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One British brigade and its aucillary troops began to em- bark Inmediately for. Narvik, and the first convoy sailed, on April 12. This was to be follow el in a week or two by three battaitons of Chasseurs, Alpins
There and other French troops. were also Norwegian forces north of Narvik which would help our landinga.
Maj-Gen. Mackony had been selected on April 5 to command any expedition which might be sent to Narvik. His instructions were couched in a form appro- priate to the case of e, friendly noutral Powar from whom some facilties, Gro required. They euntained among their dices the following reference to tombardment:
appen-
The
Thirty-Eighth Churchill's Memoirs
tf
Instalment
NARVIK: DIVIDED COMMAND
But
proach to Narvik, and sont a mes, German forces in Narvik. sage ordering the Southampton we should not allow the opera telegram, which was: accordingly now know at ne more than hálf The Committee agreed to the, we estimated, correctly да We to join him there. His intention tion to degenerate into an invest sant. It produced, no effect. wanth organise a force for ari
it thair number. ment except after. immediate assault Lonsisting of
very dater must remain.
matter of .A
of opinion mined battle.
The orders, sont to the com- On this under-whether ruch an assauli. two companies of the Scots
would manders were of auch a clear, and Guards, who had been embarked landing. I was willing to send have succeeded. It involved no imperative charneter, and so ovi In the Southampton, and a force that we hoped and thought that on the other hand, landings from that they should have been obey
a telogram to the French saying marches ihrough the snow, but, destly contemplated heavy losses, of seamen and marines from the the Warspite and other ships alig Narvik by
we should be successful in seir open boats both. in Narvik hored. ready, in Skjel.Flord. He could|
coup-de-main.bour and in Rombak Fiord under not, however, get in touch with Cabinet to attempt both the Nar
It was decided by the Warmachine-gun fire. the Southampton except after
We think it Imperative that sou: and the General should be together and act together and that no attack should be made except in concert.
operations
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of
any
The responsibility for a bloody repulse would fall exclusively on the home authorities, and very some delay through the Advik and Trondheim oper
directly upon me. I was content mirally, whose reply contained and to inform, the Swedish and
I counted un
upon, tira: - effect the following sentence......
that this should be so; but no- Norwegian Governments. We close-range bombardment by the thing. I or my colleagues or Cork added, that we had no intention tremendous ship-batterica which could clo that our forens should
produced: the proceed would blast the water-fronts and slightest effect on the General, over the Swedish frontier.
cover with smoke, and, clouds, of He was resolved to wait till the Neither I nor Mr. Stanley (the snow and earth the whole of the snow melted. As for the bom- Secretary for Waf) liked the dis- German machine-gun posts. Sult-bardment, he could point to: the
able his
high-explosive shells had paragraph in his instructions been provided by the Admiralty against endangering the civil po- both for the battleship and the pulation. destroyers.
anirit! When we contrast, this Certainly Lord Cork, on
the with
absolutely epot and able
reckless to measura
the gambling in lives and ships and character..of the bombardment, the almost frenzied vigour, based was strongly. In favour of making upon long and profound calcula- the attempt, We had over 4,000 tons, which had gained the Ger of our best regular troops, in-mans. their brilliant success, the cluding the Guards Brigade and disadvantages under which we Marines, who, once they set foot lay in waging this campaign are on shore, would become inter-obvious raingled at close quarters with the German defenders, whose regular. World: Copyright reserved. Ra
(To Be Continued) troops, apart from the crews res-production, even partially, In. any cued from the sunken destroyers, language, strictly prohibited.
In this instalment Mr. Churchill shows how, under the divided system of command at Narvik, a deadlock grose between. Lord Cork, anxious to carry out the Admiralty Instruc- tions, and. Major-Gen. Mockesy, who inter- prèted War Office orders in a more cautious spirit.
It is clearly illegal to bomb- ard a populated area in the.
He therefore left Skjer Flord persion of, our forces, hope of hitting
We were a legitimate for Harsia and led the convoy, still inclined to concentrate all on target which is known
to be carrying the 24th Brigade Into Narvik, except for diversions elso- in the area but which cannot harbour there on the morning of where. But wo doterred to the be precisely located and iden- the 15th. His escorting destroy-general view, for which there was
ers sank U-49 which was prowno lack of good reasons.
tified.
On the night of the 15th-17th
which are being held empty because of staggering key- money demands will find a rondy echo. Building costs are high but the attempt in
In the face of the German onling near-by. many instances
Lord, Cork now urged General to recover slought new and stiffor instruc Mackesy, to take advantage of practically the entire recon- Buns were issued to the General the, destruction of all the Ger- disappointing news
ews arrived from on the 10th. They Rave him struction cost from an initial more latitude, but did not cancel mon naval force and to make a Narvik. Gen. Mackesy hund, it direct attack on Narvik as soon, appeared, no intention of trylog lown-payment by the would-this particular Injunction. Their
as possible, but the General reto acize the town by an imme- substance was as follows: The tenant is exploitation of
plied that the Harbour was diate assault protected by the the worst type. Unfortun-
The object of the Force, will strongly held by the enemy with close rango bombardment of the Fleet, and Lord. Cork could not be to eject the Germans from machine gun posts.. {ately, as the law stands, the Narvik area and establish
He also pointed out that his move him. I stated the position control of Narvik self..
transports had not been loading to my Committee as it then up- (there is nothing that the
Your initial task will be to for an assault, but only for an un- peared. Government can do about it. establish your force at Har opposed landing. It is only necessary for the stud (on the island of Hindo, He opened his headquarters at landlord to prove payments
25 miles away), ensure the cothe hotel in Harstad and his operation of Norwegian forces troops began to land thereabouts. on account of rehabilitation- that may be there, and obtain The next day he stated that on In excess of a figure which
the information, necessary to the information avaliable landing varies according to the pre-
enable you to plan your fur- at Narvik was not possible, nor ther operations. war rent, for the premises. to be taken out of the pro- tection of the Landlord and Tenant Ordinance. Once such premises "afe ruled to be so excluded from its pro- visions, the landlord is on- titled to charge whatever rent he thinks he can obtain and demand as much key- money as he thinks he can extort. What may be moral- ly indefensible is legally ap- proved.
to warrant
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It is not intended that you would naval bombardment make should land in the face of it
Lord Cork considered that with decision the help of overwhelming gun- opposition....The whether to land or not will bedre troops could be landed in taken by the Senior Naval Narvik with little loss; but the -General-did-not agree, and could
Offfeer in “you,
consultation with a
If landing is impossible at ind some cover in his Instruc- Harstad some other suitable tloris, From the Admiralty we locality should be tried. A urged an immediate assault. A landing must be carried out deadlock arose between the mill- when you have sufficient tary and naval chiefs. troops.
At the same time a personal LG.S., was given to Gen. Mac jetter from Gen. Ironside, the kesy which included the remark:
J
At this time the weather great-i ly worsened, and dense falls of mew seemed to paralyse all moye- and untrained for such conditions. ment by our troops, unequipped.
We Military Ch
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The attack on the Govern-
You may have a chance of ment was directed towards
taking advantage of naval ac- its_failure or unwillingness- ton and should de 2011 you provised campaign passed through -Most-of-the-business-of-our-im- to introduce special legisla- can. Boldness is required. tion to, prohibit extortion by This struck a somewhat dif-my hands, and I prefer to record formalit as far as possible in my own ference note from the speculative builders, and the
lustructions.
words at the time. The Prime criticism is well based. It
Minister. had. By strong desire, cannot be that GovernmentTM
shared by the War Cabinet, to is unaware of what is going
Adml. Found and I were both occupy Trondheim, as well as
from agreed
differenti Narvik... This operation "Mour on: and the Kowloon survey
alghtly angles that Lord Cork: and showing there to be
should 62 Qirery
command, the as it was called promised
10 be a bla undertaking.. vacant properties on that naval forces in this amphibious
to the records of our side of the harbour alone-de--both urged him not to hesitate
adventure in the north.
Co-ordination Committee monstrates that the scale of to run risks and strike hard to of April 18, I was. very appre the racket is large enough scize. Narvik. As we were all hensive of any proposals which might tend to weaken our faten- intervention. agreed and could talk thing tian, to selza Narvik. Nothing
over together, we loft him, ex- Doubtless, the required legis- ceptional, discretion, and did not must be allowed to deflect us from Intion would. prove
making, the
the capture of this some- give him any written orders,
of this place: what complicated. The main,..
Не know exactly what we certain as possible,
Trondheim
was, on the other j purposa, however, would, be wanted. In his dispatch he says: Trond
hand
much more speculative to provide powers to take My Impression on leaving affair,; And deprecated any sug- over unoccupied premises,
London was quite clear that it gestion which might lead to the and to let them out at a fair
was desired by his Majesty's diversion of the Chasseurs. Alpins Government to turn the enemy until we had definitely establin- rental. Fair Rents Tribunals out of Narvik at the earliest odourasives, at Narvik. could be set up, as they have
possible moment, and that I in the British Isles, which
was to act with all promptiso said that it might be Necessary" to: Proceed, to invest the could take over some of the
tudo in order to attain this re- suit. functions pf. the Tenancy. Tribunals, whose services are already considerably taxed. One
over-
Our staff-work;; at this time CARNIVAL
the Military Co-ordination Com
IC
had not been tempered by war experience, mor was the action! of the Service Departments.cong obvious difficulty carted except by the meetings of would arise immediately, of
mittee, course, and that is that while begun to preside. Neither I, a
over which had just it could be an easy thing chairman of the Committee, no to take control over his pro quinted with the War Office in
the Admiralty were made perty out of the hands of auctions to Gen. Mackesy, and rapacious landlord, it would the Admiralty, directions had call for the wisdom of a been, givan: orally, to Lord Cork, Solomon to choose the new there was no whiten text-to tenant, without giving rise communicata to the War Office. to charges of favouritism, or chicanery..
The instructions of the two De pastments, although onliated by This considera ho same purpose, were some tion is one which has doubt, what, ditorent in, tons, and em less weighed heavily on Pals and this may have help
to Crusothels diverganges. Government's mind, in its which presently develoties berl study of this particular key tween the military and ·Daval money racket, but it seems commandors. doubtful whether the snag
the night of April · 12. - He`hadi
Vang
is altogether fatal to the pro- Lord Cork sailed-from-Rosythe posal. Certainly, it would at high speed in the Aurora on not affect a decision, to make intended to meet General Mac a demand for key-money kesy at Harried, a small port on illegal in respect of all pre-ord. On the 1, he received
the island of Hinnav in mises, whether, newly arcet-gnal from Admiral Whitworth ed or not. It would not pre- in the Warspite, who had exter vent the creation of Fair micated, all the Gorman des Rents Tribunals who would trosers and supply ships the day
before, saying: make, their assessments the basis of a fair conmrater.
on. I am convinced that Narvist return on a capital invest- ment There are several courses of action open to Government if they have the courage to take up the chal- lenge.
chat be taken by direct muuzauf now, without fear of meeting ng consider, that they man any serious oppostilon, on land
lank force, berdi any
the Aurors to Skjal Flord in th
Lord Cosh therefore, s
Lofoten Islands, Ranking the abil
Lord Cork's telegram shows that Gen. Mackay proposes to take two unoccupied positions on the approaches to Narvik and to hold on there until the perhaps at the end snow melts of, the
th. The General month. expects that the first demi- brigade of Chasseurs-Alpins-will- be sent to him, which it tainly will not be.
This policy means that shall be held
front of up in Narvik for soveralweels.
cer-
We
Meanwhile, the Germnas w proclaim that we are brought to a standstill and that Narvik |
still in their possession.
on. The effects of this will be damaging,
д
bath upon
pon Norweglans and neu-
the
War Revelation:
ROYAL FAMILY MEANT TO STAY IN UK
New-York, May 27,
The unqualified determination of the Royal Family, Prime Minister Mr. Winston Churchill, and the whole British Government to stay in Britain and yo down, if necessary under o. Nazi in- vasion was disclosed in an article bosad on the secret papers of: Mr. Harry Hopkins, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's, personal, assistant, published in Colliari. Magazine here today. The article, written by Mr. Robert Sherwood, famous playwright and another of Mr. Roosevelt's war- time assistants, declared that, Mr, Churchill had told Mr. Roosevelt that "If Britain went down, he and his Government would perish with it.".
trals.
Moreover, the German Mr. Hopkins said that he, Blates, into the war as the only fortification of Narvik will con- learned that the British Gov-means by which France might be tinue, requiring a greater effort ernment did not have even a saved; when the time comes.
kin the same period, he asked skelton. staff for evacuation to This
information is at. noc Canada or anywhere else."
Mr. Ramsewelt- tha
that:
the United and disagreeable. unexpected
He claimed: that: Mr. Churchill
States Navy, should, take over One of the best regular briga-belleved that "If the United King
the Singapore base, but warned des in the Army
will be wast-
FLHXL=1}** British Army would ing away, losing men by sick comel, the Empire: would be ended at least temporarily and
'destroy the. Buez. Canal · 17 ·andi ness and, playing no part. It the leadership of
when the British remaining the
home feat is for consideration whether a units at the
would be fiquidated in the do- British Common- telegram on the following lines wealth would pass
fender of the homeland, and tr to: Washinge should not be sent to Lord Cork ton. 2 both
Nuccessful. Naxi Invasion of Britain should take place. Much of Mr. Hopkins' informa-
and Gen. Mackey:
at
nur proposals involve da- maging deadlock at Narvik and the neutralisation of one our best brigades.. We cannot send you the Chasiours Alpins.
The
needed
cserepits will b
He quoted-Queen
PARALPHOSEO
as declaring, la response to suge
gestione from the Dominions that tip was culled from he volumin- the: Princess barovacsted that u popara between Mr. Roose- "the
nevar velt and. Mr. Churchill at that Princesas, could, leave, without, me-and I could) Period--Reuter. never leave without the King:
of opuran, the King will never leave."
in two or three days. Full consideration should, there- fore be given by you. to an
Other dramatic writings of] assault upon. Narvik covered by Anglo-American relations in the the Warspite and the destroy-crucial opening days of the Jast
which
might also operate war contained in Mr. Hopkins' at Rombaks Flord.
papers wereat ecasues The capture of the port and town would be an important
Dramatic: Message... – Success.
We should like to re- ceive from you, the reason why this in not possible, and your estimate of the degree of reais tance to be, expected on the water-front. Mattor most ur-
gent."
By Dick Turner
knows:
BRITON SHOT DOWN
P M Cairo, May 27.
A government communique to- day said that, two Americans, one English.. and one. Dutch dow Mr. Churchil: sent a dramatic were, among the captured mem message to Mr. Roosevelt in the bers of two Israel planes, shot mer of 1940,–4. year, and a fidown by Egyptian, anti-aircraft pealing to him to bring the United United Press. half before Pearl Harbour-op gunners over Palestine yesterday.
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