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MAJOR DISASTER FOR IL DUCE Perfect Coordination Of Gen.
Wavell's Forces SPRATLY
DANGER OF DEBACLE ISLAND
STEAM ROLLERING OPPOSITION
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Greek columns driv- ing on the Italian coastal base at Paler-
mo, en route to Valona and the in- land highway. centre. of Tepelini, were au- thoritatively reported in Athens last night to be "steam roller- ing," all Fascist op- position on the south- ern Albanian front. -International News Service.
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SWIFT CAPTURE BY THE BRITISH IMPERIAL FORCES OF SIDI BARRANI, THE 'MAJOR DISASTER INFLICTED ON GEN- ERAL GRAZIANI'S ARMIES STRUNG OUT IN EGYPT BY THE SPEED AND SKILL WITH WHICH THE ITALIAN 30-MILE-LONG SPEARHEAD WAS NIPPED OFF FROM BUG-BUG TO SIDI BAR- RANI, WITH THE CAPTURE OF THOUSANDS OF PRISONERS AND HUGE QUANTITIES OF WAR MATERIALS, HAS ELECTRI- FIED MILITARY EXPERTS.
Britain's smashing victory was gained by methodical planning, deadly swift strokes when the coup was launched and perfect co- operation between the army, the air force and the Royal Navy, whose bombardments at Sollum and elsewhere prevented Graziani from relieving his divisions trapped at Sidi Barrani.
VIOLENT BATTLE IN THE TEVELI SECTOR
(From Reuter's Special Correspondent on the
Yugoslav-Albanian Frontier)
General Wavell's heavy blow is viewed as an indication that Bri- tain is doing her level best to stage another Dunkirk but this time with the roles reversed and the R.A.F.. on the attacking end, while the enemy flounders for safety to the sea.
sary to desert their Albanian and African bases and strike for home by sea.
Count Clano, the Italian For- eign Minister, is reported to be going to Berlin, possibly · for advice,
He may be told there is none to give, for the Germans, thus far The joint campaigns Iri Al- have been scrupulously careful to bania and Egypt ́against Musso keep themselves, out of the sort of Inl's legions are directed to trap. Il Duce seems to have set for ward just this objective, and if himself.-International News Ser- either or both succeed, the vice. world may witness `a`military debacle - that · "has' had. few m
parallels.
cast: winds, fresh; fine.
Mr. Winston Churchill's speech WEATHER FORECAST:N describing the, successful evacua- tion of 300,000 trapped British troops from Dunkirk is still fresh
VIOLENT FIGHTING continued yester- in the memory.
day in the Teveli sector, where the Italians,
He told how, under the wings of Nazi bombers, tired, discour-
mies had been ferried across the
who have been reinforced, are making des-aged and powder-blackened Tom- perate efforts to prevent the Greeks from des- cending into the river valley.
In the Skumbi Valley, which leads to El- basan, the Greeks have advanced to positions in front of Vrepka.
· BLOCKADE
RUNNER
CAUGHT
Desperate Italian counter-at- tacks, intended to hold up Greek progress, have failed.
North of Podgradetz, where flerce fighting is progressing, the Greeks are maintaining their post- tions despite all attacks.
Channel in warships, transports,
and
yachts, yawls
even flat- bottomed rowboats. Nothing was
lacking save the sea-green cockle-
shell of the owl and the pussy
cat.
Mussolini's Plight
were
But Mussolini can hardly hope for any successful 'repeti tion of the Dunkirk miracio, for conditions in the Mediter
·ranean and the English. Channef are as different as they can be, The British at Dunkirk. Along the Lake Okhrida coast aided by the almost always pre- road the Greeks have advanced sent Channel fog, which spoiled slightly despite snow and rain, the aim of German bombers, and THE GERMAN CARGO Groups of Italians are crossing the whole rank and file of the STEAMER RHEIN, WHICH LEFT; the border to surrender to the sea-going Channel, population of TAMPICO (MEXICO) 12 DAYS¦ Yugoslav authorities.
England chipped in to aid in the
·AGO TO RUN THE. BRITISH
BLOCKADE, • HAS BEEN IN- Port Of Valona Bombed TERCEPTED.NBYASAN DUTCH
rescue.
Mussolini has not the advan- WARSHIP SOMEWHERE IN THE B The RAFI again bombed Vantage of any similar breed of WESTERN ATLANTIC... AG-lona on Tuesday and a vessel in sailing-men. CORDING TO AN INFORMED: harbour was hit while other bombs
SOURCE IN WASHINGTON fell among buildings, a munition Happy Hunting Ground dump and in a motor -transport
YESTERDAY,
IT WAS ADDED THAT "FIRE park.
But most important is that both WAS BEEN ON BOARD. THE
the Mediterranean: ? and Adriatle RHEIN AS THE WARSHIP. This was announced at R.A.F.usually experience, bright \ sun- CLOSED IN BUT IT IS NOT headquarters in Greece yesterday, shine and the R.A.F, stationed at KNOWN WHETHER THE NAZI It was added that all British air- Malta, Corfu, Crote and Alexan- CRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY BANK Craft returned safely to base.
OR WAS CAPTURED," REU. TER.
(Questions on Pago, 18)
dria will have nothing less than happy hunting from start to finish if the Italians' find it neces
RUMOUR
Reports from Indo-China that Japan is. concen- trating forces at Spratly Island, between Indo- the possible purpose of China and Borneo, for
blockading Singapore, are being received with considerable scepticism in Washington.
capital that Japan is hardly like-
It is believed in the American
ly to do anything in the near fu- ture likely to bring her into open armed conflict with Britain, especially in view of the present misfortune of the Axis arms and the lack of any protective non- aggression arrangement with Rus- siante
In addition It is believed that "the new British credit to China and the new American restric- tion on metal exports to Japan, plus the renewed concentration of American naval strength at
• Hawaii, is more likely to act as a brake on Japanese adventuring 'than 'motivation:for more.
The new British credit. many. observers think, 'recognises the „wars of Europe and Asia as funda-; mentally one and for all practical purposes makes China an ally of Britain in contesting the Nazi ob- jective of world domination... Reuter.
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