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POPULATION OF OSLO REPORTED BRITISH THREAT TO BOMBARD CITY. FAILING SPEEDY SURRENDER BY GERMANS. (Received This Dav, 1.10 p.m.) STOCKHOLM, April 10. The population of Oslo were ordered at 11.45 a.m. to evacuate the city immediately. British warships are reported to have threatened to bombard the city if it were not surrendered within thirteen hours. , According to a frontier report, British warships penetrated Oslo Fiord this morning. There were dramatic scenes in the streets and at. railway stations, as hundreds are fleeing from the city in panic. Measures are being taken in an attempt io organise the evacuation. Women, children and elderly persons will be evacuated first,
ENEMY LOSSES WARSHIPS AND OTHER VESSELS. SUMMARISED STATEMENT. <Received This Day, 1.10 p.m.) LONDON, April 10. The "Daily Mail" summarises the German shipping losses: — The Bhieehor and Karlsruhe, a destroyer. an ammunition carrier, six transports and two merchantmen, sunk. A miiiser believed to have been sunk and two warships reported to have been sunk. A cruiser of the Koln class ami another cruiser damaged by British planes. Three destroyers on lire.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 April 1940, Page 6
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