INVADERS’ DRIVE
TROOPS GOING NORTH NARVIK AIRFIELD MORE MEN LANDED AERIAL TRANSPORT (Reed. May 8, 10.30 a.m.) 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, faced by largely superior forces, have been compelled to withdraw to other positions north of Narvik. It is believed that there are no German 'naval vessels at Narvik. 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” the ice-fields can be used for several more weeks. The Germans originally landed 4000 men and since have augmented the garrison considerably. The News-Chronicle says that th» 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 troops to the Narvik garrison.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20241, 8 May 1940, Page 7
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