The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-06
Germany Is Rushing
Troops Toward Narvik
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Despite German claims 10 the
sinking Of numerous British war.
ships and transports, neutral OBJ
servers here expressed belief that
Germany must stan prove In action
the superiority Of Its air force 10 the
Britain navy.
German, Allied and neutral eS.
perts agreed that the struggle for
Narylk probably would be decided
within two weeks. Il by that time
the Allies had taken Narvik, II was
held, they could retain their hold on
northern Norway. II not, II was said,
British naval superiority would have
been gravely challenged and the
British blockade weakened.
German planes were reported now
10 be using q tiny island near Narvik
IS q base for reconnaissance and
bombing flights, The Norwegian le.
cation here asserted that an uniden-
tified bombing plane believed 10 be
German dropped six bombs In or
near Kirkenaes, on the Norwegian
Arctic sea coast yesterday, No casu.
alties were reported and II was said
that damage was slight.
Norway Kings Flight
King Haakon and his government
were reported 10 be now somewhere
lin Finmark or Nordland. Finmark is
the extreme northern area OF Nor
way, and includes Kirkenaes, Nord-
land Is IN the Narvik area.
(Aessaa,a 80 - SplnAfl VAa teeio H.gapa an
ported 10 have entered Namsos, Be-
fore they arrived, II was said, swed-
ish volunteers who had been aiding
the Norwegians, entered Namsos and
took 70 automobiles, 800 rifles and
three anti.aircraft guns northward
with them.
Germans On March
Berlin, May 6.--tuP)--Well An
formed sources asserted today that
] German forces were marching
northward from the Trondheim area
and were already half way 10 Mar
vik.
This would mean that the Ger.
mans had advanced nearly 400 miles
northward from Trondheim and had
reached the neighborhood OF Mos
joen. proceeding along the coastal
highway. Beyond Mosjoen, the roads
get bad.
The high command said that an
other enemy" battleship had been
hit by q heavy German aerial bomb
on Narvik.
: II said that German planes. aiding
\ besieged German forces at Narvik,
I had attacked Allied troop concen.
trations and exploded Q munitions
: dump.
Earlier, the ofiicial radio had
! claimed that q British battleship was
damaged by n bomb Of Narvik but
! both the high command and the Of
fetal news agency called II an
enemy" battleship which might re.
fer either 10 British or French
ship. The news agency said that
strong smoke showed the effect OF
the hit"
The high command communique
said German troops had begun q
march northward from 0rong, 20
miles east Of Namsos,
British Sub Hit
] II said that q British submarine,
damaged by n mine IN the Kattegat,
I had been sighted by German air
planes, which alighted and took Oft
the captain and non commits
stoned oficer. Water, the commu-
! nique said, the submarine was towed
TO IN unnamed harbor,
II said that two British planes
. were shot down near Terschelling, on
: the Dutch West Frisian Islands In
tho North Sea, and that two British
flying boats, anchored of the North
. Norwegian coast, had been damaged
by machine gun bullets from Ger
man planes,
The report Of the bombing Of an
other "enemy" battleship gave new
impetus 10 the wave OF optimism
among the German public. Much Of
this optimism had been inspired by
the high commands statement Sat-
, urday that German dive bombers had
sunk O British battleship, q heavy
cruiser and O l2,000-ton British
transport ship of Namsos. The re-
ported sinking Of the battleship (de-
MED by the British admiralty led
Germans to believe that the question
Of superiority OF airplanes over sur
face craft had been decided In favor
Of Germany's air feet, and that the
! end OF the war was In sight.
British Sub Captured
Stockholm. Nav 6,-(UP)-The
crew and pilot Of Gothenburg
steamer that arrived in Gothenburg
last night reported they saw a Ger
man destroyer capture British
submarine, the newspaper Allehanda
asserted today.
According TO stories OF the sailors,
they first saw the destroyer drop
ping depth bombs. Shortly after.
the British submarine came TO the
surface not far from the Swedish
steamer and was flying white flag.
The destroyer, according TO the
sailors reports. steamed to the SUBJ
marine and took the British crew
aboard and proceeded south at high
speed with the submarine In tow.
The capture Of the submarine was
reported to have occurred out
side Swedish territorial waters off
vinga lighthouse west from Gothen-
burg.
CThe German high command COM
munique reported today that a Bri-
fish submarine, after being damaged
was located in the Kattegat yester-
day and lowed to German harbor0
SnowstOrms at Narvik
London, May 6.-(UP)-An auth
oritative source said today that
snowstorms had slown down military
operations In the Narvik zone Of far
northern Norway where Allied
forces have surrounded a German