Only Aifieen kilometers separated the we Allied) and Norwegian col driving down the mountains toward Bjocrdfjuell, on the Norwosian side of the frontier, where the Narvik railroad cuts over the mountains into Sweden, according to. the latest, information, available here ast night. If these forces can meet across the valley through which the railroad passes, the German gar-vison inside Narvik would be isolated anda final assault against the town could be expected Immediately, According to reliable sources here, the Allied and Norwegian forces have made considerable progress from the north, They have taken all ridges land, were dominating German posi-ons along the railroad, as well as AE Elvegaard and Moon,, at the bottom of Herlangs Fjord, they said, 'Norwegian troops, aided by skilled French Alpine ski troops, spent the ast ten' days clearing the Germans off one mountain etter another, Simultaneously, an Allied force was landed at the village of Elvexaard, Skjoomen Fjord, south-west of Narvik. This group worked ity way over the Stoostein Afountains to the southern ridge of hills dominating Bjocrdfjuell from the south.
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