The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-29
GERMANS CLAIM
NEW SUCCESSES
AGAINST ALLIES
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said a German attack in the Gud-
b]randsdalen had been repulsed and
that nazi air activity had failed to
prevent debarkations of Allied
troops in Norway
DNB, official German news
agency, said nazi forces la routed
the Norwegian third division in the
Stavanger area by encircling tactics.
1t said the maneuver was neces-
STATED by relatively weak numbers
of Germans against Norwegians in
strong, staggered positions.
The agency described the Ger
man losses as small" despite ad-
mitted strong resistance by the
Norwegians.
Both sides still were sending re-
Inducements. British debarkation
points, judging by the high COM
mand's reports on air attacks, SEEM
ed to be Andalsnes, 100 miles south
of Trondheim, and Tarstad, above
Narvik on the far northern front.
The Germans apparently were send
ing many men, as well as supplies,
in large transport planes.
The British ships reported hit to-
day were in addition to those re-
corded by Germany as victims of
her air attack Yesterdays cruiser
struck amidsl:ps off Narvik, an
other put out of action near An
d~alsnes, three transports sunk and
four others damaged.
Press Active
The press, meanwhile, elaborated
on Yesterdays white paper in an
effort to convince doubters of its
contention that Germany marched
into Norway just ahead of a British
expeditionary force for which orders
already had been prepared.
wherever there already was
considerable doubt regarding the
honesty of the British policy of
democracy and liberty almost
complete enlightenment now has
occurred" the newspaper Der Mon
tag commented.
But wherever the camp of Eng
fish lying, criminal politics still has
adherents, there are preparations
for more or less swift or careful
retreat. They say they must see
the documents first"
To answer them, the press al
legged that the British army docu-
ments purportedly reproduced were
found i'll an iron chest of the bri-
bade staff which the white paper
said was captured at Lillehammer.
CThe British deny that a brigade
staff has been captured.)
Officers taken prisoners at the
time, the press said, "have testified
to the authenticity of these English
documents with their own sign
atures."
British Harassed
Today's high command communi-
que, reporting action of Saturday,
described the British as constantly
harassed both on the fighting fronts
and at their bases in Norway.
Other official reports enlarged on
that piucture.
The communique said German
troops were highly successful' and
were continuing their rapid ad-
vance" bolstered by %unceasing air
attack.
Captives in the Stavanger dis
trict, it reported, rose to 241 Of
%ficers and 1921 men, including
numerous" British filters, and
seized war material included %
cannon and 267 machine-suns,
Other sources said most of them
were from the Leicestershires, il
GLIDING their commander, identified
only as a colonel German, and
from the Sherwood F~oresters.
These are the two units mention
ed by the white paper yesterday as
slated to take part in the Alleged
British epedition to Norway.
DNB reported Continuous
strengthening of German troops" in
Norway and declared the Allies
were threatened by additions to
the nazis' motorized units.
In addition to the high COM
mands figures, it listed 10, OOC
rifles and pistols and several mil
lion rounds of ammunition as a D
tured in the Stavanger district.