Show FRENCH CLAIM 18 SHIPS SUNK I PARIS April 11 Premier Ri-Premier Premier Reynaud declared Thursday that 18 German warships Including four cruisers had been sunk In the naval battles in Norwegian waters in which the allies lost only four vessels The premier listed the losses be- be for the chamber of deputies without without without with with- out naming the boats as follows Four cruisers representing one- one tenth of the total German German- fleet tonnage two smaller warships one submarine one destroyer and 10 troop transports The British lost four destroyers Reynaud said of which two went down in the fighting off Narvik Polish Ship Aids There were no French losses he said and disclosed that one Polish ship was fighting with the allied forces Hopes for an allied victory are high Reynaud said because Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many while obtaining tactical success success suc sue cess at the start made an immense immense immense im mense strategic error Reynaud said reports of the I progress of the Norwegian naval action were rare because the ships cannot use their radios Praises Allied Navies The premier spoke 20 minutes before a packed chamber with many diplomatic representatives present He ended with praise for forthe forthe forthe the British and nd French navies which was loudly applauded He began his statement by tellIng telling tell tell- tellIng ing the deputies and diplomats that the battle of iron is continuing in Norway He termed Germany a besieged nation and he compared the Norwegian Norwegian Norwegian Nor Nor- resistance to the Germans to the Belgian fight against the same invaders in 1914 He assured the chamber that all news from the Norwegian battlefields battle battle- fields good fields good or bad would bad would be pub pub- |