Narvik, June 4.
The important northern Norwegian port of Narvik, bustling pre-war Shipping centre, today is a vattered, desolate city, its harbour ftled with the hulks of more than 80 ships and broken remnants of warehouses and wharves.
Tncessant Allied bombardment of Narvik for $2 days, resulting in final ousting of Nazi forces entrenched in the city, reduced Natvik to a shambles.
Tron ore and merchandise quays are now only broken remnants, while the railroad, power plant, railroad radio station and iron plants completely demolished by the ing Germans, though Nazi planes have appear. ed over Narvik several times, and have bombed the city with hig plosives since the Allied entere: civilian casualties have been since May 31, when most of the non combatants were hurriedly evacuated aboard British warships. Only a few hundred civilians now remain at Narvik, Allied troops are now busy clearing the harbour while other units are Aghting in the mountains, attempting fo drive the German forces across the Swedish frontier,—United Press, Reo:
Navy Active Stockholm, June 4.
Strong British naval uriis entered Rama' Bjord, northern "Norway, Saturday' and "Intensely bombarded the' German-occupied ports of No, Heres, Berget and Nesne, aceording Norwegian frontier reports today.
British naval guns also blasted the sin tie highway sisting the ford for 20 mies." Miltary observers here believed the British were attempting cat the communications of German land frees with advanced troops a cops at to drive the British feet away from German planes teultlessly attempted
Rama Fjord, it was reported. The Brilish' have landed reinforcements Ju the Bodo region in Norway and the fighting la that region was described as "terriie™ June 2 claimed' that "pressure: on Norwegian communique issued
German positions the north a United Press, Rombake Heights continue Egypt to Stand By Britain a Cairo, June 4.
Ca-operation between Euypt. and Great Britain is closer than ever and Egypt will stand by Bryain In aecordance with the spirit of the Anglo-Egyptian treaty," the Egyptian Pre= mier, Alt Maher Pashay stated last hight "after a full meeting of the Cabinet Sir Miles Lampson, British Ambassador, visited the Premier after the Cabinet meeting.
The Premier also stated the Government was. determined to" crush Fumour-mongering. in. Bayt.
law imposing imprisonment for taiko "harmful to the state" Te being made effective Immediately—Reuter jurse had her arm shattered and the others were bleating from the face Reuter.
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