on this part of the Norwegian coast. Operations are still proceeding." the Admiralty communique concluded, leavy Blow to Nazi Fleet The sinking of seven German destroyers is" considered in naval quarters here a remarkable feat and the turning point in the naval battle off Norway. In the Narvik Fjord alone the Germans have lost over tone quarter of their destroyer flout Indeed, the latest edition of Fighting Ships" places at thirty the number of destroyers owned Germany last year. All of these ships were of recent construction, the oldest having been completed 1935. Since the commencement the naval battle off Norway, the Ger mans lost ten destroyers, These naval circles, counting only the officially-announced German losses, consider the Narvik battle a disaster for the German navy. They stress that the Allies are now massiers of the waters round that port.
This victory cannot fail to facilitate the landing of Allied troops on Norwegian coast when this. operatic "undertaken, these quarters con=
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