RETREAT FROM NARVIK

Grey River Argus, 18 April 1940, Page 7

RETREAT FROM NARVIK

GERMAN CLAIM To Retain Narvik FAus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.] BERLIN, April 16. Officials persist that Germany is holding Narvik. They also claim that German troops reached the Swedish frontier from Narvik after defeating Norwegians. They admit that the British possibly landed at Harstad. British in Narvik NORWEGIAN REPORT LONDON, April 16. The Norwegian High Command, broadcasting from Bodo, stated that British marines are holding Narvik. Norwegians are surrounding most of the retreating Germans. They also captured Germans dropped by parachute in several districts. Two German planes were shot down. GERMAN LOSS AT NARVIK BERLIN, April 16. The Wilhelmstrasse suggests the German naval losses at Narvik are not Irevealed for strategic reasons. The spokesman naively added: “Theoretically, we don’t need ships any more, but we will soon show the world we have still got a navy.”