Evening star., 1940-06-01
German

German
BERLIN, June 1 Lp).-Follou-
ting is the tert of toddy's German
high command communiQue::
Resistance of remaining units of
the French Army trapped in North
east France has been broken. Dur
ing the mopup in the region around
Lille, 26.000 prisoners were taken.
The attack on the remainder of
the British Expeditionary Army on
both sides of Dunkerque, despite
stubborn enemy resistance in very
difficult terrain, is progressing sat
isfactorily.
Our air force, despite bad weather,
May 80 successfully attacked ad-
ditional embarkations at Dunkerque
and also supported the ground fight
of the army.
Five transports were sunk and
three cruisers or destroyers as we'll
as ten merchant ships totaling 70, 900
tons were badly damaged by bomb
hits.
A speedboat flotilla sank an enemy
destroyer and one enemy submarine.
Thereby, the number of destroyers
sunk by speedboats in the Channel
region increased to six and subma-
rineS to two.
One submarine torpedoed an enc
my warship of Ostend. During the
destruction of English troops at Cas-
sci May 80, which resulted in the
capture of IS English tanks, the
fighting of a group of an armored
division led by Col. Kohl distin-
guished itself especially.
On the southern front near Able
vile enemy tank attacks foundered.
In forward thrust following the
attack we gained ground there.
The air force successfully bombed
enemy troop concentrations in for
eStS south of Abbeville.
The enemy, which still was hold
ing small bridgehead at Leschene,
on the northern embankment of the
Canal des Ardennes, was thrown
back across the canal
In Norway, troops rushing north
ward from Trondheim broke enemy
resistance north of Fauske and
gained more ground.
The Narvik group. facing strong
enemy attacks yesterday, held its
positions.
Total losses of the opponents in
the air May 81 amounted to 40
planes, 80 of which were shot down
in air fights and 10 by anti-aircraft
fire. Nine of our own planes are
missing.
British
LONDON, June P).-The
Air Ministry communique today
said
Royal Air Force fighters con-
tinued to screen the evacuation of
allied troops from the northeast
coast of France. Further reports
show that during yesterday 56
enemy aircraft were destroyed or
seriously damaged. Sixteen of our
fighters are reported missing.
At dawn this morning our fighter
patrols over Dunkerque shot down
IA enemy fighters with loss OF
one of our aircraft. A naval air
craft later bombed and sank an
enemy torpedo boat of the Belgian
coast.
Bombing operations against the
enemy in Flanders were continued
yesterday evening and during the
night by medium heavy bombers.
Hits were obtained on enemy troops
on the march, on motor transport
columns and on heavy artillery
Lock gates and bridges were de-
stroyed.
Two of our bombers and recon-
naissance aircraft were lost in these
operations.
A later Air Ministry communi-
que said:
Three Nazi torpedo motorboat.
prowling of the Belgian coast ir
the hope Of attacking British Elk.
peditionary Force transports were
attacked by aircraft this morning
One Of them was sunk.
Aircraft belonging to the fleet all
arm unit cooperating with the
coastal command spotted motor tor.
pedo boats cruising in line astern
They opened fire on an airplane
which dropped line Of six bombs
A minute after the bursts the pilot
saw that two Of the motorboats were
stationary and silent. There was nc
sign of the third.
Following is the teEt of an an
nouncement from Prime Minister
ChurchilPs Office:
The Supreme War Council met ir
Paris on the 31st day of May, 1910
Great Britain was represented BY
Mr.. Winston Churchill and Mr.. Att.
lee element r. Attlee, Lord Priv
SeaD, accompanied by Sir Ronalc
Campbell. Gen. Sir John Dill, Gen
lsmay and Gen. Spears. .