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3 June 1940 (8)

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Manchester, Lancashire, England

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us spraying: us with bullets—but not

... wounded by their own shells while they were prisoners at Dunkirk, They had been tended by the R.A.M.C., who gave them the same careful treatment as the British wounded. Men and women refugees from Dunkirk, among them a woman of more than 80, were also landed ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 433 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

CYCLING TOUR

... story of the commander of a British destroyer was told by troops arriving at a South East coast port. The commander reached Dunkirk, went into the town, found a bicycle, and rode as far round the town as he could, although it was under fire. He returned ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 54 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

AUSTRALIA PROUD

... Minister, has sent the following cable to Mr. Churchill: Every Australian has watched with pride the great feat of the Army at Dunkirk. It's amazing capacity to convert defeat into triumph inspires us, and the holding up of the German arms is of inestimable ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 102 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

400,000

... over 200 French merchant vessels of all kinds, ranging from converted liners to trawlers, have taken part in the defence of Dunkirk and the evacuation of the troops, it is revealed in Paris. Low clouds and the electric storms of early summer are making targets ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 164 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

CW-,

... the sentence of death on a woman. Eager New Pilots heroic work of the R.A.F. in France, particularly of those battling over Dunkirk, is having an inspiring effect on R.A.F. pilots who are coming to the end of their training. This week-end I met a young pilot ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 372 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Hand-to-hand Fights Last War’s Cemeteries

... important positions, fortify them, and re-establish the situation in this sector, EVACUATION PROCEEDS On all the beaches in the Dunkirk area under the protection of the Allied navies and au forces the work of embarking the last heroic defenders who have covered ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 468 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

the End of August —Then for Review

... Forces Are Tired Says French TO-DAY’S official communiques are as follows: FRENCH CINCE the order was given to with- draw to Dunkirk, the French and British forces engaged on three fronts, from the region of St. Omer to the outskirts of Arras, at Valenciennes ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 1311 | Page: 8 | Tags: none