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KARLSRUHE AND BLUECHER SUNK ACTION AGAINST LAND BATTERIES. MOST MEMBERS OF CREWS SAVED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day, 9 a.m.) i LONDON, April 10. t A German High Command communique says: “The cruiser Karlsruhe was seriously damaged when covering the landing at Kristiansand and later sank. The new cruiser Bluecher was heavily damaged outside Oslo, endeavouring to silence a battery of eleveninch guns. She subsequently struck several mines and was also lost. Most of the members of the crews of both warships were saved." The communique adds: “Naval operations off Norway are continuing.” ENEMY LOSSES i FOUR CRUISERS SUNK & TWO DAMAGED. (Received This Day, 9 a.m.) LONDON, April 10. A total of four German cruisers have been sunk and two damaged within twenty-four hours, if reports that two cruisers were sunk and two damaged by British action are confirmed.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 April 1940, Page 5
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