The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-09

areas would be suspended for the present
 (National Broadcasting company picked up a British Broadcasting company short wave message which said that British aid to Norway had left Britain two hours previously and that Denmark, having accepted German aid, could no longer be considered neutral. The NEG re- port was timed TAP a. m., EST)
 The Norwegian legation at Lon- don reported that German troops had effected landings and several southern towns, including Egers- und, terminal of the cable to Eng land, and Vallo, on the west shore of the Oslofjord. The Germans took Trondheim with two warships and one German Warship entered Ber- gen, the legation said.
 Precipiate> Action
 Gemany's action was precipitated primarily by the Allied mining of the Norwegian coast. It was i'm mediately preceded by the British torpedoing of a German troop trans port and merchantmen, and the sinking of German submarine, in the Skagerrak between Denmark and Norway. By dawn today Ger man troops had crossed the frontier of the Danish mainland. The Danes retreated slowly before them, main- fo ir1t nL L0t of mile.
 German troops landed at Copen- hagen, the Danish capital, at dawn They occupied the citadel and the radio station and by 8 a. m. were in control of the entire city.
 Moving with relentless precision: German troops landed from war ships and transports in northern Denmark, on the mainland, at Middlefaht, on the west side of Fuenen Island across the narrow little belt" channel to the east of the mainland; at Nyborg, on the east side of Fuenen Island; at Koer- soer, on the west coast of Zealand Island, across from Copenhagen, at Vordeinborg, on the south coast of Zealand Island, and at Gjedser, on Falster Island, south of Zealand
 The troops which landed at Gjed- ser went direct across the 25 mile stretch of the Baltic from Warne- muende, Germany. They landed armored cars and tanks and pro- ceeded northward.
 Moving German Troops
 The German troops which crossed the mainland frontier of Denmark moved by way of Flensburg and Toender. and advanced by way oi Aabenraa and Esbjeg northWard.
 It was evident how carefully planned the movement was. Esbperg and Aabenaa are on the east side of the Danish mainland, Toender and Flensburg on the west side, and thus the German troops took in the whole area from east to west.
 Moving in a geat fleet through 1 the Kattegat. the Germans started their landings in Norway.
 The Norwegians elected to resist however overwhelming the od S' against them.
 The Swedish radio announced that the Germans occupied Bergen, the southwest coast, taking in both the city ani harbor, after a lively resistance of half an hours dura- | tion.
 German troops were reported to have ben landed even at Trond- helm on the North Sea coast above Bergen, as we'll as at Kristiansand on the south coast.
 It was indicated that the Ger mans had succeeded in moving a force whose objective was Oslo, the capital, after having been repulsed in a first attempt by Norwegian coastal batteries at the entrance of the Oslo Fjord, the narrow inlet leading to the capital from the Kattegat.
 1 KristaianSand was evacuated and it was announced that the evacua- tion of Oslo had been ordered.
 Amsterdam heard over the Oslo radio that the people of Oslo had been asked by the government to take as little baggage as possible with them.
 Evacuation Order
 Those possessing automobiles were asked to aid in evacuating others.
 The government ordered street cars to remain running.
 It was reported that foreign dip lomati: envoys destroyed all secret documents in their files before they accompanied the government to Hamar.
 The Germans announced that they had laid mines in front of all main Norwegian ports as well as in the Skager Rak, the entrance to the Baltic.
 German pilot stations had been organized on the west coast, the German admiralty announced, to guide ships into port.
 Thus both the Allies and Ger many had mined the vest coast.
 Swedish quarters in London heard that Germany also had laid mines certain Swedish territorial waters, inside the three mile limit,