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GREAT DAY IN THE AIR DUNKIRK EVACUATION ACCELERATED IN SPITE OF NAZI PLANES CALM ON SOMME AND AISNE

... THE AIR DUNKIRK EVACUATION ACCELERATED IN SPITE OF NAZI PLANES CALM ON SOMME AND AISNE AUTHORITATIVE MILITARY CIRCLES IN PARIS STATE THAT ALTHOUGH SUNDAY WAS NOT MARKED BY ANY IMPORTANT EVENTS ON LAND IT WAS A GREAT DAY IN THE AIR. At Dunkirk the Germans ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1455 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

INDICATED ON THIS MAP 18 THE APPROXIMATE BATTLE LINE NOW HELD BY THE ALLIES FROM THE COAST TO THE MAGINOT LINE ..

... INDICATED ON THIS MAP 18 THE APPROXIMATE BATTLE LINE NOW HELD BY THE ALLIES FROM THE COAST TO THE MAGINOT LINE PROPER. STORY OF DUNKIRK ADVENTURE. HELPING IN EVACUATION. MUST HELP TO BEAT HITLER. AMERICAN PAPER'S PLEA. ISOLATIONIST POLICY CHANGED. Abandoning ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 597 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

UNDER HAIL OF SHRAPNEL

... man who, until a few weeks ago, was a cinema manager in a London suburb, to-day recounted his adventures in the inferno of Dunkirk. He responded to an appeal for men to help evacuate the 8.E.F., and was in charge of a small motor cruiser with two other ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 139 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

FALL TO GUNS OF OUR PILOTS

... British and French bombers attacked German communications and troops in the Dunkirk region. The Germans have just brought up heavy artillery against the fortified camp of Dunkirk. but under the protection of the Royal Air Force embarkation is proceeding ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 232 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

BOMBS ON OIL DEPOTS

... Belgian coast two enemy planes were shot down, two disabled. and the rest flew away. Our aircraft returned safely. In the Dunkirk area forty aircraft were destroyed and another 33 destroyed or severely damaged. Thirteen of ours are missing. Many hits were ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 100 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

LAD OF 15 WAS THERE

... throughout the last war. Boys of 17 who were working in factories on the South-East Coast reached home after having been to Dunkirk to help evacuate British troops. Many of them had never seen a shot fired in their lives, but a naval officer who was with ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 412 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

BELFAST TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1940

... carry troops from Dunkirk sands to destroyers and other vessels, returned to his home on SaturdaY suffering from shock and exhaustion. Here is 0 Neill s story— Six motorboats were commandeered and taken across. As we approached Dunkirk roads German aircraft ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1510 | Page: 2 | Tags: none