Stockholm, May 8.
reported that, the' Germans have mined Narvik harbour. The mines, it is understood, were dropped planes.
"the Norwegian troops continued to hold their own against the invading German army, inflicting heavy losses, ther, seriously slowing up_or German attempts to push tines." The German Troops Withdrawn from Norway Reich Britain 'A Northern British Port, May 8, Travelling in an Anglo-French convey with Allied troops evacuated from Namsos, a United Press correspondent arrived at this British port afler a series of the most erritying experiences imaginable, The convoy was compelled to run 'a gauntlet" of five intensive air attacks, during which 50 German bombers dropped 200 bombs and sank one British and one French destroyer but failed to wound a single member of the Allied expeditionary force. 'The vessels sunk were WINS, Afridi and the French destroyer Bison, 'British troops' and Alpine chasseurs were aboard the correspond-fent's ship, which left Namsos Mo; 3, The correspondent slept in a corridor alongside weary, unshaved At one point, three enemy planes singled out the ship for attack and dropped like plummets from the sky, The correspondent rushed fon deck and found the water boiling from the explosion of the first bomb, Anti-aircraft "guns were creating an Infernal din, Alling the sky with puts of gray smoke from their exploding shells, 'A. veritable ain of bombs, east "six of which fell within 300 yards, felt without damaging the About the same time, however, two German planes dived on th Bison and scored a direct hit, The French gunners who survived the explosion stuck to their "guns and brought down one of the attacking planes but an instant later, following a terrifte explosion, an enormous pall of smoke hid the Bison from Fight. Ax the smoke drifted away} the destroyer was seen slowly sinking (o its grave.
'The German planes attacked the convoy with a barrage of bombs laid horizontally, then dived to] attack the ships individually, A Junkers, ripping down from the sky, released a salvo of bombs over the' Afridi and an ear-splitting explosion announced that the second destroyer was hit, She heeled to Starboard and, ai reduced speed, circled with Smoke pouring forth, As. she dropped from the 8 flight of German Ing to give her the coup de grice—United Press.
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