Evening star., 1940-04-22
London
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gether, were chosen as a target by
one flyer, who dropped at least 10
bombs. AT least six Of the German
planes were destroyed and the others
were believed to have been dam
aged badly, it was said.
British raiders also machine-gun-
ned planes, gun batteries and
SeArchlight posts, said the report, to
which the Germans replied with
concentrated pom-pom and ma
chine-gun fire from batteries out
side the airdrome.
Britain reported all raiders re-
turned safely from the Stavanger
attack and only one was missing
after the Aalborg foray.
Joint Action Successful.
A well-informed source said Brit
ish and Norwegian troops had
Joined "at several places and that
joint action in Eastern Norway, near
Lake Mjosen, had been extremely
successful"
Strong allied forces were deployed
along potential battle lines spotting
Norway's snow-packed mountains
and valleys and signs pointed to-
ward impending showdown battles
with the Germans.
"The Norwegians rally WELL" this
source said, getting more and more
arms, and the morale of officers and
men is very high"
Because of the rugged terrain, he
predicted minimum Of large scale
operations and said most Of the
fighting probably would be done by
comparatively small bodies.
Norwegians Praised.
This informant said answers could
be expected in a few weeks to the
much debated military questions
Can a force be maintained In q
hostile country by air communica-
tions alone? Can troops be landed
if the enemy has temporary and
local air superiority?
So far, he said, the answer to the
second question has been satisfactory
from the British viewpoint.
Praising the fighting of the Nor
wegians and emphasizing that
Britain, France and Norway all have
troops in the field against Germany
now, he declared that the Germans
might not have reached Oslo had
1t not been for forged orders" and
the fact that the Norwegians were
caught before their army was
mobilized.
This source said there had beer
practically no losses" so far in Brit
ish landings In Norway, but tha,
1--WE can't expect that happy state
to continue forever"
Norwesians Lack Equipment.
He said British contacts with the
Norwegians had shown them to be
greatly lacking in equipment.
Indication that the Germans ex-
pected no resistance in Norway, he
said. was seen in their attempts te
land parachute soldiers and their
dispatch of small force all the way
to Narvik, on the northern Norwe-
gian coast. Germans on the whole
Atlantic seaboard around ''the nose
from the Skagerrak, he said, virtu-
ally have been isolated from all ex-
cept air communications.
On the home front, the Ministry
of Home Security urgently" warned
Britons against raising shades te
watch night air battles from lighted
windows. It said considerable
number" of inhabitants Of q south.
east coast town had shown lights
recently while anti-aircraft. guns
were fighting off German raiders
Troop Moves Yelled.
The allied high command still
yelled its troop movements to keep
the Germans guessing where their
expeditionary force would strike
Frontier dispatches revealed, how
ever, that the Germans were trying
to get reinforcements by air to stave
OF impending attacks on two fronts
the Trondheim region on the west
central coast and the Oslo district.
A Norwegian communique said
British troops, appearing In Eastern
Norway 160 miles from their point
of landing, had helped repulse the
German advance north OF Oslo
while other allied forces were said to
! be encircling Trondheim after max