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SWIFT GERMAN ADVANCE NORTH

Threat To Allied Base At Stoeren

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LONDON, TO-DAY.

GERMAN CLAIMS TO HAVE SMASHED_THROUGH RESISTANCE IN THE OESTERDALEN VALLEY, BORDERING SWEDEN AND CARRYING A RAIL- WAY BETWEEN OSLO AND TRONDHEIM, AP- PEAR TO BE SUBSTANTIATED BY REPORTS FROM STOCKHOLM.

The German troops are reported to have advanced so rapidly, using motorised detachments pre- sumably, that they have occupied Roeros, 140

DROVE 180 NAZIS TO DEATH

London, To-day. Among the tales of Norwegian heroism the latest is the most spectacular.

Three Norwegian 'bus drivers drove their vehicles over a pre- cipice and lost their lives-but so did 180 Germans who were in the buses/Router.

GERMAN

BLITZKRIEG THWARTED

New York, To-day.

The "Boston Globe" de- clares: "Even the fog of con- fusion owing to conflicting reports and official censor- ship does not hide the fact that the German blitzkrieg in Norway has been thwart- ed inasmuch as the quick victory the assault was in-

miles north of Elverum, and only 80 miles TURNING TO tended to reach has not been

south of Trondheim.

The German forces are now reported to be advanc- ing from Roeros towards Stoeren, an important railway junction in Allied hands.

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of the disorder is a distortion of the facts.

The account presumably relates

in the incident already referred to recent communiques.

Stoeren is the main base Allied forces which have been de- reloping a pincer movement against Trondheim from the south, but the number of British forces there is not known.

ALLIES

Gothenburg, To-day.

The newspaper "Ny Tid" says: "The German flying over of Sweden and the repeated forced landings are due to the fact that there are no secure landing places in Norway and Denmark, and hence the Nazi planes are flying from

bases in North Germany.

"We must use weapons to defend our is neutrality else our Independence

number of democratic

The facts are:-"An advanced de- pushed tachment of a larger force At the moment, according to the forward towards Trondheim from the Swedish reports the German troops direction of Namsos. The Germans, pressing on towards Stoeren are ap-moving reinforcements by water in-lost. proximately fifty miles, along the side the Trondheim Fjord, threaten

ed to cut off these advanced troops rallway, from this junction. Meanwhile, it is officially admitted from their main body. They, there- in London that the weight of German fore, withdrew but were not followed pressure in the Lillehammer region up by the enemy who are now re- suffered has compelled the withdrawal of the ported to be digging in at the head

of the fjord. Our troops Allied force from their positions.

some loss."-British Wireless.

War Office Communique The War Office communique says: "There has been no further fighting north of Trondheim, where the enemy to be digging in just

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Defence Holding

Stockholm, To-day.

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countries turning their eyes to the Al- lies as saviours is becoming greater.” -Router,

BRITISH NAVAL CASUALTIES

London, To-day. The Admiralty has issued a list of casualties recently sustained in the At Steinkjer the Allies are stated to battlecruiser Rodney and the destroy- be allowing the Germans to expenders Eclipse and Hotspur-two of which were hit by German bombing attacks. of their strength on attempts to storm

or died Sixteen were killed

in Hotspur, seven were strong positions.

wounds wounded in Rodney and three were killed, one died of wounds and two were wounded in Eclipse.-Reuter.

The Namsos correspondent of the "Allehanda" says the Allled defence Lille-lines just over a mile north of Steink- jer are holding out grimly against a

"In the Narvik area there is nothing wave of German attacks.--Reuter.

to report. Reuter.

Trap At Narvik

London, To-day.

According to a Swedish correspon- dent, Steinkjer was heavily bombard- ed up to late Wednesday night. The Germans here are supported by tanks and armoured cars, as well as three

warships which are now bottled up in

GERMANY'S

CHIEF FEAR

Basle, To-day.

The Berlin correspondent

the Trondheim fjord by the British of the "Neue Zuercher Zei-

Navy.

At Narvik, the Germans are said to have fallen into a similar trap to that which caught the Russlane back for 18

in Finland.

The Norwegians fell

fem. The Norweglans then

tung" says Berlin fears no- thing more than the stabili- sation of the northern front and the creation of a perman-

alles and Nazi detachments followed ent secondary area in which sur German forces will be squan-

dered.

mounded them and sniped at them, and the Germans, after holding out for

six days surrendered, after 150 had teen picked off.

The usefulness of the new harbour bases will be diminished and the Ger-

In addition to capturing automatic mans' situation will become increas- Weapons, etc., the Norwegians, by ingly critical. this mancouvre, reduced the Nazi force at Narvik by 2,000.-Reuter.

Steinkjer Fighting

Stockholm, To-day,

Heavy firing was continuing late on

The attack on Norway, far from intimidating the smaller, states, has encouraged them to increase their defensive measures. The example

of the determination

Wednesday night in the Steinkjer area of the Norwegian Government and

between advanced British units

and the rapid intervention of the Western

heavily armed German troops support. Powers contributed greatly to this

ed by tanks and armoured cars,

ording to the "Aftonbladet."

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The paper adds the Germans were the invasion of Denmark and Norway

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and two destroyers which penetrat- the innermost part of Trondheim

Hord-Reuter.

War Office Gives Facts

London, To-day.

The War Office announces that re-

to the effect that the British

Exce in Norway has been

increase of German power.-Reuter,

MALMO EVACUATION

INSTRUCTIONS

Stockholm, To-day.

Detailed Instructions for the evacua-

cut totion of Malmo were broadcast yester-

Wildaan

in day-Reuter.

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To-day, two weeks after the first attack, the German troops in Norwe- gian ports have not been able to es- tablish contact with one another and have not been able to make a really vital advance inland from the coast.

"This inability to expand the attack to the utmost must be attributed to an insufficient supply of fresh troops

Reuter. and new supplies."

DUTCH WAR STRENGTH

Amsterdam, To-day.

In future not more than one-tenth of the.350,000 men serving in the armed forces will be on leave at one time.

This is the effect of a new scheme which has been put into operation.

Before the recent cancellation of all leave, one-seventh of the total strength could be away at one time.

The potential strength of the army, mated to be 800,000.-Reuter. navy and air force combined is esti-

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