'The Government announced that British troops had landed in areas of Norway occupied by German forces. 'The announcement admitted, however, that "British troops may have landed in some part of Norway of. in' German hands." The ° an-ouncement said that "Narvik and other German occupied towns were "still In- German hands."
The German high command said that units of the German navy had further secured positions in the har~ ours of Bergen, Stavanger and Trondhjem and also strengthened the coastal yuard, "Counter ultacks against submarines continued, "Another British plane was shot down by German planes at the. western entrance of the Skager Raek, One German plane failed to rerun heavy British cruiser was sunk by German bombing planes off the Norwexlan oust on Monday, the Tiigh Command announced today.
OMiclat quarters said troops had been practically "cleaved out" of the Oslo area by last night The greater part of the Norwegian forees in this area erossed the Swed. Ish frontier yesterday and was dis. armed, the announcement said, Occupation Extended German troops yesterday were constantly expanding their control over Norwegian territory," the German news agency, D.N.B., said here Inst night, German troops took important munitions factories at Hoon-foss and Kongsberg and the entire forrided zone of Frederikstad, which the Norwegians held until yesterday, ing to the agency, Three ud Norwegian troops crossed the Swedish frontier at Kornsjoc and were interned by Swedish authorities.
"phe transportation of German troops to Norway is continuing according to plan," the agency doclared, "Nowly-arrived reinforcements will be sent immediately to strategic points, Contact has been partially Gslablished between German operate ing units, which thus far have beea separated, Direct contact between Advance contingents have been main.
"The occupation of Norway, which fs about as large as England, can tinued without particular delay."
German troops blew up the Norwegian radio station at Notodden, south-west of Oslo, because, "during the past few days' the station continued broadeaste which were unfriendly to Germany." The German news agency also said. three Norwegian battalions, totalling 150 omccors and 2,000 men, had surrendered to a German batallion adveneing from
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