Evening star., 1940-04-11
Stockholm
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from Narvik, Northern Norwegian
port, already has been repulsed and
Hamar, for q time seat of the gov
ernment, recaptured, Hambro said.
Hambro informed Norwegian lega-
tions In Helsinki and Stockholm that
offers Of volunteers would be grate-
fully accepted and that instructions
would be sent soon to speed their
entry to help against the German
invasion.
Officer Aided Germans.
Instructions to cooperate with
the British were issued after the
Norwegian northern commander,
Col. Sundlo, had been ordered under
arrest for cooperating with the
Germans and Maj. Omdahl ap-
pointed to head the Norwegian
forces in the Narvik region.
Taken by surprise, German troops
attempting to advance along the
railway east from Narvik were rout-
ed before they had time to form bat
tie lines. Hambro declared the Ger
mans retreated without firing q shot.
The displaced Norwegian COM
mander was close friend Of Mai.
Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian Na1
who proclaimed himself head of a
new government in Oslo after the
German invasion.
Hambro said that German forces
near Hamar, 90 miles north Of Oslo,
had hoAv, 3en1ofaA froS>. otk~, 49,
tingents except for communication
by air.
At Elverum, where King Haakon
and Premier Johan Nygaardsvold
told the German Minister of Nor
ways determination to resist the
German invasion, all was quiet to-
day after German thrust into the
region had been repulsed last night.
(The German high command
communique today, conflicting
with this report, said Elverum
was captured yesterday
Eight Transports Accounted For.
British sea forces, attempting to
keep the Germans from landing
supplies or reinforcements in Nor
way, were said meanwhile to have
Intercepted 10 large troopships,
sinking at least five, setting one
afire, damaging at least one other
and driving one into haven in
Sweden.
At Elverum, meanwhile, Premier
Nygaardsvold issued a proclamation
declaring that Norway could not
submit to German demands that
she become a protectorate. and King
Haakon, declaring his faith in his
peoples will to fight, concurred. So
Norwegian Foreign Minister Halv-
dan Koht, asked how his govern
ment considered Britain's declara-
ton that Norway was now her ally,
responded:
I'VE are at war with Germany
thereby in alliance with others at
war with Germany. Besides that,
we have concrete offers Of assistance
from England and France"
Koht declared Norway was "de-
termined to do everything" to stay
free of German rule.
NorweKians Hold Fort.
Fort Bolaerne, in the outer part
Of Oslo Fjord, was said to be still
in Norwegian hands and to have
inflicted heavy damage on German
troop transports attempting to
reach Oslo.
Despite q German aerial bonn
bardment and demands by Maj.
Quisling for surrender, the fort was
reported still resisting.
The fortress at Horten, down the
fjord from Oslo, was reported to
have surrendered, however. It was
| outside Of Horten Tuesday that the
5,400-ton German cruiser Emden
was sunk in a battle with the Olaf
Tryggavson, largest Of Norway's new
warships, in which the Norwegian
minesweeper Rauma also joined.
There was no further information
on reports that British warships,
having forced Oslo Fjord, were
threatening to shell the German
held Norwegian capital unless 1t
surrendered by pm. yesterday.
Three persons were said to have
been killed and many others in
jured when panicky residents of Oslo
stampeded avenues of escape in
their hasty exodus. About half the
250,000 population had fed before
the Nazis occupied the city.
! Attack Believed by Subs.
Although the thunder of sea
battle was heard for four hours from
S pm. to 8 p m. yesterday, no Brit
ish cruisers or destroyers were seen,
leading to conjecture here that the
whole attack was made by subma-
rines which slipped under barriers
to challenge the Germans In the
Skagerrak.
Shore observers said many Ger