Stockholm, Apr. 11.
'The heroic fight of a small Norwegian outpost of 15 men of troops covering the transfer of the Government from Hamar to Elverum, against a German advance guard numbering 100 men, was described' by M. Ham-bro, Speaker of the Norwegian Parliament, when he arrived here, The outpost, he said constituted the only Norwegian troops on the road to Hamar. They immediately gave battle to the Germans, and succeeded in halting them. Nearly all Norwegian were killed, M. Hambro Norwegians Dig In Malmo, Sweden, Apr. 11.
Norwegian troops dug themselves in near Elverum, about 80 miles north of Oslo, and are tenaciously resisting German attempts to break their line.
According to latest reports reaching here, fighting on a big scale is going on, but details are lacking.—Reuter. invasion.
The proclamation rejected the Reich's denmnd that the puppet Quisling Government be recognized.
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