1940-04-29 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 29, 1940

Fresh Allied Forces Land At Andalsnes Further Nazi Attacks In Gudbrans Valley Repulsed With Loss

LONDON, TO-DAY.

A WAR OFFICE COMMUNIQUE STATES THAT FUR

THER ENEMY ATTACKS IN THE GUDBRANDS-

DAL VALLEY HAVE BEEN REPULSED, AND

THAT FURTHER DISEMBARKATIONS HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY CARRIED OUT DESPITE ENEMY AIR ATTACKS AT ANDALSNES AND ON LINES OF COMMUNICATION.

There has been enemy air action at Narvik, but this in no way interfered with Allied operations.

Two points stand out in connection | Germans and to interfere with aerial

action.--Havas. with this communique.

In the first place, it shows, for the second day in succession, that the the Germans are being held up in Gudbrandsdal Valley. Secondly, the

by

continued landings at Andalsnes, which is connected with the Gudbransdal Valley railway, means that the Allied forces there can be either reinforce

fall back to ed by rail or can

stronger and well-supported posl. tions.

The railway branches at Dombaas, where a line runs north to Trondheim.

Nazis In Roeros

in

London, To-day. The Norwegian High Command an official communique states that the

fighting in Eastern Norway has con- tinued and that the German advance has been halted.

The German troops in Oesterdal have reached Roeros, but our troops checked. Ġerman pushes towards Fordal and Innset. Several German planes in the Nar- Eighty miles along the line is the vik District were destroyed by British junction at Storen, where a light rail-bombers and others made forced land- way runs down into the Oester Val-ings and were destroyed.--Reuter. ley. Both Dombaas and Stoeren are held by the Allies.

Nazi Claim

Berlin, To-day."

The official German news.

agency claims: "German troops operating near Trondheim received fresh reinforce- ments, and captured Norwegian bat- teries which had been made ready for

Both Dombaas and Stoeren are clearly of great stratégic value. The line is reported to be threatened by advance German units which, the main body having been held up in the Oester Valley, were sent across mountain tracks to cut it. There has been no further news of { action.”—Reuter. the advance units, but Paris messages state that Allied troops have arrived at one station north of Dombaas to- wards which the Germans were mov- Ing.-Reuter.

German Withdrawal (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

Allies In Stoeren

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Helsinki, Yesterday, Finnish correspondents in Norway, summing up the military situation, say the Allies have advanced as far as Stoeren, 60 kilometres south of Trondheim, and are blocking the road to Stoeren to German mechanised formations.

The Allies have arrested the Ger- man advance on Jendsvold and Eyt-

Stockholm, To-day. The German troops have withdrawn in the neighbourhood of Otto, south of Dombaas, where British forces are exerting heavy pressure, bringing to a halt the German advance on Dom-vold. baas, according to Swedish press re- ports.

The Germans are now grouped in the northern part of the Oester Val- ley.

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German reinforcements have rived at Roeros, taking over control of public buildings and telephone communications.-Havas.

German Advance In Serious Difficulties

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Parle, To-day. The German advance, is in serious difficulties south of Kvam, according to frontier reports. Here, the Gud- brana Valley is narrow, and the Allied defenders are making goods use of the heights on either side.

German planes are repeatedly bombing Dombaas, in the Gudbrand- sdal valley-Havas.

Nazi Communique (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

Berlin, Yesterday.

com-

The Nazi High Command munique states that around Bergen | mopping-up activities are being car-

ried out in the Voss region.

Off the north-west coast of Nor- way (continues the Nazi communi- que) several ships were bombed. One minesweeper and one trawler ran ashore subsequently, while R torpedoboat developed a column of

smoke.

The communique generously ad- mits that some German 'planes were "damaged by splinters" as result of an air attack on a base near Trondheim, Havas.

In the Oester Valley, the Germans, using light mechanised units, have re-. captured Roeros, and, being held up Move From Bergen Held there, are apparently striking across country to try and seize the Dombaas to Trondheim railway line....

Detachments, therefore, are said to be heading for Kvikne and Hjarkinn.

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London, Yesterday. An official Norwegian communique states that Norwegian troops have halted German attacks at Gulavik,

on the Oslo/Bergen railway some 50 The bulk of the German forces, how-miles from Oslo. ever, are stil far to the south, around On the Central Front, the Ger- Lake Mjosen. Snow and other bad mans were stopped at Kvam, in the weather have helped to hinder the Gudbrandsdal Valley, 30 miles below

SLEIGH TRIP THROUGH

BATTLE ZONE

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Paris, To-day.

Having completed a 46-

LESSONS OF GALLIPOLI RECALLED

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

London, To-day.

"The Government must make grave decisions and I appeal to it to remember the lesson. at Galli- poli where it failed for lack of a bold policy, and other expeditions on the, Belgian coast, where bold- ness was rewarded with suc- cess," assorted Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes, who was Chief of Staff commanding, the Allied Fleet at Gallipoli in 1915. -Havas.

hour trip, 35 hours of THOUSANDS which were on sleighs, a OF FRESH Havas correspondent has

now reached Allied head- TROOPS

quarters north of Trond-

heim. The fighting LAND

around there, he says, (SPECIAL TO. "CHINA MAIL") may be divided into sever- al phases.

Around Namsos, the Allied troops

On the Trondheim

Front, To-day. Many thousands of fresh are scattered around covering strate-British and French troops gic points such as railways and roads.

Around Trondheim Fjord, the have been safely disembark- Allies withdrew from Steinkjer to ed at Namsos and are being the north and east, and German

rushed to the front around troops landed from one or two dea- troyers recaptured the town. Steinkjer. At Narvik, the German garrison is being dealt with slowly, and Canadian and French Alpine troops are taking part in this action.

There is also fighting on the Oslo/Bergen railway. The Norwegians have hold the Nazie up at Voss and are holding' on 'tenaciously.--Havas.

INTENSIFIED CAMPAIGN FORECAST

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Paris, To-day.

It is understood that three of the

chief points discussed at the Supreme War Council meeting were:-

1. Acceleration of the landing of light artillery in Norway, especially of anti-aircraft and anti-tank guns.

2. Co-ordination of the various de- tachments in Norway.

3. Increases in the aerial forces. In connection with the anti-aircraft guns already landed, it may be noted that most of the guns have been used to defend the ports.-Havas.

Dombaas (this information was' re- ceived from Norway several hours after a British announcement of local limited withdrawals in this sector).

In the large valley to the east the Osterdal-Nazi motorised and mechanised troops advanced into Roeros, the communique concludes.

Reuter.

Nazis Entrenching

Strong Norwegian, British and French units have taken positions north of Steinkjer. The Allied forces included the newly-arrived French Chasseurs Alpins.

These famous Alpine troops are mounted on skis and have with them St. Bernard dogs.

German planes have razed Namsos, and only the ruins of the church can be distinguished.

British officers state that the in- tensity of German air attacks has slackened since the Allies have re- celved now. anti-aircraft guns and chaser planes.

The question of supplies is now the main concern of the Allied Command, since many were destroyed during the Namsos bombing, but the question is being speedily solved.-Havag.

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