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ULSTER DEFENDERS OF DUNKIRK

... ULSTER DEFENDERS OF DUNKIRK BOMBED FOR EIGHTEEN HOURS OFFICERS’ STORIES Ulstermen played a gallant part in the defence Dunkirk and in giving cover to the 8.8. F. from attacks by German aircraft. Lieutenant W. Cecil M’Kee, member of Belfast City Council ...

Published: Wednesday 12 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 303 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

SHIPPING LOSSES

... action in the week ending midnight, Sunday, June 2. was 78,715 tons, of which 24,000 tons were lost during the Dunkirk operations. Excluding Dunkirk, the figures were —British. 11 ships (54,715 tons): Allied, ships (17,913 tons); Neutral, 3 ships (7,923 t ...

Published: Wednesday 12 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 65 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

**BLACK-OUT” fO-SO fa

... Keyes in the Dover Patrol. Admiral Abrial, the Commander of the French Fleet, made history by his magnificent defence of Dunkirk. With regard to the land forces, Lieutenant- General Sir Archibald Wavell, the British Commander-in-Chief, has a fine military ...

Published: Wednesday 12 June 1940
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1107 | Page: 4 | Tags: none