All Danish ships in Allied and neutral ports should be transferred to the British or French flag forthwith, according to an official announcement made in London. Trans-for of the Danish ships, it is emphasized, will only be for the duration of the war, at the end of which the British and French Governments will retransfer the ships to the Danish flag.
During the time that Danish ships are used by the British and French Governments, compensation will be paid at rates not worse than those Paid by the British Government to British ships of like size and class on "bare body" terms.
The compensation that will be paid will be in the form of sums in sterling which will be placed in a special account for distribution to the owners concerned at the end of the war.
Wages in Sterling British warships have shelled Boulogne to such an extent that the French channel port has been "reduced to shambles," the local press reported today.
The Allies, the London press adelea, have made preparations to make Dunkirk, Ostend and Zeebruggee absolutely valueless as bases for the Germans. The Allies could achieve their plan by sinking ships in the harbours and channel and destroying the waterways, the press said.
"The British Expeditionary Force iz still intact but has withdrawn some miles toward the coast," authoritative quarters revealed. The British troops were "being admirably supported by the French," they added, "It is impossible to indicate just where the B.E.F. is, but there is little doubt that it has not lost cohesion," they stated.
The official War Office communique said, "Information was received this morning that Narvik was captured by Allied forces and that Fagernes and Forsneset also are in our. hands."
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