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APRIL

10,

1940.

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THE THREAT TO THREE KINGDOMS

KING GUSTAV OF

SWEDEN

Will Remain Neutral

KING CHRISTIAN

OF DENMARK

In Hands Of Germans

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GILMAN'S

KING HAAKON OF

NORWAY

Will Fight Invaders

BIG BATTLE OFF SCANDINAVIA

THE KING OF THE BELGIANS

His Army Is Standing By

SEVERE FIGHTING

IN NORWAY

LONDON, Apr. 9 (UP).- Radio Stockholm, quoting official Norwegian reports announces that the Norwegians sank two German naval ships.

Three German naval ships arrived in Oslo Fjord during the night.

At 4.30 a.m.

there

rather WIL severe fighting near the old castle at Oskarsbourg.

The report added that the Nor- wegian Royal family has removed with the Government to Hamar, Bergen and Trondheim have been occupied without fighting. Four Gar man cruisers are still anchored out- side Dearundheim. Narvik is not yet occupied although German troops" have landed,

Norwegians Accept Nazi Challenge

GNEISENAU BLOWS UP

AFTER

LOND

DIRECT

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" ·

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LONDON, APRIL 10 (UP) —THE PRESS ASSOCIATION CON- FIRMS THAT A BATTLE BETWEEN BRITISH AND GER SHIPS FIRST REPORTED YESTERDAY MORNING, WAS STILL IN PROGRESS LAST NIGHT.

Aerial units from both sides are participating. No details are yet available.

An official spokesrnan cautioned Correspondents to be patient regard-

ing naval developments in Scandinavian waters.

"When a warship is at sea she keeps her radio silent unless she wants to reveal her whereabouts to the enemy, so we cannot get any news ourselves," he said.

·

“You will most likely get a very good story within the next twelve hours," he said.

PLANES IN ENCOUNTERS

Well-informed quarters in Paris report that the naval engagements are taking place off Oslo, Bergen and Trondheim.

British planes are reported to have engaged enemy machines in a big aerial battle over Moss, on the castern

side of Oslo Fjord.

Denmark's Plight

Must Sell Goods For "Military" Money

LONDON, Apr. D (Reuter)— According to the Copenhagen radio, German troops in Denmark will use

acckkredit certifientes s legal

It appears to be confirmed that the Nazis sustained mortal blow when their warships were penetrating Oslo Fjord.

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The 26,000-ton buttleship Gneisenau, which, with the Scharnhorst, is the largest vessel in the German Fleet, hlew up and sank when she was hit at almost point blank range by a salvo from one of the Norwegian coastal ports. Germany, as usual, has issued issued over Berlin-Radio, were, hier version of the naval engage- badly damaged.

ments of the Norwegian coast, and makes the usual fantastic claims.

All the ships her airman at- says It communique

OSLO, Apr. 9 (Reuter).—An official Admiralty communique tacked. issued to-day says that German warships during the night forc- ed their way past the fortress on the outer part of Oslo Fjord after being engaged by coastal batteries.

At 1.30 a.m, a violent engage- ment was reported between the warships and Oscarborg fortress.

One cruiser forced her way past the fortress but run aground later.

Horten Bombarded

Other warships bombarded Horten. It is believed that the Germans Juve occupied Trondheim. Bergen is also occupied.

One warship has also arrived at Narvik probably after an engage- ment with Norwegian ship. A com- detachment fins paratively sinalt

been landed.

Christiansand Attacked

It is reported from Christiarisand that German warships attacked the fortress there.

No details of this attack aro avail- able but it is known that Christian- PLEASE Turn To Pago 2.

tender Instead of

money, the ex-

change rate of which is fixed at one

Relchmark for two kronor.

German currency must not be accepted from German soldiers, who have been instructed to pay for all purchases, though whenever "it is so dictated are entitled to requisition goods

by military necessity, they

Jagainst receipts.

be

It is stated that the receipts will

honoured without delay. Restrictions are imposed on Danish purchases of petrol, food and other necessities.

Truffle on G number of Danish

Germany claims to have success- fully mined Norwegian waters from railways is suspended until further Lindesnes, on the southern tip, to notice. Skagen, thus closing the Skaggerak.

Reports from Gothenburg state that CLAMOUR TO AID

PLEASE Turn To Pago 2.

THEIR COUNTRY

HISTORIC KRONBORG: The Elsinore of Shakespeare's Hamlet.

It

Iles near Copenhagen, the Danish capital, which has been occupied by the Nazis.

STOCKHOLM, Apr. 9 (Reuter).- The Norwegian Legation was be- sieged by Norwegians offering their services to fight for the country,

The offer is also being received from nationals of other countries.

DUTCH ROYAL FAMILY

the

Three generations of Dutch Royal Family-Princess| Juliana, Queen Wilhelmina anti Princess Beatrix..

SWEDEN AGREES TO NAZI

DEMANDS

Finland Fears Now Red Invasion

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

FALL OF DANISH CAPITAL

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-the car

people

DIARY OF INVASION

March 11, 1938: Hitler marched into Austria.

October 1, 1938: Gormany Invades Sudoten area Cxecho-Slovakia.

September 1, 1939: Hitlor. invados Poland.

November 30, 1939: Stalin marchos Into Finland.

April 9, 1940: Hitler in- vades Norway and Danmark,

NAZIS MARCH INTO OSLO

First Eye-Witness Story From Capital

By OLVA MYRE (who sends the first despatch to be received from Oslo since the German invasion of Norway!

OSLO. APRIL 9 (UP),— BRITISH AND GERMAN I'LANES BATTLED OVER OSLO TO-DAY IN THE GREATEST AIR FIGHT SINCE NAZI PLANES DEVASTED POLAND.

To Be Regarded As "Second Belgium” · STOCKHOLM, Apr. 9

Isaw German planes dive low (Reuter). Fifty German over the Oslo airfield and release military aeroplanes flew their bombs, which scored direct over Copenhagen dropping hits on the grounded Norwegian leaflets, while German planes.

Novertheless, many Nor troops occupied the Danish

wegian planes were able to take capital this morning.

PLEASE Turn To Pago 7.

The leaflets, printed in Danish, announced that Ger- many had occupied Den- mark and Norway, and ex- horted the population to show discipline and calm.

Many German warships of different categories entered the roadstead and disembarked troops.

All Donmark Occupied, BERLIN, Apr. 9 (Router) ----The official wireless claims that at 6.45

Denmark P.NL, all

occupied with the exerption of a very small

part.

אביון

Nazi Eye-witness Account SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPHI BERLIN, Apr. 0 (UP)~The first eyewitness account of the German march into Denmark was Riven over the Berlin radio to-night.

It told of how the Gernum troopa were met with cheers by the minority Germans in North Schleswig, and the blank surprise of all the Danes.

Giving his talk in the present tense, the narrator said:

Is "It

We are lying in midnight. Hong Flensburg, Lush grass and bus, of THRIVING OSLO: Looking across buds, as the harbour in Norway's busy sen well as a few flowers by the wayside port capital. Oslo can boast very show that spring has already come nearly ten centuries of stirring his-

"The columns lie in the long silent

tory. the blacked-out rond waiting for command to march. Our soldiers lie the

LONDON, APR. 10 (UP).-quietly. Some have been in

Sudetenland and some in Poland. IT IS OFFICIALLY CONFIRM-Some have come from the Western ED THAT GERMANY HAS Front, and they exchange tales.

we receive the order to march and

ISSUED DEMANDS ON "Suddenly light in the east SWEDEN THAT SHE SHOULD revenis daybreak which comes sooner LITY REGARDING EVENTS Boon we have passed the first Custom MAINTAIN STRICT NEUTRA than we expected. With the sunrise IN NORWAY AND DENMARK. house and we are on Danish toll.

"The minority Germans In Sweden, states the official re- port, has acceded to the German on but they greet the German troops demands.

with loud cheers and great She has, however, reserved enthusiasm. the right to defend her own neutrality.

Russia's Attitudo

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH", LONDON, Apr. 10 (UP).-Foreign

Dutch Volunteers Also PARIS; Apr. 0 (Reuter).~~~Nor- wegian and Dutch volunteers were calling throughout the day at the Norwegian Legation to offer their services to fight on behalf of Nor-diplomatic quarters in London be- lieve that Russin's attitude may as- sume over Thoir names were taken and theyScandinavia should the Allles und

overwhelming importance were told to hold themselves

In Germany come to grips in northern readiness.

Sweden or Norway.

way.

BRITONS TAKEN

PRISONER

Uneasiness

expressed

In

in

Finnish quarters to-day lest the

Boviet forces resume their advance

whether an

Schleswig do not know what is going

Blank Amazement "Everywhere the population stande in the streets, farcinated by this PLEASE Turn To Pago 2.

NAZIS JAM DAVENTRY

Daventry's short-wave broadenst

Into Finland in order to forestall on the 25 metre band this morning elther an Allied or German en was badly jammed by what op-

peared to be a German station. croachment,

Radio Paris broadcast in French Opinions differ as LONDON, Apr. 9 (UP)~It i Allied and German clash in northern came through fairly clearly at 7.30 officially announced that the Ger-Scandinavia would prompt the Allles.m. over the same wave length, man Expeditionary Force have made to try and cover their castern flank but was completely blotted out to prisoners of the staff of the Bellish by reaching better relations with gether with the B.I.C. news bulletin Ministry at Copenhagen,

PLEASE Turn To Page 2. In English at 9 a.m.

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NORWEGIANS ENTRENCHED

- SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

STOCKHOLM, Apr. 10 (UP). THE NORWEGIAN ARMY IS NOW ENTRENCHED ALONG A DE-

FENSIVE LINE FROM A POINT STRETCHING FROM THE VICIN ITY OF OSLO TO HAMOR.

The Norwegian High Command is confident that it can hold this line unill the nation in fully mobilised,

GNEISENAU SINKING

SPECIAL TO THE "TELRQNAPHTM* AMSTERDAM, Apr. 10 (UP),~ Radio-Stockholm confirms that a great sen battle is all in progress. An unconfirmed report states that 1.500 men went down with the Gneisenau when she was sunk off Oslo.

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