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... FOOD FOR RESCUED ENEMY In spite of the accelerated tempo of the evacuation of the Allied troops from Flanders, one of the small boats on its way across with a load of soldiers found time to stop and pick German airmen who had been shot down during a bombing ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Evening Express
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 78 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Quality In Reverse—The Premier Will Relate—Germany Pays Now

... account is not closed. The Story MR. Churchill is expected to tell next Tuesday in the House of Commons the story of the evacuation of Flanders, from the taking of the decision by the High Command to the state of the war as it is when he speaks. The theme is ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 1145 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Echoes and Gossip of the Day

... all to your credit. John. —Oh, no. It’s lack of credit.' Getting A Brave Army Home (CORRESPONDENTS who are watching the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force state that the majority of this force will be saved. An amazing rearguard battle is being ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 1141 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

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... * * * Flanders, 1940 I suggest that a special! medal he struck at once for issue to all our heroes who took part in the battles in Flanders and the evacuation. The colouring of the ribbon to be blood-red (Flanders poppies), bisected with bars of Air Force ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 320 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

NAZIS BOMB VIMY RIDGE MEMORIAL

... serious political significance of the escapade and to treat it as drunken freak. BACK FROM FLANDERS: DIES IN BLACK-OUT After getting back safely from Flanders, Sapper A. Rutherford died today in a military hospital in the South of England from injuries ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Evening Express
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 607 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

200 SPIES SHOT

... 200 SPIES SHOT There came endless stories of the Fifth Column menace when the men from Flanders arrived. One Birkenhead private told of 200 spies being shot in Dunkirk in one day alone. Another spy, who was seen by soldiers signalling directions with ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 466 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

AIR MINISTRY (1 P.M.)

... AIR MINISTRY (1 P.M.) The Air Ministry announced this afternoon: Royal Air Force fighters continue to screen the evacuation of Allied troops from the North-East Coast of France Further reports show that during yesterday 56 enemy aircraft were destroyed ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 323 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

barkation was carried out by troops crossing the decks of ships already unloaded. One small vessel, which ..

... included one-armed veteran of the last war. According to some estimates, only a division of Allied troops now remains in Flanders. Among those safely landed in England were increasing numbers of General Prioux’s gallant French Army, who had hacked their ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Evening Express
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 545 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK POSITION “IMPROVED”

... stated that Allied losses in the Flanders withdrawal were light while those of the enemy were flve times as great. M. de Kerillis, in the Paris newspaper Epoque. states that more than 100,000 men have been evacuated from Flanders. He adds that to these a third ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Evening Express
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 1005 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

CONTINUED FROM PRECEDING COLUMN

... the evacuation, and every possible plane that can be spared will be hammering the Germans to bring about this final and complete triumph. ALLIES AS ONE IN FLANDERS It was emphasised in London today, that the withdrawal of the forces from Flanders is a ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Evening Express
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 377 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

SHOT DOWN OR DAMAGED

... DOWN OR DAMAGED Fierce Battles Over Dunkirk The Air Ministry announces:— Royal Air Force fighters continue to screen the evacuation of Allied troops from the north-east coast of France. Further reports show that during yesterday 56 enemy aircraft were ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Evening Express
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 143 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

ICE SKATING

... an army can be confronted. But there is, in fact, no parallel for the conditions w hich prevail to-day in Flanders. Our Armies are being evacuated under the full view of the enemy and under constant attack from land and from the air. Moreover, the coast ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 564 | Page: 2 | Tags: none