London, Apr. 15.
British control over Narvik, the northern Norwegian port, was confirmed today by the Exchange Telegraph news agency correspondent at Gothenburg, Sweden.
He said that the British were in contro of Narvik as the Germans had fled to the mountains after eighteen vessels had been sunk in Narvik harbour. Nine German and two British destroyers, two Norwegian warships, one German whaler, one German, one British and two Swedish iron ore boats were known to have been sunk, he reported. Norwegian ski troops at Bodal were out-manceuvreing German mechanized units, the Exchange Telegraph correspondent said.
Speculation was rife as to the points at which the British troops landed, but military experts believed that the most likely points would be the vicinities of Narvik, Trondheim and possibly Bergen.
While no official figures were revealed as to the number of men landed, there was general belief that a force of 100000 men might eventually be landed in Norway since Such a force was in readiness to aid Finand.
Prior to the official announcement, all official quarters declined to comment on reports of the landing which Was reported from neutral capitals. A report from Germany had said earlier that a large Allied expeditionary force was on the high seas—United Press.
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