London, Apr. 12.
Sensational neutral reports of British naval successes off Norway and the landing of British troops near Narvik were entirely without confirm motion this morning. The flood of reports claiming that the Allies had cut off German supply routes and had sunk a dozen Nazi troop transports also lacked official confirmation, No. 10 Downing Street had nothing other asserting that British to say concerning these rej or
warships had penetrated the narrow fjord facing Oslo and had started a terrific bombardment of German ships and shore bases, British officials remained mute since Winston Churchill. Reliable credence was given the fact that ' several operations were still going on and the British had undoubtedly had taken crippling toll of enemy forces at Skager Rak and elsewhere. More detailed accounts of Allied victories were discounted as premature.
Mr. Churchill obviously showed the effects of the terrific strain of war duties since Gunday and Parliamentanans believed he knew much more than he could disclose. News of further successes was expected soon. Military experts said that even if British forces had landed, Mr. Churchill could hardly advertise the fact—United Press.
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