GERMANS REINFORCED.
PARACHUTES USED AT NARVIK. SUPERIOR NUMBERS FACE ALLIES. LONDON, May 7. The Stockholm correspondent of the ‘‘Daily Mail” states that large numbers of German transports are going north, which explains a, report from the frontier that the British are faced with large sunerior forces at Narvik and have) been compelled; to withdraw to other positions north of the town. The Stockholm correspondent of the “Daily Telegraph” states that the Germans are reported to have created an airfield in the Narvik district, and in any case icefields can be used for several more weeks. 'Phe Germans originally landed 4000 men and have since augmented the garrison considerably. The “News-Ohroniclei” says thei Germans are sending in very considerable reinforcements to Narvik by parachute. A German pilot who made a forced landing in Sweden said he was returning from flying 80 troons to the Narvik garrison.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 179, 8 May 1940, Page 5
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