Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 April 1940 — Page 6

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Scoffs at Allies

GERMANS STAB WAY THROUGH DEFENSE LINES

Fast-Moving Motorized Unit Is Reported to Have Captured Roeros.

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Germans and took the remainder, about 830, prisoners. The Germans fought for six days, and lost most of their dead to Norwegian snipers, dispatches said. Apparently Allied commanders at Narvik had ordered their troops to waste no lives in direct atacks on strong Cerman positions but to exert steady pressure on them.

Norse King Determined

Norwegian, french and Canadian mountain troops were reported to pe fighting Tyrolese mountaineers in patrol actions on the Rombak Heights dominating Narvik town, | A second Alpinist force was re-| ported striking across the 9300-foot| mountains between Narvik and) RBjornefell, on the Swedish frontier)

Grand Admiral Erich Raeder... “German warship losses as alleged by the Allies are not in accordance with the facts” 2

BRITAIN ADMITS ARMY REVERSES IN MID-NORWAY

War Office Reports Heavy Battle With Germans Near Trondheim.

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Swedish border while a second column moving northwest from Dillehammer was reported at Ringebu,| only 25 miles from the town of| Otta, where the Allied forces were said to be at present.) Previously, British informants had said that Germans and British were fighting in the Meirl village sector, about six miles north of) Steinkjer, which the Germans took, after a bombardment and infantry’ (attack yesterday.

Major Clash Looms Near Otta

|Germans were digging in at Steinke [jer indicated that the positions of

The communique statement that

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