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Two Songs of War Time

... Two Songs of War Time New Freedom Shall Mourn Them (Dedicated to the Men of Dunkirk) War burst bounds on the horizon And louder and louder grew. A call came one day in summer, It sounded—and there were you I Tho' heroes now sleep forever In peace we may ...

Published: Tuesday 08 October 1940
Newspaper: Brechin Advertiser
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 150 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

planes in all were shot down-3, by Fleet fighters and 1 by a.a. fire. It was 'reported that the Cia,nadian

... le weather conditions restricted the daylight activities of our bomber aircraft. Attacks were however made on shipping a Dunkirk and Rotterdam, on barge concentrations on the Maas, and on industrial plant near Wesel. Bomber operations were cancelled at ...

Published: Tuesday 08 October 1940
Newspaper: Brechin Advertiser
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 446 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

HIS FIRST DEFEAT

... the dark days after the fall of Fiance has been effectively dispelled. Hope sprung nimbly out of prospective disaster at Dunkirk. From Hope has proceeded Confidence that we have now the measure of a strong and brutal opponent. For it is plain that Hitler ...

Published: Tuesday 29 October 1940
Newspaper: Brechin Advertiser
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 507 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

St Paul's C ii heclral

... in France all poke in the highest terms of the a rvioes rendered by ministers of the Church of Scotland on the beaches of Dunkirk and elsewhere. Rev. John Sinclair, joint clerk of the Synod, asked if it was not possible to have a shorter term of service ...

Published: Tuesday 29 October 1940
Newspaper: Brechin Advertiser
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 793 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

25 Years Ago

... same as in the last war. At no time in the World War was there an acute shortage of arms and equipment as there was after Dunkirk. Never was the naval position as difficult as it is to-day. In the air, while 'the battle still rages, it would surely be ...

Published: Tuesday 29 October 1940
Newspaper: Brechin Advertiser
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1377 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Dictators Meet lat the Brenner

... these expeditions. Watchers on the south coast of England on Saturday night again saw the whole of the French coast from Dunkirk to Boulogne blaze up as the R.A.F. went into action over the Channel ports. The story of the havoc wrought nighly in Germany ...

Published: Tuesday 08 October 1940
Newspaper: Brechin Advertiser
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1747 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

District mews

... been heavily bombed in an almost continuous series of attacks lasting for four hours. A naval bombardment of the port of Dunkirk was 'also carried out by our forces and much damage resulted. The Admiralty announced another success for our Navy ; a German ...

Published: Tuesday 22 October 1940
Newspaper: Brechin Advertiser
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2099 | Page: 8 | Tags: none