Stockholm, May 18.
The port of Narvik is now practically in the hands of the Allies, according to a Havas correspondent who has just arrived here from Norway. Narvik has been steadily surrounded by the Allies, and the Germans have only a narrow lane by which they can escape to the interior, and this will be closed within a few days. North of Narvik and along the coast of the Narvik fjord, the Allies are "mopping up" whatever enemy detachments are left, The town itself is being continuously bombed from the air and attacked by French and Canadian troops, The Canadians, while reaching the very outskirts of the port, are finding it somewhat difficult to advance owing to the nature of the terrain which is extremely rugged. An attempt made by the Germans to send reinforcements to the besieged port from Trondheim was repelled and a number of German transports were sunk or captured by Allied warships.
The superiority of the Allied air forces in Norway over the German planes was stressed by a number of refugees arriving in Sweden from Norway. Thus it was stated that during a fight over Strausnes, several German planes were shot down. One British machine was forced down at sea.—Havas.
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