Worksop Guardian AND NORTH NOTTS., DERBY, AND SOUTH YORKS. ADVERTISER.
Category
Books
Date
17 May 1940
Materials
Newspaper
Measurements
608 x 448 x 2 mm
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Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 748899.9
Summary
The whole newspaper, Worksop Guardian 'FRIDAY MAY 17, 1940'. The top sheet as the papers are wrapped has 'CHEER UP, BRITAIN! WORKSOP ALES WILL HELP YOU TO BEAR THE STRESS' in the top right corner. The front cover headline 'News Of Men On Active Service Officers And Men Reported Missing'; 'OFFICIAL intimation has been received in Worksop and district this week that several officers and men are reported missing as a result of recent operations. In addition a Worksop airman is officially reported killed in action. In many instances, the casualties occurred on active services in Nor- way. although by no means complete, the following is a list of local men of whom news has been heard: ......'. The newspapers in the package are; Daily Mail 26 May 1949 (wrapping) Daily Mail 30 July 1941 (scraps) The Times 4 September 1939 The Times 5 September 1939 The Times 6 September 1939 The Times 7 September 1939 The Times 8 September 1939 The Times 9 September 1939 Worksop Guardian 17 May 1940. Friday 17 May 1940 on the Western Front troops of the German 6th Army (Reichenau) enter Brussels. Antwerp and the islands at the mouth of the Scheldt are also being abandoned but have not yet been taken by the Germans. The British and French forces in Belgium have now fallen back to the Dendre River. General Gort is now worried by the growing threat to his right flank and rear areas and, therefore, forms a scratch force to defend this area. General Mason-Macfarlane is put in command. [He has up till now been Gort's Chief of Intelligence. Gort can be criticized for weakening this important department at such a vital stage.] In the main German attacks Guderian's forces, exploiting the loophole in their orders allowing reconnaissance in force, reach the Oise River south of Guise. On the German left flank, the French 4th Armored Division (Colonel de Gaulle) attacks northward from around Laon. The Luftwaffe attacks them fiercely and prevents any real gains. In Norway the British cruiser Effingham goes aground and is lost while carrying men and stores to join the forces south of Narvik.
Provenance
Straw collection bequeathed to the National Trust on the death in 1990 of William Straw.