ELVERUM RETAKEN

Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 April 1940, Page 5

ELVERUM RETAKEN

BY BRITISH & NORWEGIAN FORCES ACCORDING TO STOCKHOLM CORRESPONDENT. GERMAN PARACHUTISTS MOPPED UP. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, April 22. The Stockholm representative of the Associated Press of Great Britain says that the Norwegian Legation confirms that British forces, supported by Norwegians, recaptured Elverum It is also stated that a French division has landed at Namsos. The Norwegians shot down three large German planes at Dombas yesterday and the British shot down a fourth. The Exchange Telegraph Agency’s representative at Stockholm describes the mopping up of the last of the German parachute troops at Dombas yesterday. The parachutists occupied a farmhouse, and the Norwegians surrounded it and advanced under cover of machine-guns. A grenade thrown into the cellar wrecked the farmhouse and the Germans capitulated after the loss of 25 killed and 25 wounded. One hundred and fifty were taken prisoner. The parachutists had carried a surprising amount of equipment, including machine-guns, collapsible bicycles, two-way radios, saws, cameras, and welding apparatus, and had compelled 50 civilians to carry the equipment. HAMAR & ELYERUM RECAPTURE CONFIRMED. (Received This Day, 10.20 a.m.) LONDON, April 22. The Norwegian Legation at Stockholm confirms the recapture of both Hamar and Elverum, by British and Norwegians, supported by tanks. It is learned that, there have been practically no losses among British troops in Norway from air attacks. The Norwegians continue to hold the line near Lake Mjesen.