FOREIGN PRESS REVIEW DAILY SURVEY OF WORLD COMMENT ON THE WAR COMPILED FROM TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS REOl!:TVED BY THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION 82. __.............._ _?..1.§.t...Al?.:il......., 1940 GmiiANY: NAZI USB OF ITALI!U~ PRESS ATTITUDE. The pro.o.German presentation of events in Scandinavia in the Italian Press was emphasised in Rome messages to German newspapers in an effort to convince German read.ers that Nazi "successes" in Norway are noted by countries outside Germany. The DJ.::UTSCHD ALLGEMEINE ZBITlJl'TG published two messages from its Rome 1 eorrespondent, one headed "Hard Reality of German Suceesses -Rome disposes ~f Sensational Report from the West", and. the other "Italy Defines her Attitude to the English War -Rome Declines to Accept Arrogant Warnings and. Criticism of her preparations." In the first message the correspondent wrote: "In Rome's view the military situation in Norway has been stripped of the propagandist phrases with vmioh the Western Powers have attempted to envelop"it. The arrogantly announced landings of British troops have amounted. to no more than the occupation of a tiny and remote island forty miles north of Narvik. "German troops have occupied the Narvik railway to the Swedish frontier. They have nollhere encountered British troops. The weak Nervvegian resistance has been broken and to the astonishment of the Norwegian population armaured car d.etachments have taken part in the rapid. German advance. The four main Norwegian railway lines are in German hands." The second. message declared w·ith eg_ual exaggeration: "Italy has not only followed. with the closest attention : __;ngland' s heavy military and strategie failures in Scandinavia but has noted the very considerable moral reverse, for which England ha$ to thank the lying and. tendentious report of her official d.epartmentsJ' The message continued. ¥rith a fairly full account of an article by Signor Gayda in the GIORNALE D'ITALIA in which he purported to give a historical survey of Italy's relations with England, and in which Britain was accused of initiating in 1919 a policy of encirclement of Italy. It was ·added: "Malta is geographically and ethnographically Italian as Maltese and even English historians have testified during the last 300 years." Signor Gayda's references to Malta were published in the KoELNISCHE ZEITUNG as a separate German news agency dispatch und.er the headline "Italian right to Malta." The surmnary of Signor Gayda ·1 s article supplied. by the YiliSTFAELIOOHE L.A.ND.C::SZEITUNG' s Rome correspondent did not mention Malta but quoted Signor Gayda as saying that Italian Mediterranean policy was not concerned. v;ith domination. It was added: "The C?Ollaboration between Italy and. Islam is a natural continuation of historic circumstances and a basic condition of Italian policy which acknowledges the rights of all Mediterranean peoples." FOREIGN PRESS REVIEW DAILY SURVEY OF WORLD COMMENT ON THE WAR COMPILED FROM TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS RECEIVED BY THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION 82. No. ~-············· ····-·····~.1.f:'?.~...~.I?;r.~J.......... , 1940 U. S. S. R: GBRMAN \i!ill ACTIONS CRITICISED. Though too much importance should possibly not be attached to isolated expressions of opinion in the Soviet Press, two articles which appeared in recent issues of Service organs took a critical view of the German campaign. in Norway and the Nazi conduct of the River Plate battle. An article in ICL~'.\.SNA.YA ZV.8ZDA 0 the organ of the Commissariat of Defence, though stating that the Germans retained the initiative in the Norwegian ·campaign, added that the Norwegian army could possibly hold out for a considerable time. It also stated. that the chief difficulty for the Germans was to maintain contact vlith isolated units, that it was essentiai for them at all costs to keep naval bases, and. that part of their fleet had been put out of actio~ It was added: 11 The British losses are also heavy but these can more easily be replaced." In the KR!1.SNYI Bi.AL'I'IYSKIY FLOT, the organ of the Revolutionary '\/ar Council of the Baltic Fleet, an article d.ealt with the River Plate action and praised the tactics employed by the British on that occasion. The German conduct of the battle and. the vT.i.thdrawal to Eontevideo we!'.e severely eriticised. "The action revealed the defective character of pocket battleships' armour plating," concluded the article. 1;The Graf von Spee was unsuitable for use as a raider." TENSION EASED IN SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE? '.i'he tendency of t he Huns arian :Press during the week-end wc.s to regard. the tension in 3outh ].'.:astern DUrope as temporn.rily eased, due in large effect to Mr. Chamberl8.i n 's statement in the House of Commons. The n eiispapers also pubJishedthe French d.eclaration covering Mr. Chamberlain's wo:tds, adding : 11Now· all the three neighbouring Great Powers desire absolute 11 peace and. tranquility in South Eastern I~urope. The Press generally published accounts of the internment of 111'. Stoyadinoviteh, regarding this as due to questiors of internal policy, though 1'..AGYAR NBMZBT, the Christian Conservative newspaper, quoted foreign sources stating that questions of foreign policy were also responsible for the internment. The incident was not mentioned by UJ E.·~GY.'\RSAG, the Pro-Government organ. Reports from Italian sources ·with an anti-Allied bias i.1ere again printed, one headline used being 11~\.fter t wo days hard fighting the Germans are victorious at Narvik -the British lose good men. :: In an earlier issue MAGYAl:l. l\!J:::IdZET, referring to the improved relations between Russia and Yugoslavia, used the headline: "Yugoslav -Soviet rapp:oachE • ment the work of Anglo-Turkish diplomacy?" This paper connected the rapprochement viith the recent Yugoslav:· ministerial visit to London. Some nevTSpapers quoted M. Tsetkovitch' s statement regarding the necessity of co-operation between Yugoslavia and Bulgaria, stating: "Had Poland and Czecho­slovakia co-operated they would not have suffered their present fate. Such co-operation would be in the interei:.;t of all Eur.ope as a safe-guard for peace and order in South Eastern Europe." FOREIGN PRESS REVIEW DAILY SURVEY OF WORLD COMMENT ON THE WAR COMPILED FROM _TELEGRAPHlC REPOR'l'S RECEIVED BY THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION 82. 21st .April __.................--...................................., 1940 No. U.S.A.: "FIFTH OOLillvlN ACTIVITIES EXMIJ.'"INED." The activities of "Fifth column" agents in neutral countries and German anger at King Haakon's attitude are among some of the matters discussed in today's New York Press. In an editorial article on "Fifth columns1; the NEWYOHK TTiv1ES writes: "From now on, every neutral nation in Euro_pe will look suspiciously at German trade envoys coming with the purest-looking motives, German newspapermen who· never file a dispatch, German •tourists' and other carriers of German culture. "On this side of the ocean there will be r <..::newed interest in the extension of fifth column activities in Mexico and other Latin-American countries as well as in the U. S.A. itself." Referring to King Ha.akon the N~'.1 YORK HEHALD-'.L'iUBUNE ·declared: "Nothing has inspired the Nazis with such vindictive fury and nothing has moved its propagandists to such high flights of mendacity as King Haakon's firm rejection of all offers from occupied Oslo for his co-operation. Germany is now presumably at war with Nonvay and Hitler with King Haakon because of the latter's Norse presumption in defending the laws -the laws of Norway, the laws of the nations, or any other laws against the will and pride of an all-wise Hitler," In an article entitled "How Germany repaid Norway's hospitality", Edwin James writes in the NK,i YORK TIMES: "German officers and men who spoke Norwegian and knew so much about the country were those who as children had been sheltered, fed and educated by the Norwegians. They are now fighting against the families of those who befriended them in their need," A tribute to the quality of the Norwegians was paid in the INDIANAPOLIS STAR. 11The spirit of the Vikings continues in Scandinavia," declared this journal. "The Norsemen are neither traitors ncr quitters. They are not the type to stand idle while the invader comes to make a battle-ground of their country. They may be trusted to deal adequately with Hitler's stool-pigeons regardless of how the war between Germany and the Allies gbes The incident should impress all neutrals, including our own country, with the danger of warming subversive alien agents in the nation's bosom. 11 On the same subject the P01"t'rL!.ND O.i.t£GONIAN stated: "The callous calculating cynicism of the Gennans in buying and organising traitorous elements in Norway is not nice to contemplate. It is another evidence of how Nazi philosophy from the first has been based upon the worst in the human make-up." On the Italian attitude the vlOROESTE.1i TELEGRA1'!i stated: "If left to them­selves the Italians will be far more inclined to demonstrate against the Germana than against the English. Until recent years Italy and England were ~riendly nations. The English who visited Italy in great numbers amused the Italians. There was a mutual feeling of good-will." Replying to the German request that President Roosevelt "should mind his own business" the CHARLOTTE OBS~RVER declared: "There would have been no war between Germany and the Allies if Hitler had attended to his own business. The vast fortunes which war, and the prepara~ions for war, have cost Germany, could have been spent in social, industrial and agricultural development: of the country so that most nations of the earth would have been willing and glad to trade with Germany. The curse of Germany has been that Hitler and his fellow-countrymen refused to mind their own business and leave other nations alone." FOREIGN PRESS REVIEW DAILY SURVEY OF WORLD COMMENT ON THE WAR COMPILED FROM TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS RECEIVED BY THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION 82.. 21st April ............................................................,........, 1940 No. SWEDEN: GBR!.IAN UN~SINESS AT BLITZiffiIEG FAILlJRJ£? German uneasiness at the failure of ·what was to have been a "blitzkrieg" in Norway was referred to during the weekend by the Gothenburg newspaper GOTEBORGSPOSTE}~ "The Norwegians' greatest wealcnesses are the lack of officers and modern arms, but the Allies can supply both of these", declared this journal. "The knowledge of English is wide-spread. in Nonray. Correspondents who saw the North Norwegian Seventh Division ·were considerably impressed in this connection. The Germans are uneasy that the Allies have unpleasant surprises for them. From Aandalsnes the Allies can quite easily reach Dombaos." NY TID , the S~ial Democratie newspaper, d.eclared: "Hitler tried through Polish documents to interfere in PJnerican politics, but the attempt was an absolute failure for both American r.:,. ;."ticn think alike on f~reign affairs. Thus German propaganda is worthless." A warning against exaggeration regarding reports of the arrest of Svredish officers •vas contained in the Liberal newspaper DAG-'-"W3 NYHETER, which added: "Conditions in the Swedish arnw are very different from the Norwegian, and. officers -vmo previously sympathised vd th power politics have changed. their views as a result of Germany• s role in the Russo-Fim1ish ·.ra.r. Only a very few cases remain and members of the most extreme political parties should not be allowed to hold military command. 11 SOCIAL DEMOKR.A.TBN pointed out the parallel German methods to subdue Czechoslovakia and Denmark, in each case the threat of violence being the principal factor. This paper considered that these examples were a lesson 'for s·,veden, who might be faced vdth a similar situation, but added that the Swedish people's nerves were good and. Sweden was well prepared. "One thing is clear -we Ydll never bow to threats. With much weaker d.efences than ours our brothers in the Uest have bravely taken up the fight against greatly superior forces", concluded this newspaper. Reviewing the situation in the Lediterranean the naval correspondent of STOCKHOUIS TIDNINGEN emphasised. Italian dependence on trade routes to Bast A.frica and other countries, and added: 11The doors of the r::editerranean are controlled by the ~llies. In case of war the Suez Canal and. the Straits of Gibraltar vdll be closed. to Italian traffic. "The Italian naval position uould. be unenviable as the French fleet alone could cope 111/ith the Italian, and since the heavy losses of the German fleet British naval units can be transferred to the Mediterranean. Italian communications vdth Libya will be threatened and the Allied Near-East armies are also a factor to be reckoned with. " Looking to the future the GQT:,~BORG$ I-li\NDELS -OCH SJOFARTSTIDJ\.1IHG.L!:N~ the Liberal newspaper, declared: "Outstanding Germans are forgotten whose names vvere formerly on everyone's lips -Von Fritsch, Von Brauchitsch, Goebbels~ Goring, Himmler and. Hess -and. even Hitler seems swallowed up in the grey masses they have made of the German people. rre now think of the Germans as collectively important when the bill is presented. It is ghastly to think of people going about whose deeds already place them among the dead. But judgment on them will not die. The smell of the musty grave ~1angs about them while they vraJJc the earth they betrayed and the people to whom they belong." FOREIGN PRESS REVIEW DAILY SURVEY OF WORLD COMMENT ON THE WAR COM.PILED FBOM TELEGRAPHIO REPORTS RECEIVED BY THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION No. 82. -·········?.;b.::!:t...bJ?.r.;hl........................., 1940 PAN.AJ.M : LOSS OF NARVIK A BLOW TO GERMANY. Even assuming that German ships are _ able to reach the port of Lulea, Germany has been struck a heavy blow to he.r iron-ore imports by the loss of the Norwegian port of Narvik. This view was expressed in an article in the Pro-Government organ PPNJ.:MA AlV.iBRICAN which took the opportunity of attacking German propaganda. "Little Joey Goebbels, the chief liar for Adolfito Schickelgruber alias Hitle~ is trying to laugh off the loss of the Norwegian port of Narvik which the Germans captured by the use of deception and the treacherous aid of pro­Nazi Norwegians. He says the Germans did not want it in.the first place and only took it to fool the British and divert their attention from Bergen and other ports that will be important so long as the Germans are able to hold them. Once they are recaptured by the Norwegians and the B.E.F. they too wil-1 cease to have any worth. "This attitude is about as consistent as the German ~ropaganda Minister's tearful protest at the horrid British for occupying the Faroe Islands which belong to Denmark, and completely ignoring the fact that Germany has occupied Denmark. But little Joey's job is to lie to the gullible German people who helieve anything that is official, and also to the rest of the world which believes almost nothing reported by the Nazi Government." Continuing in sarcastic vein ~he article declared: "The Danish people are very happy over the German occupation of their country according to Joey's propaganda bureau -and why shouldn't they be? Firstly they no longer need worry about their freedom as it has been lost for the duration of the Nazi occupation. Secondly they no longer need sell their eggs to Britain for good cash money as they can now sell them to Germany for marks and other fancy tissue. "Now let us check up on the Nazi claims regarding the value of Narvik. It was a port from which the greatest part of the highest grade Swedish iron­ore was exported to Germany and England. Germany, taking advantage of the doubtful neutrality of some Norwegian official~ sneaked its ore within the three mile limit off the Norwegian coast. The rich ore exported through Narvik had an iron content of 60 to 65 percent. Ore from the Swedish mines shipped through the Baltic port of Lulea has an iron content of only 40 percent. Hence, assuming that the latter ore can be transported to Germany they will have to carry 1,500 tons to get the same amount of iron from ' 1000 tons of Kiruna ore. "Gennany's steel plants are built especially for handling this high-grade ore virtually all of which -is exported through Narvik because that port is especially eqfuipped for crushing, sortiln:g and loading. Furthermor~ the trip from the mines to the port is all down hill while the trip from the Kiruna mines to the Baltic port of Lulea although downhill is not so convenient and the distance is twice as great. Even so, discounting the double distanoe from the mines, the port of Luleais not equipped . for crushing and sorting. Ore, now shipped through that port is crushed and sorted at the mines but the Kiruna mines are not so equipped having depended on Narvik facilities for many years. E~pensive crushing machinery will have to be installed at Lulea unless the Germans take the ore in a crude form and crush and sort it in Germany. This will require transporting astill greater gross quantity in order to get the same net quantity in ore, "Germany has been buying from five to six million tons of Kiruna ore . yearly during the so called peace time and has been buying at an even higher rate since the war. Right now that supply is stopped by the control of the port of Narvik by the British and Norvvegian forces." 21/4/40 ... No. 1 • .. ENEMY AIRCRAFT OFF THAMES ESTUARY The Air Ministry announces:­ Late last~ night there was some air activ'ity in the neighbourhood of the Thames Estuary. Anti­aircraft defences were in action including our fighter aircraft. No attacks on shipping have been reported and no air raid warnings sounded. ------000-----... 21/4/40. -~o~_g R.A.F. ATTACK GERMAN AE~.RQ_M!j: IN ~NhARK, The Air Ministry announces:­ Aircraft of the Royal Air Force successfully attacked last night the Aerodrome at Aalborg in Northern Denmark which has served as the German base for their air operations against Norway. ,6;IR AFFAIRS. -----.... coo... --....... 21/4/40 -No. 3. F!~E::1·CH OFFICIAL COMMUNHWE (.Morning) , The following official communique was issued from French G.H. Q. this morning:­ NOTHING TO REPORT • • _B,A.;[.:: BOMBERS ATTACK ENEMY BASES. The Air Ministry announces:­ The offensive against enemy air forces and air transnortntion services operating Against Norway has been further developed during l ast night and this morning. In o.ddition to the successful nttack on the German base at Aalborg in Eorthcrn Dcnmo.rk alrco.dy reported, aircraft of the Royal Ai r Force dur:'..ng last night bombed the aerodromes now occupied by the Germans at Christiansand and Stavanger. It is novJ known tho. t in the a ttnck upon Aalborg bombs were dropped from a low height and damage was caused to a hangnr. One nircrRft, nfter dropping bombs, attncked with machine gun fire a German trnnsport aircrn.ft which was about to land at the base,, Fires were also started on the aerodrome by other aircraft which fol1 owcdo At Chriotiansand a number of enemy 8ircraft were seen dispersed on the aer odr ome and vvcrc att2cked with bombs. In the cr1.s 0 of Stavn.ngcr bombs were dropped, a number of which were seen to hit ths runwnys. The burst of r.mother bomb wns fol1owc6. by an CXJ:)losion on the aerodrome. Bombs were ~lso dropped on the seu--Dlano bns~ nearby. These attGcks were carried' out by strong forces and ::i.11 of the 18.rge number of aircr8.ft engaged in the operations have returned snfely to their bases. AIR AFF!. IRS. 21 L4JJ.to --~.2.... PRESS NO~JCE,. The King has approved the appointment of Major-General G.M. Lindsay, C.B., C.M.G., D.s.o., to be Deputy Regional Commissioner for the South Western Civil Defence Region, in succession to Sir Geoffrey Peto, K.B.E-~, ·who, as announced earlier this week$ has become Regional Commissioner fol" that region. 2J.L.1±L_4o. -No. 6. NORTH LONDON F~~.CTORY EXPLOSION INIJ,UIRY The Court of Inquiry which is investigating the causes of the expiosion at a North London factory continued its sittings to~day-Its investigetions are not 3ret complete. The Court includes representatives of the v.1orkers at the factory, the Ministry of Supply, War Office ana_ Home Office. There is nothing more to report. MINISTRY OF SUPPLY, THE ADELPHI, \iv';,Col• +++++++++ 21(4/40 No.]. WAR OFFICE COLil'.iUNIQUE Operations in Norway are continuing. British t~oops are operating !n conjuetion with Horwegian :forces. WAR OFFICE s.w.1. ...........-~---... · \ \ FRENCH OFFICIAL COM~·'iUNIQUE (EVENING) The following official communique was issued this evening from the French G.H.Q. :­ ARTILLERY ACTIONS n: TEE VICINITY OF 'l'H~ BLIES. +++++++++++ + -i-++ 21/4/40. -No. 9. JOINT ADMIRAI·TY .AlTj)_y7AR OFFICE COMMUN I~. There was consic1erall'le enemy air activity at Narnsos during 20th April and many bombs were drop1Jed. Extensive darnage was caused to the tovm., but the only Allied loss was one British trawler sunk. There were no casualties to Allj,ed troops. AIR MINISTRY BULLETIN _2_1_._/__.4.._/......____40 No. J..0. FOUR ENEMY AIRCRAFT DESTROYED IN FRANCE: OUR LOSSES NIL Headquarters, British Air Forces in France, announces:­ This morning api.trol of eight fighter aircraft of the Royal Air Force encountered an enerny formation of twelve Messerabmitt 1091 s in the neighbourhood of Saarlautern. Our fighters attacked the enemy formation and, as a Pesult of the general engagement which ensued, t·.w enemy aircraft were shot down and were seen to crash in German verritory. A third Messerschrnitt was driven down, ap~ar'ently out of control. During the afternnoon in an engagement with a strong formation of enemy fighters, another of our patrols shot down one MosserEttunitt 110 and one Messerschmitt 109, both of which fell in French territory. Another Messerschmitt 109 is believed to have been destroyed~ One of our pilots, havi~g been slightly wounded du~ing the first action mai s tiansand, a much-used enemy air oase on the southern tip of Norway, some 40 to 50 aircraft were drawn up on two sides of the aerodrome and. one enemy machine was seen to 'be t aking off along a runway as our aircraft approached. Large numoers of high-explosive oomos were dropped~ principally along the line of the runway. A strong fire was started oy incendiary oomos on the south side of the aerodrome close to where a numoer of aircraft were st~nding and the raid was successfully rounded off oy t wo of our aircraft which carried out a low machine-gun attack on the aerodrome hangars and ouildings. AIR MINISTRY BULLETIN 21/L~/40 No.. 12. (Not to be quotGd as an 1\ir Ministry Announcemont) HOW THE ~_l\.__F...t_ R~IDED AALBORG. OTHER ATTACKS ON STAVANGER AND CHRISTIAJ.1SAND. The attack on Aa lborg -the first British ratd on. a Danish air base used by the Germans for their operations in Norway -took the enemy completely by surpriseo The British aircraft approached singly and the first to reach the target area found the aerodrome plainly marked with full night-flying illuminationso There was no tir.1e for the gun batteries to get into action and the only opposition at first came from one searchlight which was quickly put out when the aircraft's rear gunner sent a burst of fire down the beam, A large German troop air transport 9 coming in to land with its navigation lights on 9 found itself suddenly assailed by machine-gun fire from the British bomber and, opening up its engines, escaped into the clouds to avoid being shot down. Flying at a low hGight above the aerodrome 9 the British bomber then released a salvo of high explosive "b:ombs which damaged the main hangar.. The following aircraft hampered the ground defences.. They were met, however, by heavy AoAo and machine-gun fire. Successive attacks were made on the aerodrome at varying heights, and after one attack on the target from a low level three fires were seen to break out. A number of blue and yellow searchlights were seen over the area during the latter stages of the raid. Whffile the raid on A lborg was in progress other aircraft of the Bomber Command were carrying out successful attacks on two German air bases in occupied Norway. The aerodrome and seaplane base at StaavangGr and the aerodrome at Christiansanc1 were heavily attacked wuth l:J,igh explosive and inc· .mdiary bombs, and considerable damage was done to the bases and to aircraft on the ground. The raid on Stavanger began shortly before midnight, and ag on previous occasions, was carried out by a number of aircraft which attacked singly and in quick succession0 Numerous direct hits were scored and bombs wero see'n to burst on the point of intersection of -2 ­ the tvro l"unwa~rs and elsewhere on the aerodrome. The faJ.l of one heavy bomb was followed, within a fe,,v seconds, b~r a11 e:;::plosion on the aerodrome. Bombs "l!vere also dropped. on three enemy seaplanes which, b~r the light of the moon, 'Jere seen moorea_ in a cove off the Stavanger seaplane base. Despite anti-aircraft fire, which one pilot described 11 as 11 of moderate intensity~ all aircraft engaged in the raia. returned safel~r to their base., At Christian.sand, a much-used. enemy air base on the southern tip of Horway, some 40 to 50 aircraft were dravm up on two sides of the aerodrome and one enemy machine was seen to be t aldng off alon~£ a runway as oux• aircraft approachedo Large nurnlJers of high e:;~:q1osive bombs were CiJ." ')PIJed 9 principally along the 1ine of the rtmwa~r. !::;. strong fire was started by incencl.iar~,r born.bs on the s:::>uth side of the aer )drome close to where a nuri1be1" ->f aircraft were standing 1 anc1 the raid was successfull3r r ;unc1ed off by two nJ.Jr cl.amage suffered by our aircraft was the loss of ·me trailing aerial. The pilot of one cf the bombers on the Aalborg raid said 11 My aircraft was the first C>f the formation to reach the aerodrome, the b01mclary lights of which were on, so were t he obst1"uc·!.;ion lights un the buildings~ 'l'here was a1so a flare path nut. /While -~) ­ •.7hile lool~in,r; for a suit~lblc target vrn flev: pro.ctically alonGside a German transport aircrafto It ~as signalling, presurna'bly asking for permission to land. My rear gunner imrneci..ia tely gave him something else to think a'bout and we mana~ed to get in a good ·burst of fire before the German disap~eared into the clouds~ ';' Vie were flying richt a t the l)ase of the clouds at this time, so the pilot of the transvort plan8 only had to pull his stick. back and up he went into the cloudso uTha t little incident over, I decided to 30 in and bomb. We could see three hanaars in a half-moon shapeQ We made our run over so111e billets ancl. a -,-di-•eless mast" The rear and front 3um1ers u ere both strafing the aerodrome as we flevv over and dropped our bombso 11 It must have been a shock for them, They were obviously not ex:1ecting us and we met no o-~)'~1osition of any ldnd. Most of the ground lights \7ent out after t he first explosion anc1 a solitary searchlight came into actiono ++++++++ NOTE : This issue incor:!)orates the brief additional details of the raid on Christiansand given in Issue No.11 today.