THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 26, 1940.
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FRESH ADVANCES BY GREEKS
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Italians Retreating North-West Towards Valona Many Prisoners And Much Booty
MIRS BAY LIGHTER EXPLOSION
Two
persons lost their lives and eight others suffered injuries following an explosion on board lighter No. 3042V in Mirs Bay on Christmas Eve.
The eight injured have been admitted to the Kowloon Hos- pital.
CELEBRATE WITH
HEADS HIGH
CAN
THE GREEKS
CELE- BRATE CHRISTMAS WITH THEIR HEADS HIGH, FOR THE
Taken
THE GREEKS HAVE MADE FRESH AD- VANCES, DRIVING ON VALONA, THE OFFI- CIAL SPOKESMAN IN ATHENS STATED, ADDING THAT THE ITALIANS ARE RE- TREATING NORTH-WEST FROM CHIMARA.
The Greeks also continued the advance north-east of Chimara and occupied new posi- tions, while further inland a point of great strategic importance has fallen to the Greeks operating north and east of Premeti.
A communique says that during local fights the Greeks made a number of prisoners and captured eight guns and numerous mat- erial.
the
The road leading to Chimara was found by the Greek troops 1o be strewn with Italian dead,
The triumphal Greek entry into The Greek troops found the Adriatic coastal town of Chi-town devastated, the Italians hav mara-which is not only an im- ing destroyed portant milestone on the way to could not carry off.
everything they Valona, last of the two remain- ing Albanian ports in Italian hands but also the extreme right wing of what the Italians plan- Military material abandoned by ned to be a line of resistance from the Italians in their flight was suf- the coast to Lake Okhrida was ficient to equip three divisions. made on Sunday.
Reuter.
This latest in the now long list of Greek victories, starting with Koritza, is particularly significant, not only strategically but also to the Greek nation.
Greek Town
WAR THEY HAVE BEEN FORC- Chimara is inhabited by a pure- ED INTO AS A RESULT OF ly Greek population and was oc- ITALY'S AGGRESSION "18 NOT cupied, together with the sur- A WAR OF CONQUEST BUT OF rounding country of northern DELIVERANCE," WRITEB M.Epirus, by the Greek army after VEKIARELLIS, DIRECTOR OF the second Balkan War in 1913. THE ATHENS NEWS AGENCY, But the Great Powers at the IN THE
NEWSPAPER Conference of Florence decided "ETHENOS" YESTERDAY.
that the northern Epirus
He refers to Mussolini as "anbanian State. oppressor knowing nothing of love and taking his stand on hale."
The writer adds:! "The enemy
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CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
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be included in the independent Al- want a "peaceful chance to better the world in a voluntary way and not in a way imposed by con- hypocritically calls himself Christian, yet he is striking
The Greeks accepted the settle- quest," President Roose- Christ with the same dagger withment but the inhabitants of the Velt declared in his annual which he is striking Greece, forner of revolt under Captain Spy-
region themselves raised the ban- Christmas greeting he who breaks Christ's law peace stabs Christ himself.
romilios, with the result Anally the people of, the. United "There
Epirus,
with States. are, however, many Italians against whom
was grant- the Duce uttered threats in his speech of November 18 who are friends of Greece and justice."-Reuter.
of
that northern Chrimara as capital
ed
to
autonomy within Albania, The President further declared: with the right to raise its Own "We must keep on striving for a armed force and making Greek better world. the official language.
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"It is unintelligent to be de- featist, Crisis may beget crisis but the progress underneath does not wholly halt. It does go forward."
The President added: "This cannot be a merry Christmas for those of mature years but it can be a happy Christmas if by hap- piness we mean that we have done with doubts; that we have set our hcarts anew and that we still be- lieve in the golden rule mankind."---Reuter,
RONALD COLMAN'S
for the invasion of Greece, came in for rough GIFT
treatment at the hands of the Greeks in the
of all
three-day battle before the capture of Chi-received by the Royal Air Force
mära.
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This division is alleged by the Greeks to have committed a number of atrocities and to have carried off hostages when forced to re- treat across the Kalamas River in the early days of the campaign.
Three Black Shirt divisions, ac- cording to latest reports from the front, also suffered badly in 'the' great attack, on Chimara.
Attempts by Italian planes to aid their troops were unsuccessful and Greek artillery also out shelled; the Italian,
The road from Mount Boral, few miles east of Chimera to the town itself, is reported to be
cheque for. £100 has just beeri
Comforts Commitee from Mr. Ronald Colman, the famous Brit-
ish film star. Writing from Bever- especially asks that his gift be de- |ly Hills, Californa, Ronald Colman and tobacco for the men of the voted to the purchase of cigarettes R.A.F., "in gratitude."
The RAF, Comforts Fund ex- ists to supply the fighting men of ^ęstrown: with bodies of Italian the RAF, and their Allied com
Boldlera and war material of silrades of the air, with gifts and. kinds,
comforts of all kinds. Besides' Before withdrawing from woollens for men on exposed Jobs, ed, to have smashed ikons and tonal items are provided. Chimara, the Italians are alleg-games, radio sets and other recrea chandeliers in churches and Donations of cash, or of knitted raken barrels of alive all in the articles and other gifts, should be road.
They are also stated to have se, RAF Comforts Committee, sent direct to the Officer-la-Char- taken many hostages with them; 20 Berkeley Square, London,
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PERSISTENCE REWARDED
VISTA
A Hurricane plot up with his fired, but all stopped after a sec- and fighters Squadron sighted 100 bombers ond. coming up
to the Themes Estuary. He selected. a Me. 109 and dived on it. His guns have gone home but he saw a for- At this point he might well did not fire. He pressed the but-mation of Me.109's flying away on again, and again the guns aid from him. Diving on a straggler, fire, so he turned away. he tried his 'guns once more. All Climbing again he found a Me.110 of them fired for two seconds, He and he got on its tail. He pressed hit one Me.109 in the petrol tank. his gun button a third time, Two It caught fire and crashed into the guns fired and jammed after ten sea. rounds. He waited a moment and pressed again. Some of the guns
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That's persistence,
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