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not. In commenting on the evacuation by British troops of the Trondheim area, they ex- press the utmost contempt for Tommy as a fighting man. The hostilities in Norway prove, they say, that the German soldier is immeasurably superior to the British. And much more on the same lines.

Ithe Germans.turn to. their Leader's book they will form a very different opinion of the qualities of the British soldier,

May 9, 1940.

R.A.F. OVER GERMANY

REGULAR

PATROLS

North Sea

SHOLLAND

BELGIUM

REGULAR PATROLS

How often have RA.F. planes flown over Germany since war began? And what territory did they cover? This map gives you the answers.

DENMARK

HELIGOLAND

KIEL

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NORTHERN

WEDEN

Baltic

HAMBURG

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DEC, 6th FEB. 27H

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N.W. GERMANY SEA25 NOV.21 JAN. 11 OCT.16 NOV.24 JAN. 12 OCT.18 NOV.25 JAN. 18 OCTȘI NOV. 27 JAN. 9 NOV.7 DEC.27 JAN.25 NOV. 17 FEB.27 FEB.23

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eate flights to the in- lcrior. Each flight, of f course, was actually made by several planes.

The same applies to flights over Northern, North-Wes lern and Western Germany -but in those cases flights have been so numerous that the artist has had to draw. the planes small, giving tates of raids alongside.

THE Norwegian system of com munications is of great importance for ali operations which may be con- ducted after the landing of a British expeditionary force In that country.

Generally speaking, it must be said

Referring to the danger of

that these communications, for geo- depreciating an enemy in comic

graphical reasons, are. somewhat papers and other publications, scanty and that they will certainly Hitler says: "The result was an raise military dimeuities. Compared under-valuation for which we with Great Britain, Norway has not had to pay a heavy penalty. I can vividly recall to mind the astonished looks of my comrades when they found themselves personally face to face for the first time with the Tommies in Flanders. After a few days of fighting the consciousness slowly along the coast.

dawned

on our soldiers that those Scotsmen were not like the ones we had seen described and caricatured in the comic papers and mentioned in the com- muniques."

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has il

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got many rallways or good motor rallway to the Gulf of Bothnia, The roads. The explanation is that main importance of British troops being ly beenuse of the high mountains and landed in Narvik is the always complicated terrain it has threefold; It been expensive to construct rallways value, it enables the British Navy to and motor roads; especially when take sure control over the northern communication between the different, Norwegian coastline, and it guaran- communication between the parts of the country was maintained tees casily and cheaply by sea routes Western Powers and Sweden.

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Even If the landing in Narvik is not decisive, it is a necessary step on the way to effective Allied help to THE principal point is that Norway Norway. But the whole af Norway south of the Trondheim Fjord and between Narvik and Namsos, on the north of Norvik consists, so to spealt, Nam Fjord, north of Trondheim, of two fslunds, all communications lacks through communication lines, between these parts being carried on whether by rail or road.

by sta. So far us Yarvik is concern- In Namsos, north of Trondheim. ed il must be kept in mind that this however, begins the main railway place is mainly a Swedish

export system. From Namsos there is n Jine down to Trondheim, and from Trondheim two lines to Oslo. One of these Lines is connected through u branch line with Andalsnes, on the Romsdal Fjord. From Oslo the rail- German fire-eating professors,

way goes over the mountains to Ber- Ewald Banse: "The man who

gen, and from the capital, finally, under-rates the enemy

there in a railway along the south coast to Stavanger, but It is not com- rates himself and thereby turns

plete and certain parts are still under the odds against himself. The

most important construction. The casence of all preparations for

enator roads are from Oslo along-the war is getting to know one's

south coast to Stavanger, from Oslo enemy, studying his strong and

to the Hardanger Fjord, from Oslo his weak points in laborious

the Sagne Fjord, and from Oslo to the Romsdal Fjord. These ways are the detall." And again: "The most

main lines between Central Norway, marked feature of all is the

north of Oslo, and the west comat. incredible tenacity with which

This summary shows that Bergen has |the English, once they have.

adopted an objective, never let it port. If it had not been for the trade no connection with the motor-road in Swedish iron ore Narvik would system and that Stavanger lacks

with communication

the railway out of sight for a moment.”

still be a small and unnoticed fishing These, wholesome reflections, village and nothing else. The land system in the central parts of the however, do not find a place in ing of British troops in Harvic and in country,

POZNAN

OPRAGUE

the defenders and the invaders. Then there is the very important question of the weather conditions. Actually some of the most Important motor ronds canneeling the east and the west parts of the country used not long ago to be closed during the win- ter months because the heavy snows prevented traffic; this may no longer be the case, but during the period of the thaw, which is now approaching find has in certain parts of Norway Will already begun, the big roads probably not be able to take much heavy traffe and the smaller roads

none at all. The Norwegian know- ledge of the country, however, will help the Allied troops to overcome more eastly these difficulties than the Germans.

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dalsnes and Namsos. Both are now definitely occupied by the Germans.

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-Donbas, which_is_the_junction_be- tween the Andalsnes and Trondheim ilpes. With the Germans in control

of certain ports near the two men- tioned places they must be exposed to British naval action. Of course there are many other places in the Fjords where smaller detachments may be lended, but considerable forces will have to be based on ports of some capacity. Trondheim is the main Norwegian west coast port north. of Bergen, and if the British Navy can force its way into the Trondheim Fjord-where, by the way, the sur- rounding plains provide air bases- the best way into Norway will be opened. From Trondheim runs, furthermore, one of the three rail- ways between Norway and Sweden, the others being from Narvik and from Oslo vla Kongsvinger into Cen-. trul Sweden.

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SALVAGE Task For Experts

MONTE VIDEO, The task of breaking-up and re- moving the scuttled German "pocket- battleship" Admiral Graf Spee will inx the ingenuity of the experts here. A start has not yet been made on the work as the necessary permits have still to be obtained from the Urugua- yan authorities,

ALTHOUGH nothing is known, for good reasons, of the places where the main Allied forces may now operate In Norway, it can, for the purpose of speculation, be assumed that the most convenient ports, apart from the possibility of Stavanger, Bergen, and Trondheim, with their excellent port

The Franco-Uruguayan firm of Re-- equipment, being retaken, tire Angusel and Youlminot, leading en- gineers and ship repairers in Monte Video, have been given the contract. The firm owns a dry dock capable of taking a 7,000-ton tramp, steamer.

Divers here have no experience in: using oxy-acetylene gns apparatus for cutting metal under water,, and It is doubtful whether there is any plant available locally for such work. It will be a dimeult and tedious procoss to blow up the underwater'. part of the wreck into pleces. weigh- ng less than 80 tona. But this is essential, since the maximum lift-of the largest local floating crane is 30. tons.

From Andalsnes on the Romsdal Fjord, runs the branch lae up to the main, Trondheim-Oslo line; a rather good motor road follows the rallway.' Andalsnes is a small place with not a thousand people, but the port is good, the quays, having a good capacity. Namsos farther north, is the northern- most Norwegian railway station, with the exception of Narvik.

From Namsos the line runs down Nazi propaganda nowadays. It places north of Narvik had therefore It must be pointed out that the Ber to Trondhelm. The port is compara- may be that the German soldier no chance of directly affecting the gon railway and the roll to Trondheim tively good, the surrounding country- will have to learn over again the military situation in the Trondheim go through many tunnels and conse-side in both places suitable for opera- lesson his father learned twenty- I aren, Narvike's only land .com- quently may casily be cut, which may tluns and not very wild and moun- five years ago.

munication is with Sweden along the turn out to be advantageous bath for talnous. The Germans have occupled

Uruguayan marine law prohibits thecomployment of craft, equipment or labour from another country in salvago operations In Uruguayan waters.