THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 8, 1941.
GERMAN
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CONCENTRATIONS AT
SOFIA BOMBED BY THE R.A.F.
Swift Response To Belgrade Raid
GERMAN THRUST AT BELLES
Parachutists and
pro- paganda leaflets were dropped in Macedonia on Sunday, stated the offi-
IT WAS OFFICIALLY announced in Cairo last night that German military concen- trations at Sofia and motor transport in the Struma Valley were heavily bombed on Sun- day night.
The R.A.F. quickly replied to the German air attack on Belgrade by bombing the Ger- man military concentrations at Sofia, says the Middle East communiqué.
The tation ami marshalling yards, a railway junction, wate- houses, motor transport and it large factory were heas dy bomb-!
were many explosions and опе very large fire Several smaller ones.
case trucks were
c
There
In one
cial Greek spokesman in to be hurled into the a Athens last night.
A number of parachut- ists, he said, had been captured.
Leaflets dropped by Nazi pilots professed German friendship for the Greek people, "whom they wished to
preserve from the
horror of war. **
ed.
and
Pt.
After carrying out their bomb. ing attack the aircraft dived and machine gunned the ob- jectives and motor transport on roads in the Struma Valley. Considerable damage was caus-
All aircraft engaged raid returned safely to base
Government Moves
Debra
Marcos
Captured
With the fall of Debra the Marcos practically the whole of the province of Gojjam has been freed from Italian domination
The Yugoslav Government, The Greek spokesman added: with General Simovitch, has gone to Branies and Catak, 60 mies south of Belgrade, claims the | German radio, quoting as author-
ty the Sofia correspondent of Haban newspaper,-Reuter
"The main German thrust is at Belles and along
Struma the Valley, but all along the fron- tier. from Belles, their divi- sions. stabbed us in the back while our army was confront- ing another aggressor.
"Using every modern mechani- cal weapon of war, however, they did not effect a passage.
Greeks Counter-Attack
front
011
"The Greek soldiers
the German
withstood heavy artillery fire, destroyed oncoming tanks and counter-attacked.
SNATCHER CAUGHT
Italian defence of the town con- tinued for seven says, during which the Italians lost 250 dead and 800 wounded.
anbiles and ammunition stocks weit | Guns. machine-guns, au!umo-}
captured in considerable quanti- ties.
The Italians, who are now re- treating towards the Bue N. le. are being closely pursued by the British ---Reuter.
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"The Greeks brought aix German 'planes without suffering any losses in themselves.
down
planes
Runty
"In Albania, the Duce's was inactive, evidently expecting to gather the fruit of other peo ple's labours.”
Violent Attacks
A Greek High Command com- munique, quoted by Athens radio last night, states that the German attack continues with the same violence and is being resisted by small Greek forces.
The
evacuation of western Thrace is proceeding in a regular
manner,
On the Albaniah front a strong offensive by the Greeks resulted in the capture of 500 prisoners.--- Reuter.
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INTEREST IN YOUR PATIENTS
I'M SORRY MATRON
BUT I'M DOING MY
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SIX WEEKS. TIME
WHY NOT SEE A DOCTOR
MY DEAR
AT THE DOCTOR'S
"YOUR TROUBLE IS NIGHT STARVATION YOU SEE, WHILE YOU SLEEP YOUR HEART, LUNGS AND OTHER AUTOMATIC PROCESSES CONTINUE USING UP ENERGY. IN YOUR CASE ALSO THIS HAS LED TO AN EXCESS OFACIO WASTE PRUDUCTS IN THE ELOOD. RECENT TESTS HAVE PROVED
THAT HORLICKS AT
BEDTIME IS WHAT'
YOU NEED."
STRUMA VALLEY FIGHTING
The strong resistance encountered by the Ger- mans, especially in the Struma Valley, was em- phasised by Moscow radio in a broadcast for home consumption yesterday.
Commenting upon the military situation created by the German attacks on Yugoslavia and Greece, the Moscow announcer in the main confined himself to giving briefly the Greek, British and German communiques, but also emphasis- ed the strong resistance the Ger-. mana were encountering. Router.
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TWO MONTHS LATER.:
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