STUBBORN DEFENCE.
AGAINST NAZI DRIVES. Received April 17, 12.25 p.m. LONDON, April 16. According to unconfirmed reports received from Stockholm, the Germans have severed Southern Norway from tho north by capturing the heights of Skurdalsvoklcn, opposite Storiien, thus reaching points three miles from the Swedish frontier directly east from Trondheim through the area still under Norwegian control. Meanwhile, the Norwegians are stubbornly holding their fortifications at Hegre and are also maintaining their resistance at various points in southern Norway. The Germans vainly again attacked Elverum, the defenders of which are strongly placed on the Glommcn River, "and heavy snowfalls are impeding the German motorised units. Suicide patrols of Norwegian skiers are harassing the German detachments. The invaders arc believed to have evacuated Ha Idea because their forces are needed elsewhere. The whole of Lower Ostfold is plastered with proclamations exhorting the inhabitants to obey the Germans or suffer dire penalties.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 118, 17 April 1940, Page 7
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150STUBBORN DEFENCE. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 118, 17 April 1940, Page 7
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