n(nxn I t. 1 M--. : Christian X And Cabinet Under Arrest Germans Seize All Civil and Court Functions in Little Denmark 600 DANISH TROOPS RESIST INVADERS '''"' ' 15 Soldiers, 2 Policemen Fought 200 Germans in Defense of King m Denmark By JOHX COLBIRN - .Stockholm Tuesday, Aug. 31 Danish troops were reported today to have fought , until their ammunition was exhausted against the German divisions bolstering the Nazi military dictatorship which has taken over the Govern-ment of Denmark and arrested it leaders. The Swedish news arennv anlrl 600 of the troops of the interned King Christian X held out against the invaders at Naestved. near tha Zealand coast 45 miles southwest of Copenhagen, until all their bullets and shells were spent late yesterday. (The fate of the survivors was not stated in this dispatch!-' Presumably the Danish survivors were then interned.) "When they quit fighting they didn't have a bullet left,'ni a witness was Quoted. "Thev didn't have- a chance of winning, but thay resisted anyway. ' The Danes are proud of the way the soldiers fought." - ' ' .. It was thus that Denmark's armed forces sought to regain the honor which many Danes be-lived the nation lost when she failed to oppose the German in vasion of April 9, 1940. The resignation and arrest of various members of Premier Erik Scavenlus' Cabinet were announced last night after the Germans had seized all civil and court functions and - warned that courts martial would order punish ment ranging up to the death penalty for disobedient Danes. Refugees Tell of Battle Refugees reaching Sweden first told of the battle of Naestved, saying the Danish garrison was fighting on at 11:30 a. m., yesterday. They said 450 persons were killed or wounded yesterday ln a battle between the Danes and the Ger mans at the port of Svendborg, 50 miles west or Naestved. The first detailed Information to reach Sweden on events after the Danish Government was shorn of power provided a picture of stubborn military resistance against overwhelming odds'wherever there was a garrison of Danish soldiers or Marines. . Nazi Tanks Wrecked . A Royal Guard wrecked three Nazi tanks and 11 armored cars in a furious battle at Jaegersbortr. six miles north of Copenhagen. Most members of Scavenius's Government were either placed in Jail or subjected to "house arrest" under tne new Military dictator ship. - - Latest reports reaching Sweden said that King Christian X, who had been spending the summer at his castle Sorgenfri, 15 miles outside of Copenhagen, had been moved to Amalienborg, within the W DANES TRVtXO Fw 4) .
