GERMAN TROOPS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23769, 24 September 1940, Page 7

GERMAN TROOPS

MORE GO TO NORWAY PLANS FOR INVASION TOLL TAKEN BY BRITISH By Telegraph—£ress Association—Copyright (Received September 23, 11.30 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 23 Large German reinforcements are reported to have been sent to northern Norway in the past few days, says the Stockholm correspondent of the British United Press. They have been placed in every important town from Trondheim to Kirkenes. This, the correspondent adds, probably explains the recently increased visits by the Royal Air Force to northern Norway. The Royal Air Force last night bombed Trondheim and the Nordland railway. German anti-aircraft guns shot down one aeroplane and are reported to have damaged several others. Bodies Washed Up The Norwegian authorities refused to disclose the amount of damage done to the railway. A message from Stockholm says that sinkings by British submarines, in addition to accidents during experimental exercises in embarkation, are responsible for the many German bodies which are being washed up on beaches. The Royal Air Force bombing of heavilj-laden craft assembled for an invasion has certainly claimed many lives. •Enthusiasm Waning Travellers and seamen arriving from Germany increasingly and persistently report the effects of the Royal Air Force night raids, especially on the temper of the Germans, who are becoming increasingly impatient. Enthusiasm is said to be declining even among the German troops in Belgium and Holland. The belief is growing that the German Army has bitten off more than it can chew. A heavy rainstorm has descended on the Straits of Dover, and a strong south-westerly wind has kept the seas comfortably high for those on this siue of the Channel. German long-range guns shelled Dover twice yesterday morning. The north regional civil defence commissioner has warned the public in his area to resume the carrying of gasmasks. He said that if an invasion came from the sea gas would most probably be used.

FORCED LANDINGS TWO BRITISH AIRCRAFT INTERNMENT IN SWEDEN STOCKHOLM, Sept. 22 Two British aeroplanes made a forced landing in western Sweden. One alighted on the sea. The crews were interned.