Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-04-20 | Page 1 | Allies Report Landings without Single Loss

Allies Report Landings Without Single Loss British and French Fleets Claim Control Of Sea Routes to Scandinavian Fronts By WEBB WEIB m JMILLER LEER LEER- u 0 0 LONDON April April 20 UP Great UP-Great Great Britain and France have landed Handed their expeditionary expeditionary force in n Norway y without a a single Il loss ss at it t. t was as ass asserted officially officially Saturday despite German claims I of wa warship ship and transport t This proves more than thim ever I that the allied fleets are completely complete complete- ly controlling sea routes It was said It It was understood that France had sent some of her famous lamous Alpine Alpine Alpine Al Al- pine to join the allied force Heavy artillery as well as army equipment and thousands of troops have been taken safely over o miles of ol sea to Norwegian ports without mishap it was as asserted as- as The total strength of ol the expeditionary expeditionary force could not be revealed revealed revealed re re- for Jor military reasons official official official cial quarters said but ut it was added that French Anglo-French troops had effected ef et- contact with Norwegian forces and were already in position position position tion for major operations It was intimated that the allied force lorce I might now be called formidable British cruisers destroyers and submarines supported by Royal Rojal Air force lorce planes guarded transport transport transport trans trans- port ships and drove off oll attacks by German U-boats U and airplanes it was said Some military experts reported that British French and Norwegian Norwegian Norwegian gian troops might soon launch an offensive intended German troops from the vital Trondheim Norway mid belt Aviation experts expressed belIl belief be be- lief lIl that British air force and naval naval naval na na- val attacks on Stavanger and other German air all bases in Norway had made it extremely difficult for forthe forthe forthe the German air force to operate It was because of ol this they asserted assert assert- ed that allied transports reached Norway unscathed The admiralty and war office in joint charge of ol the British part of the exp expeditionary force said in ina a Saturday The claim made by the German wire wire- wireless Jess less that a British or French transport has been sunk s or damaged damaged damaged dam dam- aged off the Norwegian coast Is quite untrue There had been general expects expects- Continued on Pare Pal Two Column REPORT CLAIMS NAZI REPULSES Continued from page Pase One Indentations ways way's deepest coastal This division would be 90 1 miles nor northeast of Ber Bergen en and miles northwest vest of Oslo British Land Hourly Swedish corr correspondents said British reinforcements at Namsos were arriving every hour al along ng a mile 15 line and predicted decisive fighting might start tart at I north of Namsos The east central oe- oe tween Norwegian and German I De-I forces centered around Hamar 60 miles north of Oslo and Elverum 15 miles further northeast British officers were were reported to be in consultation consultation con con- with Norse commanders Advices reaching Stockholm said Elverum had fallen and that the government radio in Hamar had been sll silenced indicating that city also probably was captured Norwegian Norwegian Norwegian Nor Nor- sources had said Hamar would be surrendered but defense lines formed north of the city Large concentrations of German mechanized troops were reported in the region North of the conflict zone the United States minister to Norway Mrs J J. J Borden Harriman was preparing preparing preparing pre pre- paring an expedition to bring the wives of legation officials out of Lillehammer where they had been sent to escape the war Also at Sarna were members of the Finland American-Finland ambulance corps awaiting permission to enter enter enter en en- ter Norway Headed by the Swedish Swedish Swedish Swe Swe- dish Baron Bror von Fin BlIxen-Fin- ecke the corps included 31 members mem mem- bers six hers six doctors 15 nurses drivers and a kitchen staff