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Allies Facing Difficult Situation
NORWAY CAMPAIGN WILL NOT BE EASY
LONDON, Apr. 28 (Router).~“There has been much talk about treachery and the use of the fifth column in! Norway but not everyone may realise that this is part of the doctring created by the German General Staff and the Nazi Government,” said Captain Cyril Falls, military cor- respondent of "The Times" in a B.B.C. broadcast to-day. While "deception" is one of the normal artifices of war, the German method was to employ corruption and treachery in an attempt to win the campaign before it really started.
ESCAPED CAPTIVITY.
British Seamen In Stirring Drama LONDON, Apr. 28 (Reuter). --Forty seven British who escaped from the Nazis at Narvik arrived at Newcastle to-
day.
seamen
Thirty two were from the New castle steamer, North Coravall, 4,301 tons, which was captured by the Ger- mans the day before the first Narvik Lattic.
Seven were from the steamer Blythmoor, 0,582 tons, and eight were from the steamer Mersington Court, 5,141 tund..
Walked 26 Miles Through Snow The men of the North Cornwall said that they had been kept pri- soners in a whaling ship but when the first battle of Narvik started they
were put ashore under gure 26/
They escaped and. after miles through the snow for 17 hours, came to Д village where they were greally surprised to find about 130
The Germans had hoped that -
in Norway, as in Denmark, there would be little or no resistance. They also miscalculated the movad
factor.
The Norweglans are rasting and the Allied troops are going to their i ald, while the German Navy s been so crippled that it is now a leny zerious menace in the calculation of the Allies and even the neutrals.
Two Big Difficulties The situation in Norway is diMeult for two main reasonat
Although we can interrupt the passage of German troops to Osio and have indeed afready caused thousands of casualties of the mast serious kind to their morale-through death by drowning-it is practically impossible In to stop this trade altogether, fact the Germans can send reinforce- ments with less dificulty than can the Attles.
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GERMANS CONTROL THIS FORT IN NORWAY
RVÄNVEN, Ion leiti is the fortified entrance to Bergen Harbbur and is now in German hands. The part of Bergen is on the extreme left and oil depot is, cross water on extremo right.
Special Description Of The Trondheim Front
ALLIED WAR MACHINE WORKING SMOOTHLY
2The Nazl air bases are closer LONDON, Ápr. 28 (Renter).-"Reuter's" special correspon- so that their planes can barry Allied dent reports that the Allied machine is working smoothly and trorps more than we can' theirs. We have already done a good deal efficiently along the front which is north of Trondheim with the towards "offsetting this by bombing Allled forces there. their air bases and have Indeed Already many thousands of Inflicted heavier losses than we British and French troops have have suffered. We have also sent some lighter safely disembarked at Namsos
and have moved up silently to! planes to attack the Nazi bumbers. Takon By Surprise
points of action around Steinkjer.
"Reuter's correspondent feially informed that the Allies were forced to abandon Steinkjer itself hast week because the town was German completely
by gutted incendiary bombs.
However, strong British, French and Norwegian units are now in a position north of the town,
But it must be remembered that men from the destroyer llardy and the Germans are, at the moment. in 3ossession of must of the airfields in Norway so that we cant operate only on a small scale.
a number of men from oilier chantships.
mer-
The seamen were accommodated in school-room until after the second battle of Narvik when they signalled to the Briush destroyers and were
taken off.
RADIO
ZBW, 355 metres (845 k.c.) and 31.49 metres (9,520 kilo-cycles) Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 in E Minor
Radio Programme Broadcast by ZBW on a Frequency of 845 k.c's. and on Short Wave from 1-2.10 p. and 8-11 p.m. p.m. on 9.52 m.e's.. per second.
H.K.T. 12.15 pm. Short Service of inter- cession.
12.30 Variety with Tumer Layton, Murgatroyd and Winterbottom and Others
1.0 Local Time Signal and Weather Report.
1.03 Billy Cotton and Hin Band in Dance Musle,
By for the greatest difficulty, and one which must put a temporary check on plans for taking Trondheim, is the fact that the gallant Norwegian troops were taken entirely by surprise.
The Norwegians had no chance mobilise their men or resources
Lack of military training and perience in a country witch ant been at war for well over
of century are factors which must be surmounted.
to
Newsman's Hazardous Trip The correspondent, who reached the north
Trondheim region after a most ex-hazardous 30 hour Journey from the Swedish frontier by a horse-drawn sledge over the mountains and frozen lakes in central Norway, relates the story of the capture of a crew of
has
a
difficulty
It is largely due to this that the three when a German bomber was Germans managed to advance to forced to land on Lake Immingliem. rapally up the two valleys from Osto, the Gudbrandsdal and Octerul.
The capture was effected by three Norwegian peasants and a Custom's oficial to whom the Germans politely
while the surrendered
concealed
h
rallway station
and
Not An Easy Campaign We did not expect this campaign to je easy. More troops are being lan i-peasants covered the alemen with
ed supported by ant
anti-aircraft guns. rifles.
The correspondent also tells of Despite repeated attacks from the south the Germans are still some seeing a low-flying German bomber way from the garrison at Trondheim, bombing
It is this advance which is of real machine-gunning the British detach-
not the setback atment. importance,
ile describes all the British and French troops he encountered as Steinkjer which was a minor affair!
belne well-armed, well-equipped,! much Bable anxiety to cover as due to the local commander's justi-
confident unl' cheerful. Many French Alpine troops' werej round as possible towards Trond- heim before the enviny advanced.
The damage at Steinkjer could be on skis. quickly repaired if the main German
1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press, Wea-forces advancing up the two valleys
ther Forecast and Announcements.
1.45 A Programme at Scottish
Songs.
2.15 Close down.
6.0 "For the Children."
6.30 Closing local Stock Quotations. 6.33 Hungarian Folk Muslo Maryari Imre and His Hungarlan
by
Gypsy Orchestra.
Once I Had A Dear Mother; The Sun Is In Love With The Moon: Cockchafer,
Yellow
Bihardi's Lament.
Cockchafer; }
6.42 Light Orchestral Selections.
7.0 Studio"Contemporary Ballet
at the Vic-Wells School".
A talk, illustrated by records,
7.30 London Relay-The News.
0.0 Local Time Signal, Weather
Report and Announcements.
8.03 This week's programmes.
8.07 Debroy Somers and in a "Review of 'Revues."
are held up. This is the news we all be watching for during the next few days.
NAZI AIR RAIDS
Civilians Bombed And Machine-Gunned
Position Improves
The correspondent Interviewed General Carton Dewart at the Bri tish headquarters in a little Nor-1 wegian college.
The General said the position was!
were now much better as the men settling down and were happy in their new environment.
Reinforcements were arriving In good numbers.
The German air attacks had greatly diminished since the Allied anti-aircaaft defences and fighter plants had come into action in the war zone.
Two Bombers Shot Down LONDON, Apr: 28 (Reuter). There had been no rald on Namsos --The Norwegian telegraph for four days although on one oc- states that German caslon German planes came over on
a reconnaissance light at n agency
bombers made a fresh wave of height.
raids during the week-end.
great
General Carton Duwart said that
The undefended town of Aalesund two German bombers had alrendy been brought down by British figh- terrifle attack
With yocal refrain by Dan Dono-wan subjected to a van,
8.24 Lucienne Boyer (Vocal) and Waltzes by the Orchestre Mascotte. .B.59 Dance Musle by Geraldo and Ilis Orchestra,
fasting over two hours. Six planer ter near Namsos. crossed and recrossed the elty, drop-i ping 500-pound bombs,
Direct Hit On Church Many private houses were
com~
0.15 London Relay-Nowa Sum- pletely destroyed and many others
mary.
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RUMANIAN OIL
made uninhinbilable. A lurge Church WELLS GUARDED
0.30 London Relay-Under Nazl which had an enormous cross clearly
PARIS, Apr. 28 (Reuter)-AC- Rala,"
marked on the roof, received a direct
cording to a Bucharest dispatch, 9.45. A Short Concert by Pablo hit from a low-flying plane. Camala (Cello) and Ignas Friedman People in the streets were machine-armed guards at the Rumanian oil (Piano).
Kunned and Red Cross workers trying wells have been increased and order- to save the injured were forced to re-ed to fire on any stranger unable to turn to shelter owing to machine-gun give a satisfactory account of him-
self, fire.
10.18 Rachmaninoff -- Symphony No. 3 in E Minor, Op. 27.
Eugene Ormandy and the Minnea-
polis Symphony Orchestra.
11,0 Close down.
Molde was heavily bombed on Sun- From to-night, the Bucharest aero-
drome will be guarded by troops. day afternoon. ·
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"Inconceivable Provocation" Alleged
DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST SLAVS
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
ROME, Apr. 28 (UP).-The Italian press, including the "Messagero" and "Popolo di Roma,”. to-day gives prominence to despatches from Florence describing anti-Yugo-Slavian demon-
strations there...
SOVIET
According to the despatches, numerous students marched the streets of Florence carrying
DEMARCHE flags, after which they held a
mass meeting at which the recent
Maintenance Of Swedish Slovene manifesto calling for the restitution of Trieste was denounced...
Neutrality...
STOCKHOLM, Apr. 28 (Reu All the newspapers stress that ter)According to the Tallinn the demonstration was carried correspondent of the "Afton out in an orderly manner. Bladet," the Soviet Government
The "Popolo di Roma," referr- has made a demarche to Berlining to the Slovak manifesto, regarding the maintenance of brands it as "Inconceivable pro- Sweden's neutrality.ja
vocation on the part of the The correspondent adds that Slovenes." LITTLE DOING ON it is not impossible that similar
demarches have been made to demurche to Berlin with regard to the WESTERN FRONT the Allied Powers.
{maintenance of Sweden's neutrality. Nothing Is Known
Paris Statement PARIS, Apr. 20 official communique issued to-day
LONDON, Apr. 28 (Reuter)-A, PARIS; Apr: 28 - (Reuter),~~The states that there is nothing to report except some artillery fire and a loent spokesman of the Soviet Embassy Foreign Ome informed Reuter to- Encounter west of the Vosges in the stated to-night that nothing is known any that it was impossible to confirm n demarche course of which we inflicted losses in London of the report that the or deny the report of
Government has made Soviet
"from Moscow,
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