NARVIK AREA
NOW HELD IN GREAT PART BY ALLIES TUNNELS & BRIDGE DESTROYED BY GERMANS. ESTIMATE OF ENEMY LOSSES. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. LONDON, May 30. The Allied forces in northern Norway have now driven the Germans out of the greater part of the Narvik area, including the capture of the port. A message from Stockholm states that Allied artillery now dominates the last seven miles of the railway from Narvik to Sweden. It is estimated that 3000 Germans have retreated to Rombaks heights after extensive destruction of the railway tunnels and a 900foot bridge. The German casualties and prisoners are estimated at 2000.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 May 1940, Page 5
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