This is a table of events east of Oslofjord (Östfold) between the 9/4 and 14/4.Given times might very well be wrong. They are however all taken from the best sources I have available. The position column gives the general area where the event occurred (if applicable). It is there to make it easier to follow a specific thread of events.
| date | time | end time | event | position |
| 6/4 | II/AR1 are set up as neutrality watch. They are stationed outside Fredrikstad. They are not equipped with sharp ammunition. | Ski | ||
| 8/4 | a.m. | Message from the General Staff about the observation of transports and warships passing Denmark heading north. Some security arrangements are made and the school of 1.Div is organised as a field company. Sharp ammunition are distributed. | Halden | |
| 9/4 | 00:XX | Message from Horten to the 1.Div at Halden that Oslofjord coastal fortress is in combat with foreign combat ships. The units within the district are alerted. "Skjerped beredskap" is ordered. | ||
| 9/4 | 02:05 | Order to II/AR1 at Fredrikstad from Div.HQ to deploy concealed and spread out along the road northeast of Fredrikstad (anticipating air raids at daybreak), ready to march toward Fossumströket fortress at Mysen, and take command over the school of 2.Div which is in the Fredrikstad area. | Fredrikstad | |
| 9/4 | 04:00 | March orders from battalion commander to the batteries of II/AR1 are distributed. Batt.3 to Kleven (12km), Batt.4 to Kuröd (10km), Batt.5 to Pinneröd (9km), Combat supply train to Bisseröd (11km), 2.Div school to Visur (5km). | Fredrikstad | |
| 9/4 | 04:30 | II/AR1 leaves Fredrikstad. 2.Div school forms rear guard. | Fredrikstad | |
| 9/4 | ca: 4-5 | Order from Chief of General Staff to Div.HQ by phone to mobilise "if possible". A written order was under work. | Halden | |
| 9/4 | morning | Commander of 1.Div (Gen. Erichsen) decides to order full and immediate mobilisation. This order is given to most units by phone. | Halden | |
| 9/4 | 06:00 | About 200 Germans are landed at Moss. More units are landed at Son further north. | Moss | |
| 9/4 | 07:15 | First German aircrafts are spotted above Fredrikstad | Fredrikstad | |
| 9/4 | 07:30 | Written mobilisation order arrives from the General Staff. It does not specify full and immediate mobilisation. Instead only the field brigade (1.Brig) and Fossumströket fortress is to be mobilised. This includes I and II/IR1, II/IR2, II/IR3 and II/AR1. First day of mobilisation would be 11th April. The Division did not call back the order about immediate mobilisation it had given, but did send the order from the General Staff to the units it concerned. Thus they did get two orders. | Halden | |
| 9/4 | 07:30 | II/AR1 are ordered to continue their march toward Fossumströket fortress. The commander decides not to march during daytime. | Fredrikstad | |
| 9/4 | 08:30 | The staff of A.R.1 leaves Oslo for Ski, where their depots are located. | Oslo | |
| 9/4 | 09:00 | The staff of A.R.1 arrives at Ski. Work on mobilisation orders are commenced in accordance with the order from the General Staff and not the Division (see above). | Ski | |
| 9/4 | 09:30 | All batteries of II/AR1 have reached their initial targets, 9-12km NE Fredrikstad, and concealed themselves. | Fredrikstad | |
| 9/4 | a.m. | II/AR1 organizes an ammunition column of three trucks to get artillery ammunition from Ski. The road over Askim is selected to avoid Germans around Moss. | Fredrikstad | |
| 9/4 | a.m. | Reg.HQ of A.R.1 issues mobilisation order of I/AR1. 11/4 is specified as first day of mobilisation. II/AR1 in Fredrikstad has to divert officers for administrating the written mobilisation orders to different areas. | Oslo | |
| 9/4 | all day | The mobilisation depots of I.R.1 in Fredrikstad are evacuated. They are first supposed to be transported to Tunöy (the Sarpsborg area), but after a misstaken information about a German column advancing from Moss, the depots are instead relocated to the Hafslund and Borgenhaugen area, south of Sarpsborg. | Fredrikstad | |
| 9/4 | p.m. | Order of march for II/AR1 for the coming night is issued by the battalion commander. The target is Gautestad south of Rakkestad (distance 25km). | Fredrikstad | |
| 9/4 | 17:00 | Report to A.R.1 at Ski about a large German unit in Vestby (10km south Ski). It is decided not to attempt a mobilisation at Ski. Instead as much of the material as possible will be evacuated. | Ski | |
| 9/4 | 17:00 | Report from bilkp.1 at Korsegården (near Ski) to A.R.1 that they have 70 men with almost no equipment at their depot (the depot is new and the equipment has not been delivered yet). They are ordered to Ski. | Ski | |
| 9/4 | 18:00 | The commander of A.R.1 decides not to attempt mobilisation at Ski, which might be attacked at any time. Instead the personnel available will evacuate as much of the depots as possible. | Ski | |
| 9/4 | 18:00 | The trucks with ammunition from Ski to II/AR1 returns to Ise. | ||
| 9/4 | 21:00 | Report about German patrols at Holstad, 4 km south Ski. | Ski | |
| 9/4 | 21:00 | II/AR1 begin their night march to the Gautestad area. | Fredrikstad | |
| 9/4 | 21 - 22 | A.R.1 leaves Ski for Askim in a column with 25 trucks carrying among other stuff two 75mm field guns and 28 HMG. Together with the personnel from the bilkp.1, which stays a little longer, they are 110 men. | Ski | |
| 9/4 | 24:00 | The column from Ski (A.R.1)
arrives at Askim. The force of artillerymen is during the night organised into improvised infantry formations and a motorised half battery. The half battery has two 75mm field guns. They have the most essential equipment and 160 shells, but no communication equipment. |
Askim | |
| 10/4 | 05:00 | First defence is established at the Fossum bridge (one improvised MG-platoon of A.R.1) | Askim | |
| 10/4 | morning | I and II/IR1 begins their mobilisation in the area Hafslund-Skjeberg (southeast Fredikstad). | Fredrikstad | |
| 10/4 | morning | Div.HQ orders extensive roadblocks to be established on the roads on the north front, east of lake Öyaren. | north front | |
| 10/4 | day | The half battery/AR1 is ordered to Kykkelsrud, but returns to Askim later during the day. | Askim | |
| 10/4 | 13:30 | General orders for II/AR1 for the coming night is issued from the battalion commander. March targets for the coming night are to be found and investigated and ammunition from the trucks should be distributed among the batteries. | Rakkestad | |
| 10/4 | 19:30 | Order of march for II/AR1 for
the coming night is issued by the battalion commander. The targets are: Batt.3 to Lekum and Foss Batt.4 to Salmonröd Batt.5 to Eidsberg parsonage Combat supply train to Trömborg. |
Rakkestad | |
| 10/4 | evening | Two patrols (10 men each) sent north toward Fetsund and Aurskog. | north front | |
| 11/4 | - | Reports about landing of large amounts of German troops in Oslo arrives at the Div.HQ during the day. From the reports the commander of 1.Div (Gen. Erichsen) estimates that 6-10000 men will be landed during the day and night. The overall strategy will thus be defensive. Reports also states that large amounts of troops are sent to Lilleström, at the north end of lake Öyaren. | Mysen | |
| 11/4 | - | First Germans appear at the Fetsund bridge. | north front | |
| 11/4 | morning | Company Orre is set up at Höytorp fort with personnel from 10.5cm gun battalion. | Mysen | |
| 11/4 | 09:30 | Comp. Orre sent to Trögstad church to cover the north front of 1.Div. | north front | |
| 11/4 | a.m. | Commander of 1.Div orders I.R.1 to send one infantry company and one machine gun company to Monakrysset (near Höitorp fort at Mysen) and report to the Div.HQ. | Mysen | |
| 11/4 | 10:00 | General orders for II/AR1 for
the day is issued from the battalion commander. Positions for deployment
of the batteries should be investigated: Batt.3 in Askim area for support of the bridge defences at Glåma. Batt.4 in the area Berg-Moen-Bakka Batt.5 in the area Torkildsrud-Toverud-Vete Batt.4 and 5 should support the defence of the bridges over Rakkestad and Lekumelva rivers. The reason for the emphasis of the defence of the southern approaches was that the Div.HQ considered a German landing in the Fredrikstad-Halden area, with a following advance north as probable. |
Mysen | |
| 11/4 | 11:00 | HQ, AAplt., kp.1 and kp.4 of I/IR1 (commanded by Maj. Fröholm) departs toward Monakrysset by car. These units will hereafter be called I/IR1. | Fredrikstad | |
| 11/4 | day | The half battery/AR1 is placed under the command of the commander of Höytorp. The are placed north of Höytorp and strengthened with a MG-platoon from kp.4/IR1. | Mysen | |
| 11/4 | 12:30 | The Askim group HQ is moved from Askim middle school to villa Furuset 1km east of Askim station. | Askim | |
| 11/4 | 13:30 | I/IR1 arrives at Monakrysset. They are given a half-battery from A.R.1 (2x75mm guns) and are grouped in the area Laslet, Jörntvedt, Ultvedt, Langsrud (between Mysen and Trögstad). | Mysen | |
| 11/4 | p.m. | German north column reach Enebakk (Tangenbrua), according to message from local police representative there to Maj. Refsum. | west of Glåma | |
| 11/4 | evening | At a meeting with the Division commander, I/IR1 is ordered north to the Fetsund-Blaker area, to demolish the bridges over Glåma in the area. The order is later withdrawn as the battalion commander claims that the troops are too exhausted. Neither are explosives found in enough quantities. | Mysen | |
| 11/4 | 20:15 | New orders for the deployment of
II/AR1 are given, as it has become clear during the day that the German
attack will come from west and probably already next morning. All of II/AR1 will be to the disposition by the Askim group (the unit responsible for the defence of the Glåma river line in the Askim area). The commander of the Askim group ordered the following deployment. Two batteries should be positioned to be able to support Bridge groups 2, 3 and 4 (Langenes, Fossum and Kykkelrud) and one battery to support bridge group 5 at Vamma. Battalion HQ at Höiendal. |
Mysen | |
| 11/4 | 24:00 | The Fossum-group is reinforced with 4 off. and 60 men with 4 HMG. | Askim | |
| 11-12/4 | night | Kp.2 and kp.3 of I/IR1 arrives at Slitu, by train and car, and is given lodging at Näringsrud. The whole I/IR1 is now assembled in this area. | Mysen | |
| 11-12/4 | night | II/IR1 arrives at Slitu and is given lodging at Öierud, Näringsrud and Gislingrud (at the Askim-Mysen road). One company (kp.5) is already detached to Rakkestad though. | Mysen | |
| 12/4 | - | Gutsche detachment is formed in Lilleström by units from IR340. It is a motorised column with 300 men under cpt. Gutsche. It is ordered to advance toward Mysen on the east side of lake Öyaren. | north front | |
| 12/4 | ? | The half battery/AR1 is placed under the command of II/AR1. They deploy 300m south Gurud farm but are later withdrawn. No shells are fired. | Askim | |
| 12/4 | 02:00 | Gen. Engelbrecht informs Gen. Pellengahr that he has got new orders. He shall take Östfold (the area east of Oslofjord) to stop Norwegian mobilization and secure the German flank.[2] | Oslo | |
| 12/4 | 02:00 | Batt.5 II/AR1 (12cm how) in position near Askim church (Kirkehögda). Target area Langenes-Fossum-Kykkelsrud. The ammunition holds are 198 shells (159 granatkard. and 39 granater) | Askim | |
| 12/4 | 04:30 | Batt.3 II/AR1 in position at the western outskirts of Askim (separated into two half batteries). Target area Langenes-Fossum-Kykkelsrud. | Askim | |
| 12/4 | 04:40 | Batt.4 II/AR1 in position at Skole. Target area Kykkelsrud-Vamma | Askim | |
| 12/4 | early morning | II/AR1 HQ at Höiendal Combat supply train at Tömmerås Spotters at Torkildsrud (Vamma), Romsåsen (Kykkelsrud) and Tangen (Fossum). Communications within the battalion through field phones. Communications with the bridge groups through the permanent net and to the Askim group HQ through both field phones and permanent net. |
Askim | |
| 12/4 | 06:40 | Report to Div.HQ about 15 trucks and busses passing Holstad, heading south. | ||
| 12/4 | ca:7 | Report to the Fossum group from post at Spydeberg that 11 busses with Germans are passing, heading for Fossum. | Askim | |
| 12/4 | ca: 7 | One or two busses with German soldiers arrives at the Fossum bridge. They are ambushed by the Norwegian machineguns and gets heavy losses.** | Askim | |
| 12/4 | 08:00 | Report to Div.HQ from Hoböl (?) that a motorised column is heading for Fossum. | Askim | |
| 12/4 | 08:34 | Batt.3/AR1 at Askim fires 39 shells against the western end of the Fossum bridge. 75 shells (granatkard.) are received from the holds of the Askim detachment. | Askim | |
| 12/4 | 09:00 | I/I.R.1, under Maj. Fröholm, is ordered to detach kp.1 and kp.4 to reinforce the Askim detachment. Kp.4 is a reinforced MG company with 5 platoons of altogether 15 HMG. The detachment came to be known as "Group Gleditsch". | Askim | |
| 12/4 | 09:00 | Batt.4/AR1 at Skole, Hauger,
makes ranging fire against Kykkelsrud. Barrages are prepared for two alternatives long the road Fossum-Askim. |
Askim | |
| 12/4 | 09:15 | Batt.5/AR1 at Askim church makes ranging fire against Fossum bridge. The fire is targeted by the observer of Batt.3 at Tangen. Ranging is finished by 09:40. | Askim | |
| 12/4 | ca:9 | I/I.R.1 except Group Gleditsch is ordered to secure the area between Solbergfoss and the south end of lake Öyaren. | Askim | |
| 12/4 | ca:9 | Organisation of an improvised third infantry battalion of I.R.1, under cpt. A.T.Sunde, is ordered (III/IR1). It shall be organised in the farms around Slitu railway station, using the school of 2.Div as nucleus. | Mysen | |
| 12/4 | 09:40 | Gleditsch reports to Major Refsum in Askim and is ordered to stand as reserve at the Kykkelsrud road-cross. Ready to reinforce the defence at Kykkelsrud, Fossum or Langenes. | Askim | |
| 12/4 | ca:10 | II/IR1 is ordered to Askim to reinforce the Askim detachment. II/IR1 has two inf.comp. and one MG-comp. | Mysen | |
| 12/4 | ca:10 | Intensive fire from the German side. Attempts to cross the river are reported.** | Askim | |
| 12/4 | ca:10? | Report from the Fossum group that the enemy has crossed the river south of the Fossum bridge (between Fossum and Kykkelsrud). | Askim | |
| 12/4 | 10:30 | Obst.leut. Haneborg (II/IR1), reports to Maj. Refsum in Askim. Haneborg is ordered to take command over group Gleditsch and the Fossum group and clear the eastern side of the river from Germans. Artillery support could be arranged over the local telephone net. | Askim | |
| 12/4 | 10-11 | Maj. Refsum arranges that the dam at Solbergfoss lets out the water to break up the ice in the river. | Askim | |
| 12/4 | 11:00 | Batt.5/AR1 at Askim church fires five shells against enemy machine gun positions at Fossum bridge. | Askim | |
| 12/4 | ca:11 | Kp.1 of Group Gleditsch is ordered to drive back the Germans that are reported to have crossed the river south of Fossum. The company gets lost in the forest north (!) of the bridge and doesn't report back until late in the evening. | Askim | |
| 12/4 | 14:14 | Batt.5/AR1 at Askim church fires against enemy vehicles on the road north and west Fossum. | Askim | |
| 12/4 | 14:58 | II/IR1 reports that it has reached the eastern side of the river without encountering any Germans. | Askim | |
| 12/4 | 15:15* | Maj. Maetschke reports that he has managed to gather vehicles to motorise his column. [2] | Oslo | |
| 12/4 | 16:00 | The Germans attempts to cross the river at Kykkelsrud but are beaten back by bridge group 4. | Askim | |
| 12/4 | ca:16 or 17 | Intensive German fire against the Fossum group. Attempts to cross the river are reported.** | Askim | |
| 12/4 | 16:55 | Batt.5/AR1 at Askim church fires against the road at Fossum from 16:55 to 17:14 on request by the bridge defence. | Askim | |
| 12/4 | 17:30 | Order from Div.commander that the "center group" (II/IR1 and group Gleditsch) shall be ready as mobile reserve in the Askim area. | Askim | |
| 12/4 | 17:40 | Kp.1 of Group Gleditsch appears at the north flank of the Fossum group. | Askim | |
| 12/4 | 18:00 | Batt.4/AR1 at Skole fires against Fossum. 4 shells for ranging and 34 for effect. Rifle fire against the battery is reported, and infantry for protection is requested. | Askim | |
| 12/4 | evening | Detachment Gutsche drives south on the east side of lake Öyaren. At Fjeldsrud it turns east. | north front | |
| 12/4 | 21:45 | Message from Div.commander to Askim detachment that a strong German column has crossed lake Öyaren (on the ice), and that II/IR1 should be ready to march. They are ordered to Trögstad probable half an hour later. | Askim | |
| 12/4 | 22:00 | Kp.1 of Group Gleditsch reports back, tired to death after 12 hours in deep snow. | Askim | |
| 12/4 | 22:30 | The 10.5cm half-battery takes position at Lekumelva. | Mysen | |
| 12/4 | 23:00 | The half battery/AR1 are deployed at Gurud, south of the road. | Askim | |
| 13/4 | 01:00* | A platoon of kp.7 of II/IR362 crosses the Fossum bridge. [2] | Askim | |
| 13/4 | 01:30* | Maj. Wilck (commander II/IR362) crosses the Fossum bridge. [2] | Askim | |
| 13/4 | 02:00 | II/IR1(under Maj. Haneborg) deploys in the Trögstad area. | Trögstad | |
| 13/4 | ca:2 | Intensive German fire against the Fossum group**. | Askim | |
| 13/4 | 02:30 | Command post of I/IR1(under Maj. Fröholm) established at Örje) | Örje | |
| 13/4 | 03:00* | The rest of kp.7 and a MG-platoon crosses the Fossum bridge. [2] | Askim | |
| 13/4 | 03:00 | The column under Maj. Maetschke enter Fredrikstad. [2] | Fredrikstad | |
| 13/4 | ca:3 | Bridge group 5 at Vamma (3 off, 56 men, 2 HMG) is ordered to advance north toward Askim, to attack Germans advancing from Fossum in the flank. They do so, but when reaching batt.4/AR1 at Hauger they are instead ordered to act as infantry protection for the battery. | Askim | |
| 13/4 | 03:30 | Batt.3/AR1 at Askim is informed about the German advance and half the battery, with a more advanced position, is withdrawn to Lökengårdene south of Askim. | Askim | |
| 13/4 | 03:30 | Batt.4/AR1 at Skole is informed about the German advance and are ordered to retreat. They request permission to stay, and it is granted. | Askim | |
| 13/4 | 03:30 | Batt.5/AR1 at Askim church is informed about the German advance and are ordered to retreat over Askim - Korsegården to Tömmerås. | Askim | |
| 13/4 | 04:15 | Batt.5/AR1 leaves Askim church. | Askim | |
| 13/4 | 04:30 | Batt.4/AR1 at Skole fires barrage against the road Fossum-Askim. Range 3400m. Slow fire with 50m jump. 150 shells fired. | Askim | |
| 13/4 | 04:55 | Batt.5/AR1 at Askim church, is ordered to find a position between Sekkelstein and
Tömmerås. (OBS, the same event as 03:30 but another time given - possibly a clarification of the first order, given when the battery passed the HQ in Askim) |
Askim | |
| 13/4 | 05:15 | Batt.4/AR1 at Skole gets infantry protection from the Vamma bridge group. Later a platoon is received from the reserve group of the Askim detachment as well. | Askim | |
| 13/4 | 05:15 | Batt.5/AR1 arrives at Tömmerås. | Askim | |
| 13/4 | 05:15 | Bridge group 1 at Solbergfoss is reinforced with 3 off and 60 men | Askim | |
| 13/4 | 05:30* | Jagdkommando Manthey crosses the Fossum bridge. [2] | Askim | |
| 13/4 | 05:35 | kp.3 and 4 of III/IR1 (organising around Slitu) are ordered to Berger, northeast of Askim. kp3 and 4 are line units. The rest of the battalion are local defence units. The battalion are therefore subsequently called local defence battalion (Lv.bat./IR1). | Mysen | |
| 13/4 |
06:00 |
Group Gleditsch, positioned about 1.5km west Askim, comes into firefight with advancing German troops. | Askim | |
| 13/4 | 06:15 | Batt.5/AR1 at Tömmerås is ordered to deploy. | Askim | |
| 13/4 | morning | Batt.4/AR1 at Skole fires at
enemy positions around Romsås-Krokås during the morning. Observation is
done by cpt. Gleditsch. Probably the fire that hit the Norwegian 1.kp at
6.30 is fired by Batt.4. Later an enemy command post is sighted at Rom skole. Fire against it (brisantgranat) and then at infantry in the terrain (granatkard.). This The battery is also hit by enemy artillery. No losses. |
Askim | |
| 13/4 | 06:30 | A counterattack by 1.kp. on the
right flank of group Gleditsch, against Skole is ordered by cpt.
Gleditsch. It's unclear when the attack is done, but it was thrown back by the fire from German Machine guns. |
Askim | |
| 13/4 | 06:15 | Batt.5/AR1 at Tömmerås is ready in position 300m north Sekkelstein. | Askim | |
| 13/4 | 06:45 | Batt.5/AR1 sends a radio equipped spotter team to the battalion commander at Höiendal. | Askim | |
| 13/4 | ca: 7 | kp.3 and 4 of III/IR1 arrives at Berger, northeast of Askim. kp.3 is ordered to N.Hov to protect a machine gun platoon there, while kp.4 (weak machine gun company) takes position at Berger (2HMG) and at heights northeast of Askim (2HMG). | Askim | |
| 13/4 | ca: 7 | From around 07:00 batt.3/AR1 at Askim fires at enemy positions around Rom and Skole. This continues over the morning. 50 grenades are received from the holdings of II/AR1. | Askim | |
| 13/4 | 07:00* | The column under Maj. Maetschke leaves Fredrikstad, heading for Sarpsborg. 19 men on bicycles crosses the river, to advance south of it. | Fredrikstad | |
| 13/4 | 07:30 | The half battery/AR1 at Gurud fires 50 shells (granatkardesh) against infantry platoon at Rom skole. | Askim | |
| 13/4 | 07:30 | Batt.5/AR1 at Tömmerås ready to fire. No requests are made though. | Askim | |
| 13/4 | 07:55 | Lv.bat./IR1 at Slitu is ordered to be ready to march. | Mysen | |
| 13/4 | 08:00 | German detachment Gutsche reach Sletner farm after a night of clearing extensive roadblocks. Gutsche decides to turn back and take the road over Båstad insted (following lake Öyaren). | north front | |
| 13/4 | 09:00* | Maj. Wilck establishes a command post two km west of Askim. [2] (this should be the one taken under fire by batt.4/AR1) | Askim | |
| 13/4 | 09:25 | Air alarm at Batt.4/AR1. | Askim | |
| 13/4 | late morning | Batt.4/AR1 fires at prepared fire zones and by observation from Cpt. Gleditsch. | Askim | |
| 13/4 | a.m | kp.1 of group Gleditsch counterattacks against German forces in the area of Rom and Skole. They are however driven back by machinegun fire. Then they are ordered to hold a defensive position. Own artillery support hits them though, and they retreats in disorder to northeast. The artillery support could possibly be the one against Rud at 11:00 (I must admit I haven't been able to locate Rud), or fire by Batt.4 after the German attack at 12:00. The later makes more sense, though it is unclear in [1] whether Batt.4 fired at that time. | Askim | |
| 13/4 | 11:00 | The half battery/AR1 at Gurud fires 40 shells (granatkard.) against Germans at the farm Rud | Askim | |
| 13/4 | 12:00 | Bridge group 4 at Kykkelsrud withdraws to southeast, following a route further south than the route of retreat specified by higher command, thereby opening the left flank of group Gleditsch. | Askim | |
| 13/4 | 12:00 | The Germans attacks out of the bridgehead at Fossum bridge. | Askim | |
| 13/4 | 12:00 | Batt.4/AR1 possibly fires defensive fire directed by Cpt. Gleditsch. [1 s.216] | Askim | |
| 13/4 | 12:25 | Air alarm at Batt.4/AR1 at Skole. The battery is sighted. The battery gets a new grouping area at Sekkelstein (either due to fear of air attack, or due to the German advance). They don't leave until 14:00 though. | Askim | |
| 13/4 | 12:30 | Germans advance over the Skjolden farms from south west. | Askim | |
| 13/4 | 12:30 | The half battery/AR1 at Gurud is withdrawn due to the enemy presence at Skjolden. The attached MG-platoon stays. | Askim | |
| 13/4 | 12:30 | The western half of batt.3/AR1 is taken under fire by an enemy gun. It continues for some time (30-40 shells during 2 (?) hours) and a reported enemy gun position at Skjolden is taken under fire. | Askim | |
| 13/4 | 12:40 | The commander of the Askim detachment decides to retreat. One group to Sekkelstein 3 km east Askim on the road to Mysen, and one group to Korsegården, on the same distance on the road to Trögstad. His HQ moves to Gislingrud. The retreat is not done immediately though. It seems that it is done around 15. | Askim | |
| 13/4 | 13:00 | Batt.5/AR1 at Tömmerås is ordered by Maj. Refsum to retreat to Gislingrud. | Askim | |
| 13/4 | 13:00 | Commander 1.Div orders creation of a defensive line anchored at Höitorp fort. | Mysen | |
| 13/4 | 14:00 | Batt.4/AR1 at Hauger leaves for Sekkelstein. When approaching Sekkelstein the area is under air attack, and a new position south of Lekumelva river is given. | Askim | |
| 13/4 | 14:10 | Lv.bat./IR1 is ordered to take position in the line between the fortifications. | Mysen | |
| 13/4 | 14:30 | Batt.5/AR1 arrives at Gislingrud. Radio equipped spotter patrol sent out. | Askim | |
| 13/4 | 14:45 | Telephone lines laid between Batt.5/AR1 and the command post of Maj. Refsum at Gislingrud. | Askim | |
| 13/4 | 15:00 | Batt.5/AR1 ready to fire. The
radio patrol couldn't get through and no requests arrive. Enemy aircrafts over the battery are taken under fire by the AAMG. |
Askim | |
| 13/4 | 15:30 | The Germans under Maj. Wilck. enter Askim [2] | Askim | |
| 13/4 | 16:00 | Batt.3/AR1 withdraws from Askim
toward Mysen. (this seems very late as Askim should have been controlled by the Germans for half an hour by then - either the time is wrong or the battery had already made a shorter withdrawal) |
Askim | |
| 13/4 | 16:30 | Batt.5/AR1 is ordered to retreat to Skifterudengen.. | Askim | |
| 13/4 | 17:30 | German detachment Gutsche reach the roadblock at S. Hov defended by company Orre (north of Trögstad fort). A two hour firefight follows. | Trögstad | |
| 13/4 | 17:30 | Batt.4/AR1 arrives to the area Uldal - Haga - Falkenborg, with the assigned target area Sulerud - Fusk - Sekkelstein. | Mysen | |
| 13/4 | 18:00 | Batt.3/AR1 arrives at the crossroad at Momarka (Monakrysset), near Höitorp fort. Here it is ordered by the commander of II/AR1 to go into position west of Gislingrud, together with batt.5. Later it had to withdraw to Härland, east of Mysen, without having fired from the Gislingrud position. | Mysen | |
| 13/4 | 18:20 | Batt.4/AR1 is ordered to Härland church. | Mysen | |
| 13/4 | 18:30 | Batt.5/AR1 arrives at Härland church. | Mysen | |
| 13/4 | 19:00 | The Germans under Maj. Maetschke enter Fredriksten in Halden. [2] | Halden | |
| 13/4 | 19:00 | At a Norwegian staff meeting the commander of 1.Div decides to withdraw to a line along the lakes around Örje. | Mysen | |
| 13/4 | 20:00 | The firefight between cmp.Orre and det.Gutsche ends when the dark falls and Gutsche decides to retreat as he is afraid to be outflanked and cut off. The detachment returns to Fetsund, where he is promptly relieved of his command. | Trögstad. | |
| 13/4 | 21:00 | The Germans under Maj. Wilck reach Monakrysset (roadcrossing north Mysen). | Mysen | |
| 13/4 | 22:00 | The Germans under Maj. Wilck enter Mysen. [2] | Mysen | |
| 13/4 | 23:00 | Batt.5/AR1 leaves Härland for Örje. | Askim | |
| 14/4 | 04:00 | The retreating Norwegians at Örje are taken under fire. Probably by mistake from nervous Norwegians. | Örje | |
| 14/4 | 08:27 | German attack on Höitorp fort begins. | Mysen | |
| 14/4 | 14:16 | Höitorp fort surrenders to the Germans. They had one dead (friendly fire) but many nervous breakdowns. | Mysen | |
| 14/4 | 20:00 | At a staff meeting it is agreed on that the Norwegian troops are demoralized and unfit for combat. The Germans has so far not pursued the retreating Norwegians, but the commander (Erichsen) nevertheless decides to withdraw the whole force into Sweden. | Örje |
Sources:
When nothing else is stated the source is Krigen i Norge, Operationerna i Östfold.
[1] Krigen i Norge, Operationerna i Östfold.
[2] Vi dro mot Nord, Sven T Arneberg and Kristian Hosar.