In Northern Norway
Larger operations nearer home have had the effect of divert- ing attention from the struggle that is still going on in Norway. The position in the extreme north at Narvik has been that of a siege in which the Allies have been very slowly tightening their lines; but the pace quickened last Monday, when French troops were landed seven miles north of the town, in the rear of the German positions, under cover of the guns of British war- ships. Norwegian batteries engaged the retreating enemy. The Germans advancing towards the north from Namsos in the hope of raising the siege will not be unopposed on the way. It is reported from Stockholm that a Norwegian front is shape at Mosjoen, and that in this region Germans landed transports were surrounded and their ships sunk-1' whether the sinking was due to naval, aerial or land attacks stated. Lord Halifax said last Monday that he had assur, Norwegian Foreign Minister that our engagements in thL Countries would not affect Britain's determination to gi possible assistance to Norway. The fact must not be looked that the more Germans we can keep occupied in Nc-war the more we reduce the reserves available for use elsew Aere. Numerous as the Germans are, it is absurd to suppose that :heir numbers or their equipment are without limit. We have :.eard of the danger of dispersing our own forces. The enemy has as much to lose by the dispersal of his.
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