NEWS OF THE WEEK
AT the moment of going to Press there is much that is still obscure regarding the position in Norway, though the magnitude of the advantages already gained by the Allies is not in doubt. The Allied Commands cannot be expected to lift the veil as long as the enemy is ill-informed about the situation. We know that the Allies bold the port of Narvik in the extreme north, though it is not yet certain whether they have yet completely cleared the Narvik area of the German troops, or whether the latter have been attempt- ing to hold, or escape along, the railway line towards Sweden. We know also that Allied troops have landed at several other points on the coast, but exactly where is not revealed. If near Trondheim, that might indicate a quick and severe blow in the rear of the port, which is in a key position at the end of two all-important railways, one going eastwards to Sweden, the other southwards to Oslo. The rumours which suggest that small groups of Germans have occupied the bridges all along the former railway are not reliable, but are not incredible. It is probable that Trondheim and Bergen have received reinforcements of men catried by air, and though little has been heard in the last day or two about the Skagerrak it may be presumed that additional German troops and supplies have found their way up the fiord to Oslo. The German advance north of Oslo in the Kongsvingcr-Elverum direction has been surprisingly slow, and stoutly resisted by the Norwegians. Allied attacks by air and sea have severely limited the Germans' use of the aerodrome at Stavanger, and that at Trondheim is now receiving similar attention.
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