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DUNKIRK RAZED TO GROUND

... DUNKIRK RAZED TO GROUND Germans Used Incendiary Bombs The ruthless destruction of civilian property caused by the German air raids at Dunkirk, and the adjoining seaside town of Malo les Bains, was vividly described by young Frenchwoman who reached England ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 164 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

STORY OF DUNKIRK ADVENTURE

... STORY OF DUNKIRK ADVENTURE. HELPING IN EVACUATION. ' ASTORIA. Knock, STAN LAURA •,4 SLIMS HANDY THE BOHEMIAN GIRL Robert Lent in DAD ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 22 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Dunkirk Has Many Things In Common with Ulster's Capital

... Dunkirk Has Many Things In Common with Ulster's Capital DUNKIRK, whose stretches of sanddunes have been giving the men of the B.E.F. refuge in the evacuation of Flanders was once a British possession —only to be sold by an impecunious Charles 11. Capital ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 410 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

BATTLE RAGES ALL DAY AT DUNKIRK GERMAN ADVANCE COSTS ENORMOUS LOSSES

... BATTLE RAGES ALL DAY AT DUNKIRK GERMAN ADVANCE COSTS ENORMOUS LOSSES J’HE epic Dunkirk still goes on,” declared the French military spokesman last night. The j Allied sea and air forces are still defending their entrenched positions. *• The Allied trooi>9 ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 233 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

ALLIED NIGHT FRENCH REPORT RESISTANCE

... ALLIED NIGHT FRENCH REPORT RESISTANCE TO -DAY'S FRENCH COMMUNIQUE SAYS:— During the night embarkation went on actively in the Dunkirk region, thanks to the resistance of our troops and in spite of ceaseless difficulties caused by enemy pressure. On the rest ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 91 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Parachutist on Beach

... by a German parachutist on the beach at Dunkirk, arrived at an English south coast town yesterday with other French troops. One of them said—“ We were waiting about on the beach for a boat to take us out of Dunkirk when a civilian came up and began making ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 115 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

TROOPS ATTACKED

... bombers of the R.A.F. made a series of attacks on enemy gun emplacements, roads, railways, and troop concentrations in the Dunkirk area throughout yesterday. These operations were continued during the night our heavy bombers. At the same time other formations ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 132 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

FRENCH GERMAN

... sui'eeeded, r For led rcc, in entering the >wn Bergues. cion round Dunkirk, ill in the hands of the enemy, istant and heavy artillery fire, s and Stuka dive boniber units ieir attacks on Dunkirk yester' jiank two destroyers, one . and one merchantman of 330 ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 158 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

300 GERMAN RAIDERS DROP TRIUMPH OF ALLIED SEA POWER

... carried out from Dunkirk and from beaches in the vicinity. The whole operation was screened by naval forces against any attempt the enemy at interference by sea. In addition to almost incessant bombing and machinegun attacks on Dunkirk, the beaches and ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 830 | Page: 1 | Tags: none