SPITZBERGEN RAID
—#— NORWEGIAN UNIT NOW SILENT
(Bee. 7 p.m.) LONDON. Sept. 12. A Norwegian naval communique says that early on the morning of September 8 a signal was received from a small Norwegian detachment occupying Spitzbergen, reporting that they had ’ sighted a German squadron of main units, with seven destroyers, at the entrance to Sfjorden, on the west coast of the island. Since then, the communique says, no further details have been received from the very small garrison of Norwegian forces, who had been mainly engaged in meteorological duties.
A raid on Spitzbergen by German forces was reported last week by the Berlin radio. The report said that the raiding force had fulfilled its task ‘ in the face of a heavy artillery defence and the military garrison’s violent resistance. The enemy suffered heavy casualties and lost many prisoner?.’’
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Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 24051, 13 September 1943, Page 4
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