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German Reinforcements For Norway. E.A.F. BOMBS RAILWAY. LONDON v 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. The Norwegian authorities refused to disclose the amount of damage done to the railway. A heavy rainstorm has descended on the Straits of Dover, and a strong south-weeterly wind has kept the seas comfortably high for those on this side of the ChannelThe north regional civil defence commissioner has warned the public in bis area to resume the carrying of gasmasks. He said that if an invasion came from the sea 'gas would most probably be ueed.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 227, 24 September 1940, Page 7
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