Show Germans Claim 6 British Destroyers Sent Down Report Direct Hit on Aircraft Carrier Carrie I BERLIN April 11 WP-Ger- WP UP Germ Ger- Ger m man n sources s reported Thursday that a total of six British destroyers destroy destroy- ers ens had been sunk off Norway that nazi planes had made a direct hit on a British aircraft carrier and that allied had failed t to prevent heavy reinforcement reinforcement reinforcement reinforce reinforce- ment of German troops in Norway The German Cerman air force it was stated is still attacking British and French naval forces in the North sea after two additional British destroyers destroyers destroyers de de- de- de making a total of six claimed by the Germans had been sunk at Narvik The British aircraft carrier which was reported badly damaged in an air attack on allied sea forces y tit 7 was not identified The British had 10 aircraft carriers in their navy but the Courageous was vas sunk by a U-boat U early In the war German official sources denied repeated rumors from Scandinavia that Norwegian gian or allied forces had succeeded in recapturing any Norwegian Norwegian Norwegian Nor Nor- cities or ports taken by the nazis The official news agency carnie carried special dispatches describing describing describing ing developments at Bergen Oslo Trondheim and other ports in an effort to disprove the reports Reinforcements arrived at Oslo and at Trondheim the official said agency and relations the people have been fully cor car i V to j r ft 1 11 Nazis scoffed at the the Winston Churchill first lord lord rd of f the British admiralty claiming that about a score of German warships transports and supply ships had been sunk saying sai g that We knew v before he that spoke that not 10 per cent of would be true 4 The official D N B news agency announced Thursday that tb strong German troop reinforcements were landed at Oslo Bergen and Sta- Sta vanger Gun crews from the sunken German German German Ger Ger- man cruisers Bluecher and Karls Karls- Karlsruhe Karlsruhe were r reported ported to have Continued on pate Page Four Column One i i f ij x i Yr 6 BRITISH SHIPS SUNK SAY NAZIS Continued From Prom Fig One t J manned coastal batteries at unnamed un un- L L named points point along the Norwegian coast German continued to avoid any reference to the battles battles bat bat- ties fought in the but said a British destroyer was bombed an airplane shot down and anda a searchlight put out of commission commis commis- sion slon In a raid at Scapa Flow v. When asked about a sea battle in inthe the ger akan an authorized German German German Ger Ger- man source said I r know nothing of oi any sea battle Asked about reports report that German troop transports transports transports trans trans- ports had b been sunk the source said I can say nothing The agency said that hat when the Germans took Elverum Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- morning they disarmed a sup superior riol Norwegian force of several several sev sev- eral battalions led by 80 SO officers They claimed to have captured rifles and four cannon Authorized quarters asked about German intentions f regarding e g gar a r din dIng g Greenland Iceland and the Faroe islands said While no official decision has been taken as far as is known Germany has no interest in any of these regions Of course if the British should take the initiative there would unquestionably be Germ action h. h action particularly particular particular- ly in the the case case of the Faroe islands Iceland united with Denmark under the Danish king declared its independence Wednesday in view of the German occupation of the mother country Greenland of off the North American coast and the Faroe Islands between Iceland and Scotland are Danish colonies It was reported that King Christian Christian Christian Chris Chris- tian of penmark enmark and his family had been in Berlin last week end discussing with German officials measures leading up to the tion The king was said to have returned to Denmark Tuesday Authorized quarters said that n negotiations between the Germ German n minister in Norway named and King Haakon have not had any conclusive outcome but the door remains open It was said that might see seethe seeth seethe th the king again Thursday The king was reported to have fled with the Norwegian government to Elverum Elverum El El- verum from Hamar Bamar their first pla place e of refuge after the invasion of Oslo Thursdays Thursday's said that all fortifications in are in German hands and like the rest of othe the Norwegian coastal fortifications are equipped d for or defense i N Norwegian armed forces In Oslo 1 have declared their readiness to toj participate actively in air raid precautions pre precautions pre pre- cautions against English and French fliers filers Reports The high command said In Norway during April 10 the position of German tr troops troops' was ex extended extended ex- ex tended arid and strengthened according t to plan Elverum 15 miles mItes east of Hamar Hamar Hamar Ha- Ha mar 50 miles north of Oslo was occupied in the morning Oslo was all quiet Fortifications in jord are in German hands innie I Because of poor visibility the theair air force contacted the enemy only at t two points One British destroyer destroyer de de- de- de strayer was hit by a heavy bomb One antiaircraft gun and one searchlight were put out of action by bombs near Scapa Flow British Plane Downed One British pursuit type Hawker Hurricane was shot down near near the Shetland islands Two I German planes are missing Enemy airplanes penetrated the Norwegian west coast and BritIsh British Brit Brit- i ish h bombers unsuccessfully attacked attacked at at- attacked tacked German occupied airports at Stavanger In the afternoon of April 10 German troops landed at Bornholm Bornholm Bornholm Born- Born holm without incident Otherwise the day was quiet in Denmark I |