The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-23

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High Commands Report
The high command comminique
said:
"One Norwegian outpost ship was
destroyed in Valksdal Fjord. In
the Bergen and Stavanger areas,
fighting continued with shattered
Norwegian troops :. here, addition
al artillery fell into German hands.
North of Oslo German troops con-
tinued to advance by way of Wamot
and Lillehammer despite difficult
terrain and enemy barricades. Air
force units participated in the fight
ing successfully. One Norwegian
plane was destroyed"
The agency said that columns of
Namsos, ports below and above
British troops at Andalsnes and
Trondheim, had been dispersed by
concentrated bomb attacks and the
harbors of both cities severity dam
aged. An important railway junction
at Dombaas, in central Norway, was
destroyed, the agency said.
Other German air forces were said
to have bombed and machine gun
ned Morse troops in the regions of
Elverum, Mjoessen and Lilleham-
mer.
German Bomb Attacks
German bomb attacks disturbed
British troop landing and caused
bloody losses" the agency said.
According to early reports from
Norway, three transport ships were
struck by bombs, two of them sink
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ing into flames, and two warships
guarding landing operations suffer-
ed direct hits and were badly dam
aged"
German reconnaissance planes
again carried out extensive flights
over the North Sea Monday" the
news agnecy said. British naval
bases at the Orkneys and Shetlands
were observed and photographed.
Other German planes watched
British ship movements in the North
Sea and along the west Norwegian
coast. At several points enemy war
ships and merchantmen were dis
tinguished. In two cases German
fGers were attacked by British pur-
suit planes which, however, gave up
the fight early on both occasions"
The high command said that in
capturing Gjoevik, IS miles north of
Oslo, German troops encountered a
stiff resistance but that German
armored units brought a swift
decision" and the Norwegians SUI
fered heavy losses when their re-
treat was intercepted.
Allied Landing Base Ruined
Grong, Norway, April 23-CUP)-
Reliable informants said today that
the city of Namos, Allied landing
base on the coast 20 miles to the
west, had been destroyed by German
bombing planes in raids Saturday
and Sunday.
Flying over one by one, it was
said, instead of their usual groups,
the German planes bombed the city
for hours. AS one plane emptied it's
bomb racks and flew away another
took its place.
I arrived at Grong yesterday just
as two German planes bombed the
town. Only a few bombs were drop
ped and they did little damage.
The Germans appeared to be try
ing to destroy road connections be-
tween Namsos and the Swedish
frontier. So far they had not sue
ceeded.
1t was rumored here that German
parachute troops had landed at
several points northeast of Steink-
jer (about Is miles southeast of
Grong) but that Norwegian and
British soldiers had captured all of
them.
Where They Came From
1t was believed here that German
planes now operating over this area
came from South Norway fields.
Stavanger airport, at Vaernes, was
reported to have been destroyed by
British airplane and warship bomb
ardments.
Steinkjar was bombed Sunday and
yesterday. The German planes did
great material damage but there
were no fatalities because he town
had been evacuaed.
Snaase, midway between Grong
and Syeinkjer, was bombed Sunday.
One person was killed and several
were seriously injured.
The village of Verdalsoena, be-
tween Namsos and Grong, was
bombed Sunday and it was reported
that nearly all its houses were hit.
1t was reported tina a German
bomb severity damaged the home of
Sigrid Undset. Norwegian prize
winner in literature, north of Lille
hammer.
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