ALLIED BARRIER

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 128, 30 April 1940, Page 8

ALLIED BARRIER

GUARDING TRONDHEIM. MORE SEVERE BOMBING. (United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph. —Copyright.) LONDON. April 28. German ’planes again attacked British Binding points and Norwegian towns ' and villages ill waves during the week-end, according to unconfirmed Swedish sources, but the growing power of the Allied anti-aircraft units and fighters has reduced the harassing effect of these attacks and further Allied reinforcements have disembarked. In addition to Andalsncs (in Romsdais Fiord) Nazi bombers are reported to have raided Alesund, Molde and Namsos Harbour. . The Norwegian agency says Alesunu was seriously damaged during two hours’ bombing, but the Namsos raiders were repelled and one was sho down. There is no substantial change in the disposition of the land _ forces. To-night’s dispatches indicate that the Germans are endeavouring to speed up the left wing advance in the Gudbrandsdal Valley in order to keep pace with the central drive along OaterdaL Valley, but the Allies are holding them in the vicinity of Quam. The Allies’ forces at Storen are still barring the German approach towards Trondheim from Osterdal and the Nazis now appear to have halted in the vicinity of Koros, where tliev are fortifying their positions and awaiting the arrival ot reinforcements from Oslo. A?,-..