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ITALIANS ORGANISING DEFENCE AT PALERMO ITALY TO Greek Flanking LONGEST
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Movement Threatens ALL CLEAR
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Mussolini's military THE ITALIANS IN RETREAT IN ALBANIA shake-up is interpreted ARE ATTEMPTING TO ORGANISE A REAR- in Rome as possibly fore- shadowing a move to seek GUARD STAND AT PALERMO, SIX MILES a decisive showdown SOUTH OF KHIMARA.
with the British Navy.
Admiral Domenico Cavagnari,
Staff, was a conservative, while
Other Greek columns, however, on the
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the replaced Chief of Naval right wing, are pushing toward Tepelini and his successor, Admiral Arturo Premeti in a flanking manoeuvre which Riccardi, is a dynamic personal threatens to trap thousands of Italians whe Admiral Riccardi... is and are making efforts to form the new defence tion by warships and planes.line. International News Service.
ity.
vocate of bold co-ordinated ac-
Italian Generals Killed In Air Crash
Two Italian generals were killed on Satur- day when the military plane carrying members of the Italian armistice commission which had. been negotiating with France, crashed at Bareacquie, in the province of Piedmont, it was revealed in Rome yesterday...
They were General Pietro Pinno, General of the Air Force, and General Pellegini.
The plane was flying from Rome to Turin at the time of the crash, the cause of which has not yet been established.--Reuter.
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ANTONESCU Timely
REVENGE
SPEECH
Aid By Britain
The official announcement in Athens - that' the Greeks have completed the occupation of Ar- gyrokastron means that the Greek troops. now. dominate the whole lower tip of Albania.
On the north front Greek mountain warriors are reported to have pushed the vanguardo of their double-pronged-offen- sig to within. 18 miles of Elbasan, which is the gateway to Tirang.
Wild rejoicing took place in the streets of Athens. yesterday, with crowds crying "On to Tirana and Rome."
* Hundreds more Italian prison- ers and many tons of supplies have been seized on the southern front.
Climax To First Stage
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It is reported that most of Argyrokastron's 11,000 residents welcomed the Greeks with loud cheers.
Greck fire-fighters subdued the flames of blazes"; set, by the re- treating Italians.
as a
The occupation comes climax to the first stage of the Greek counter-invasion,
Meanwhile it is reported that n-column, striking from Santi General Antonescu, Ru- Britain's contribution Quaranta is pressing hard on the heels of the Italians towards manian Premier, address- towards China's war ef- Khimora; "International News ing thousands of war ve- fort at this juncture is Service. -terans at a mass meeting most timely and signifi- in Bucharest yesterday; cant, declare observers in warned that "Rumania in London
future will answer any at- It is imperative they emphasie, tack directed against that no opportunity be given to the tripartite Powers to retrieve her
their blunder,
CANTON HANKOW RAILWAY BOMBED
Canton Hankow Railway
A number of points on tho
Hunan, including Chuchow, Chaoling and Chuting, were bombed by Japanese "planes yes The audience greeted the state- China's final victory has never terday morning. Most of the ment with shouts of "For the been doubted by the majority of missies landed in open folds. restoration of northern Transyl- the British people who are much causing Hittle damage. - Central varila.
encouraged by recent Chinese suc- News. Another speaker, General Ba- cesses. However, some of them as gulescu, told the: chearing veter- | are still suspicious of the Inten-- ans that the Rumanian army was tion behind the "Japanese with- now being tutored by German drawal from: large areas of Cori- the Far East Command; London experts and awaits only General tral and South Chino,
observers point out, clearly in- Antonescu's command to "march. The vigilance maintained by dicate - Anglo-American deter- for the reconquest of our lost ter- the United States Navy in the mination on joint defence against. Titories. International News Pacint and ~ Britain's newly-ap- Japan's southward expansion. Service
pointed Commander-in-Chief of Centrál News.-
U.S. FIGHTERS RELEASED TO GREECE
BROKEN
Hardly before dusk had ooo.clouded the outlines of alert last
It was learned in Washington yesterday that the United States “ Government, -swiftly executing the policy of aidinganations fighting against ag- gression, has released an initial 30 Curtiss pursuit 'planes to Greece.
Some of the planes were United States property and some were awaiting delivery to Britain, and were released to Greece with the sanction of London: Interna- tional News Service.
LONDON
London the the long.
evening broke
est all-clear spell--two whole days and one night the citizens of the capital had experienced since the start of the German air – blitz on August 7.
One enemy: fighter-bomber was shot down into the Chan- nel early yesterday afternoon.
This was announced in "the" briefest Ale Ministry communi«i que to date, which adds: "Otherwise there is nothing. to
· report_i
--The skies over Britain - have been permanently clear of enemy: aircraft since Friday night's at tack on Bristol-and the R.A.F.'s hammering the same night of Luftwaffe bases in occupied ter-
ritory. Reuter.
WEATHER REPORT The
The Royal Observatory reports that the anticyclone is moving north-eastward, pressure being highest over Manchuria.
The depression has moved to the north-east of Hokkaido and has increased considerably in in- tensity; a depression, is indicated to the south of Guam.
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