NAZIS ENCIRCLED AT NARVIK
Position Reported To Be Desperate TOWN SHELLED FRO Al LAND AND SEA (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Received May 5, 7.30 p.m.) LONDON, May 4. The French Ministry of War announced that the Allies’ forces at Narvik have surrounded 3000 to 4000 Germans, whose position is desperate. Swedish and Norwegian dispatches say the Allies have' completely encircled the German forces in the Narvik area. The town is reported to have been heavily shelled from land and sea. The Swedish radio says the German garrison repelled a thrust from the north, and German planes operating from a hidden landing field shot down three of five British planes attacking the town. Other sources report that German troops and supplies are reaching Norway by air and sea in increasing numbers.
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 188, 6 May 1940, Page 9
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129NAZIS ENCIRCLED AT NARVIK Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 188, 6 May 1940, Page 9
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