Crossword clues for dunkerque
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dunkerque \Dunkerque\ prop. n. the name of a town and a battle fought there, in World War II (1940) when 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches at Dunkirk in a desperate retreat under enemy fire. Most of the forces were safely evacuated to England.
Syn: Dunkirk.
Usage examples of "dunkerque".
During her weeks in Dunkerque, she had gotten better than ever at making do with what Fortune sent her way.
But now we were on our way to Dunkerque, where the passengers would be left to shift for themselves.
And indeed, when we reached Dunkerque, all of the passengers except for me were let off.
Monsieur le comte will not tarry in Dunkerque, if that will cheer you up.
What an embarrassment it must be for you that everyone knows that your personal correspondence, and drafts of treaties written in your hand, are being bartered for drinks by scullery-maids in Dunkerque gin-houses.
For Dunkerque is not at the mouth of any great river, but those places are, and this would make the shipping infinitely easier.
I had sent a letter to them before I left Dunkerque, for I knew they were in London.
They had changed their plans and made direct for Dunkerque, which they passed through five days after I had departed.
Jacob Gold to Paris and the rest of us to Dunkerque, whence the de la Vegas could find sea-passage north to Amsterdam.
One of our friends who has just come back from the coast reports that there were a lot of French troops marching through Belgium on their way from Dunkerque to Lille--evidently an attempt to turn the German right wing.
Osborne was waiting with his car, and took me to the Ministry of War, to ask for a lift to Dunkerque in a military car.
It rained hard all night, and we made good time by way of Fecamp, Dieppe, Eu, Abbeville, Montreuil, Bologne, Marquise, and Calais, getting to Dunkerque a little after four, just in time to smell the smoke of a couple of bombs dropped by an aeroplane across the street from the office of the Prime Minister, upon whom I called.
I was to go back to Dunkerque with Monsieur de Broqueville, so waited while they discussed the events of the day and plans for to-morrow.
Livorno turned out not to be the ship from Livorno at all but merely a bedraggled pink just in from Dunkerque with horses on board, most of which appeared to be dead, I decided I would spend one of the coins on a glass or two of wine instead.
Dieppe, Eu, Abbeville, Montreuil, Bologne, Marquise, and Calais, getting to Dunkerque a little after four, just in time to smell the smoke of a couple of bombs dropped by an aeroplane across the street from the office of the Prime Minister, upon whom I called.