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NAZIS SAY. “WE ARE IN DUNKIRK ”

... NAZIS SAY. “WE ARE IN DUNKIRK OFFICIAL communiques were issued to-day as follows : FRENCH TVURING the night embarkation went on actively in the Dunkirk region thanks to the resistance of our troops, and in spite of ceaseless difficulties cause by enemy ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 371 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

French Between

... French Between Two Fires MORE French troops from Dunkirk were landed in England to-day. Nearly all of them carried their complete kit, and several possessed prized souvenirs of the historic battle. One man brought with him an ignition key. It was all ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 373 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

100,000 Risk of

... 100,000 Risk of the British forces y have been fighting their way home from Dunkirk, thousands of crates of strawberries from the peaceful districts of France have been coming to England. Pictured here are a few of the 2,000 crates —holding 28,0001b5 ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 49 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

BOMBED, SAY THREE-HOUR ENEMY RAWS ON HA VRE: HOUSES IN RUINS

... anti-aircraft batteries, went into action at 9 20 a.m., but no alarm was given. Dunkirk Men Counter-attack Allhough hard pressed day and night, the gallant band holding Dunkirk have actually counter-attacked to give their comrades a better chance to escape ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 775 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

NAZIS “These Were Men

... “Therefore they will be treated as brave soldiers deserve.” High tribute to the evacuation of the British and French troops from Dunkirk was paid to-day by the Soviet official organ Izvestia, estimating that over “ 200,000 of the nearly 300.000 British troops ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 278 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Zeebrugge Was

... Zeebrugge Was Dunkirk May Cause False Optimism T ET’S have all the planes and tanks we can get; they are worth all the effort we can make an extra shilling on the income tax, the loss of all our luxuries, and the hardest, most unremitting work. We’ve ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 949 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

MISCELLANEOUS SALES

... division and time gained enabled the Gravelines water line to be held by the French troops and thus it was that the port of Dunkirk was kept open. “ When week ago to-day I asked the House to fix this afternoon as the occasion for a statement, I feared it ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 1065 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

STORIES OF THE B.E.F. BOYS

... famous Lancashire regiment, two years ago, and served together until, on Saturday morning, they were separated on the beach at Dunkirk. But now both are safe in England. Corporal Haynes, now 32, lives in Princess-street. Glossop, and last night, for nearly ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 829 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

H.Q. RAIDED

... The Government was again in the for severa biff lines of cloth, and with the re-equipment of the B.E.F. now returned from Dunkirk, buying is likely to continue of a large scale. India was inactive, except for a few orders for fine lawns and organdies for ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 1103 | Page: 8 | Tags: none