and afterwards through Abbeville, and it sheared 11s way the coast to Boulogne and Calais, almost Dunkirk. Behind this armoured and meclianiied onslaught number German divisions lorries, and behind again there plodded, comparatively ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 314 | Page: 5 | Tags: none