SLOWING DOWN.
GERMAN ADVANCE. NORWEGIANS LOSE VOSS. LONDON, April 28. The thrust of the German mechanised column across the mountains westward from Roros, south of Trondheim, has slowed down, according to a reliable source, and strong British units are reported to have occupied the high plateau in the region of Jerkin, commanding the Dombas-Storen railway, ill order to meet any German attempt to cut the railway. A Norwegian communique says: “Our troops seriously engaged the Germans at Hallin and in a number of valleys in the Bergen-Oslo snetor, but were forced to retire to new positions.’’ The communique described the German advance as unimportant, but admitted the loss of Voss (north-east of Bergen). It added that one German ’plane was shot down and three made forced landings during bombing attacks on the Allied and Norwegian forces. . . The German radio claimed that two British cruisers and four transports had been hit by bombs off Trondheim.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 128, 30 April 1940, Page 8
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154SLOWING DOWN. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 128, 30 April 1940, Page 8
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