Dutch Troops Work To Plan
(Received 3 p.m.) LONDON, May 10.
The Dutch completely control the right bank of the river at Rotterdam, and all drawbridges have been opened to prevent the Germans from crossing.
The Dutch have set fire to a sector of the city held by the Germans, and are now closing in on it The British United Press correspondent at Rotterdam says heavy artillery and machine-gun fire has been heard, and barricades are being erected in the centre of the city. Numerous planes of general types were over Antwerp tonight. The Butch High Command, in its first communique, says:
“Our troops have performed their tasks according to plan, and have destroyed all the bridges over the rivers Maas and Yssel. Only in one section, namely, east of Arnhem, have the Germans penetrated, advancing about ten miles into Dutch territory and reaching the Yssel. German bombers, aiming at the Houses of Parliament, dropped inccn-. diary bombs, which set fire to a nearby building, says a Hague message.
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Northern Advocate, 11 May 1940, Page 5
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