The British War office announced that BEF had withdrawn to
positions west of Brussels.
Germans claim to have entered Brussels after capturing Louvain
and Malines. Massive German attack developed in salient between
the Sambre and Meuse, heavy tank divisions being engaged.
Heavy fighting on front from Sedan to Rethel.
Intends air activity over the whole front. The British Royal
Air Force (RAF) again raided western Germany during the night,
oil depots at Bremen and Hamburg being systematically bombed.
Dutch islands of Walcheren and Beveland in Zeeland evacuated.
Belgium liner Ville de Bruges sunk by bombing.
Enemy minefield discovered off Cape Agulhas, most southerly
point of South Africa.
Allied forces in Northern Norway now at Rombaks Fjord, 2 miles
from Narvik Germans withdrawing eastward.
Go To: 18th
May
Articles:
The Second Great War.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
The War Illustrated.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
2194 Days Of War.
ISBN-10: 086136614X
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