Stockholm, June 4, A large part of the port of Narvik was in flames on Sunday as a result of heavy German bombings, the "terse Telegrembrra" reported: to-lay.
Seventeen Nazi planes dropped incen diary bombs, setting many buildings afte and doing' extensive damage, Intense anti-aircraft fire and Allied planes drove the German craft away, destroying several of them. The number of civilian casualties is not yet known.—Hav:
British Forces in Bodoe Removed Questioned in the House of Com-[mons on the subject of British diplo. matic representation in Moscow, Mr. R. A. Butler Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, said he hoped to be able to give a reply tomorrow, but in the meantime he answered affirmatively a query when iller Britain was prepared to enter into fully normal relations with the Soviet Government.—Reuter.
London, June 5.
"On the night of May 31 June 1, British forces in the Bodoe area were withdrawn by sea," states a War Office communique, "They have achieved their purpose of delaying the enemy advance, until Allied operations for the capture of Narvik had been completed,"—Reuter. tus [Canadian Troops Relieving British s in West Indies
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