HITLER'S BOAST.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 102, 1 May 1940, Page 7

HITLER'S BOAST.

CONQUEST OF NORWAY Allies' "Belated Occupation" Crushed. TOUGH BRITISH RESISTANCE. United Tress Association.—Copyright. (Received I.JSO p.m.) LOXDOX", April 30. Hitler's Order of the Day proudly proclaims: "The inexorable advance of the German troops has established land connections between Oslo and Trondheim. Thus the intention of the Western Powers to bring Germany to her knees by their belated occupation of Norway is finally crushed." German Press dispatches from Norway pay tribute to the courage and toughness of the British resistance in the CJudbransdal Valley, where wave after wave of bombers, is reported to have preceded and accompanied the German advance. Meanwhile, in the absence of independent confirmation of the German claims, Swedish sources report that the Allies are strongly reinforcing their troops along the Dombas-Storcn railway, "and also southward of Dombns. These reinforcements are reported to have moved up from fresh landing points between Trondheim and Bergen. Fighting broke out at Jerkin in the morning, resulting from Allied resistance against a German mechanised detachment, which came down from the mountains after pushing across a snowbound road from the Osterdal Valley. EVACUATION TALK. Liberal Leader Deplores Defeatist Attitude. SLOW COUNTER-STROKE. (Received 1 p.m.) LOXDOX, April 30. Sir Archibald Sinclair, Leader of the Liberal Opposition, deplored the defeatist attitude of*some British people, and asked the reason for apparently inspired articles suggesting evacuation from Norway. He held the view that evacuation of southern and central Norway would bo unjustifiable unless the military situation was beyond repair. "The country is entitled to know whether the troops sent were highly trained regulars, with experienced officers and adequate equipment," he said. "If they were,, why was the British counter-stroke so slow in coming?"