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MET OFF DUNKIRK COINCIDENCE OF CAMPBELTOWN MEN

... MET OFF DUNKIRK COINCIDENCE OF CAMPBELTOWN MEN Here is the story of an amazing coincidence, told to-day by a Campbeltown man who took part in the evacuation of the B.E.F. from Flanders. 3 “ My ship was among the first to reach Dunkirk to begin the evacuation ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 250 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

“NEARING END” GERMANS CLAIM TO HAVE ENTERED DUNKIRK

... “NEARING END” GERMANS CLAIM TO HAVE ENTERED DUNKIRK To-day’s official German communique says: * %‘he fighting for Dunkirk is nga:‘; ing its end. Our trpos penetrated inte the town and took the Luois Fort from the enemy, who put up a desperate resistance ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 143 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

MORE FIENDISHNESS

... soldiers related how 21 of their comrades were murdered by a German parachutist on the beach at Dunkirk. s Rl “ We were waiting about for a boat to take us out of Dunkirk when a civilian came up and began making himself friendly,” the soldier said. * Suddenly ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 197 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

HITLER MUST KEEP GOING

... HITLER MUST KEEP GOING (From Our Military Correspondent) Dunkirk stands. An island, surrounded on three sides by water and on a fourth by fire, While Dunkirk endures, 15 Nazi divisions are contained there in siege, besides a further vast garrison required ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 110 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

DEFENCE OF CALAIS

... DEFENCE OF CALAIS This armoured scythe stroke almost reached Dunkirk—almost but not quite. Boulogne and Calais were the scene of desperate fighting. The Guards defended Boulogne for a while, aild were withdrawn by orders fro mthis country. The British ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 517 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

GUNNERS’ BAYONET CHARGE

... GUNNERS’ BAYONET CHARGE Dundee officers and men of the Royal Artillery played a heroic part in the battle around Dunkirk. All the officers have arrived in Britain; and so far as can be ascertained only two have been slightly wounded. These are Lieut. ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 140 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

DRIVEN TO THE LIMIT

... like a tide and at all costs. The bombing of Paris and Le Havre is the gathering crest of the next wave. - Thus, though Dunkirk and perhaps even the citadel of Calais hold out, the main German host must resume its march towards the next assailable objective ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 148 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

HUNGRY FOR NEWS

... HUNGRY FOR NEWS French soldiers from the battlefield and beaches of Dunkirk are hungry for news. Arriving on British shores after days of desperate fighting they bombard liaison officers and civilian interpreters with questions concerning the war. Many ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 175 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

SMALL BOATS’ ADVENTURE

... SMALL BOATS’ ADVENTURE Among the coastal towns sharing ini the story of the evacuation from Dunkirk‘ was Poole, which was stripped of small craft last Wednesday. About 20 vessels were assembled, fishing smacks, the Gondoliers and Skylarks, and even ferry ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 181 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

YOU GET BEST VALUE AT RO ¢ FLEET BLOCKED 7EEBRUGGE

... available to-day of the Navy's operations off the Channel ports in ‘the blocking of Zeebrugge and the evacuation of troops from Dunkirk—in which, the Admiralty announced last night, 887 British ships of all kinds took part, and only six destroyers and 24 smaller ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 175 | Page: 6 | Tags: none