The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-12

which connect it with the Baltic
proper, and had blown up big ship
believed to be an ammunition car
rier.
Germans Beat Off British
The German high command an
nounced that German troops in
Norway had beaten off British air
and naval attacks on Trondheim and
Stavenger, on the Norwegian SOUTH
west coast, and had occupied new
areas around Oslo. Narvik and
Evenes.
An authorized source, commenting
on the official news agency assertion
that conclusions would be drawn
from any further British bombing OF
communication points, said:
"As the fuehrer said at Danzig
anything that the English under
take = against us we will answer
double"
1t was disclosed that the alleged
British attack was made against a
station in southern Holstein, prob
ably late last night or early this
morning"
A spokesman said:
1--WE are being mild for the mo-
ment, merely giving the British
warning, but if they repeat the at
tack we will answer double.'
It was announced that British
torpedo carrying airplanes had raided
Trondheim and that British war
ships had attacked Trondheim ford,
but that both attacks failed and
German troops had taken over more
Norwegian coastal Notifications and
put them in state of preparedness.
Area of Occupation
German troops yesterday steadily
enlarged the area of occupation
near Oslo" the communique said.
1t was announced that areas
around Bergen, Stavanger and
Christiansand were quiet except for
an unsuccessful raid on Stavanger.
The area of occupation was ex-
tended from Narvik and Evenes was
occupied without fighting, the COM
munique said.
Authorized quarters in Berlin, re-
calling a previous announcement
that Germany had no interest in the
Farce islands, Iceland and Green
land unless Britain took the militia
tive there, said, clearly we will not
leave such provocation as Church.
ills announcement of the British &C.
cupation of the Farce Islands go I'M
answered"
Winston Churchill, First Lord OF
the British Admiralty, announced
yesterday that the British were oc-
cupying the Farce Islands, a colony
of Denmark between Iceland and
Scotland.
again Britain violates its own
principles with new breath OF
neutrality" a spokesman SAID.
"While Britain admits it will use
the Farce Islands as a base for oper-
ations against Germany, Germany Is
merely protecting Danish and Nor
wegian neutrality and will not use
them as military bases unless forced
to do so by a British attack"
About Belgium, Holland
A foreign office spokesman, asked
about reports that the German
ministers to Holland and Belgium
had been recalled, said, 1T has been
repeatedly emphacized that Holland
and Belgium have nothing to DO
with the Scandinavian action, but
certainly Germany would regard a
Belgo-Dutch declaration placing
themselves under Allied protection
as an unfriendly act. But there
has been nothing in the nature OF an
ultimatum about it,"
The high command announced that
yesterday passed quietly IN Den
mark; protective patrol flights on
the Danish west coast failed to con-
tact the enemy"
The Official News Agency claimed
that a British aircraft carrier ana
a British cruiser had been bombed
and a large warship, presumably
British, destroyed by fire In the
North Sea, but still made no men
ton of a naval battle in the SKA
gerrak.
The high command said that Ger
man anti-aircraft gunnerS shot
down one British plane'at Stavanger.
On occupying Elvenes, German
troops disarmed Norwegian troops
there, the communique said.
1t claimed that German planes
reconnoitered over North central
France as far as Paris yesterday and
announced that two German planes
were missing.
British Losses Concealed
The Agency said that Winston
Churchill, First Lord Of the British
Admiralty, was using reports OF
fighting off Norway ito admit heavy
losses that he failed to reveal when
they occurred"
It said that the British battleship
Rodney. for instance, which Church