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GENERAL
HAIL OF LEAD TURNS ITALIAN INDIAN TROOPS
ITALIAN PRESS ATTACKS ON
FRANCE
(Reuter) --
LONDON, Nov. 5 Swiss correspondents In Rome draw attention to the significant fact that the whole of the Italian Press bas resumed 8 severe at tacks on France since the Hitler- Mussolini meeting at Florence.
It is suggested that they may have had it brought home to them that although France was defeat- ed, she is far from being deni
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Sole Agents:
ATTACK INTO A ROUT: TANK AID ABORTIVE
Communication Lines
By Guerillas: Land,
Cut
Air
FOR WAR ZONE
FAREWELL ADDRESS BY MAHARAJAH LONDON, Nov. 5 (Reuter)
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ATHENS CIRCLES
SATISFIED
INCREASING HELP FROM BRITAIN
LONDON, Nov. 5 (Router) Another unit of the Indian State Greek sources in Athens are ex- forces-the first detachment of pressing great Batisfaction both the Mysore Infantry-is leaving in the increasing help Britain is Its Home station for active service, giving to Greece and at the stand stated the Madras Radio yester Greek troops are making all along day.
the lips. farewell speech to the The Greek Minister in London troops at Bangalore the Mahara-says that he has no reason Jah of Mysore announced a GREEK FORCES HAVE CAPTURED BIGLISHTE AND ARE ber of concessions in the matter in Crete which include land, naval num-doubt the reports of British forces BOMBARDING KORITZA, commanding the heights, according to of separation and ration. allow and air unita. reports from the frontier received in" Belgfade, the Yugoslavian arices. capital. last night.
Bombardment Of Koritza
In a
The Maharajah ut
to
Despite the latest Greek sto Mysore,cesses the High Command does
A Greek guerilla band commanded by Vardea, the famous speaking to the men, told them not underrate the strength of the guerilla leader, is reported to have cut the communications of the that they were going to "take Italians and greatly intensified Italian army threatening Janina which is sald to "number" 30.000 part in the great struggle for the enemy action la regarded as 'Im-
maintenance of truth, right, hon-minent. our and justice against those who seeking to impose .brutal tyranny on the world."
men
Greek troops are
unofficially "Greeks,
Although lacking any reported to have taken the offen anti-tank equipment, held
AIC their sive in the southern sector of fire until the last moment.
48 the front in the past hours,!
Met by a sudden hall of lead advancing at some points
into the Italians turned and fled. Albania.
Another report is that Alba Meanwhile a week "of Bercenian irregulars have broken Bghting has clearly established and destroyed an Italian mo.. that the Italian High Command torised convoy. hopelessly under-rated the mag- nitude of the task which Italy set herself when she attacked! Greece.
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IMPROVED POSITION This view was underlined yestesday in Greek military quarters in Athens where it stated, without any tendency towards over confidence, that the position is far better than any- one could have hoped for seven days agn"
GREEK MORALE
up
Sky-Writing Over Paris
LONDON, Nov.
(Reuter)
WAR COMING TO MIDDLE EAST?
Gen. Smuts Hopeful Of Future
JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 5 (Reu
A
Altogether it appears that the enemy, have no heart for the Twelve Swedish Journalists naveter) carried away a reassuring campaign and all despatches,em just returned to Stockholm from impression of the situation as phasise the superior morale and a visit to Berlin, Paris and Brus-whole," stated General Jan Smuts, great courage of the Greek isels. soldiers,
Nevertheless an Intensifed ef-
High Com fort by the Italian mand to retrieve the situation is expected soon.
from change traffic
British planes, they say, T* - cently flew over Paris and wrote Courage and Resistance in the sky over the city'. They report that travellers Reliable reports received in Berlin to Vichy have to Belgrade from the Greek fron
trains, 27 times owing to are now difficulties hours that the Italians might ter state the Greeks
vigorously bombarding Koritza. succeed in breaking through the
the Italian supply mountain passes west of Florina miles. Inside the Albanian before the
could rally, Greeks thus paving the way for a drive
It was feared in the Arst
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NO OPPOSITION
On Sunday Greek planes bomb- ed Koritza without meeting 'up- position.
Japan's Failures In Far East
referring to a review of the m tary situation at Khartoum be tween himself. Mr. Anthony Eden and General Sir Archibald Wavell, "Now that Hitler's plan against heroic Eritain" has gone wrong and another attack could only he repeated with even less chance of success, the war is coming towards the Middle East, nearer, to Asia and Northern Africa.
"Some of the decisive phases of the war
may yet be decided in the Mediterranean basta.
OFFENSIVE SPIRIT
**The
offensive spirit which British strategy s developing and But violent Greek counter.
It is also reported that the
the strange lack of enterprise und attacka not only folled the Greek have captured the-town
initiative on the part of Italy and eremy's plans but swept their of Elklichta. "Just inside
the enemy's ever-lengthening land own troops forward into Albania. Albanian frontier, on the road
That Japan was
communications through hostile Positions have been captured from Koritza to Florina:
"dragooned" into signing the Japan-Axis Pacuand Asia, are in our favour.
countries as he moves to Africa north or
Itallan base of It is learned there have been was the opinion of Mr. Hallett Koritza, which is now heavily frequent desertions from the Al-Abend, veteran China correspon ruture developments."
"I look forward "hopefully th shelled by Greek artillery." 1 banian troops on the Koritza dent of the New York Times; who
During the past 48 hours Greeks are unofficially
the
to have been
до
the front.
reported! the offensive!.
also in the southern sector, vancing into Albania at points
Fresh troops are arriving ly in support,
In the centre sector, both sides bave massed forces, the situation le static.
It was here
ad-
en..
has arrived in Singapore on the way to Changking via the Burma Road, says the Malaya Tribune.
was
In the "Who's. Whe" of the ship that brought him here, it
stated that "Mr. Abend. wa's "virtually a fugitive from the wrath of the Shanghai Japanese."
ITALIAN VERSION Italian reports from the Greek several Albanian frontier state that Ita"
lian aircraft were actively hour-gaged yesterday in bombing "and machine gunning * Greek posi- tions and
troop concentrations; batteries and villages.
The official Italian news agency claims that "Italian troops con- tinued to advance on all fronts." Feking and Shanghai, and on CAMOUFLAGED RAIDER travels through all parts of China. He is considered an authority on
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HAIL OF LEAD
that
Italian attack.. was repulsed with the
...
An Italian plane bearing Greek
and
loss to the enemy of nine tanks colours passed över Athens at out of 20 which supported the 12.10 yesterday afternoon attack.
dropped a single bomb which in say thatgured three people. The enemy when the Italians attempted to machine disappeared when it rush the Greek position the sighted a British fighter,
Unofficial reports
London Area Has Quiet
Day
LONDON, Nov. 5 (Reuter)
SPAIN TAKES
Mr. Abend has spent the last 15 years of his life t China-in
the Far East.
Interview by local pressmen, "Mr. Abend said, regarding the Japan- Axis Pact, that Japan was dra- gooned into signing it. It was the general opinion, he sald, that Ber- lin had used all sorts of threats. and had managed to persuade Japan into signing the pact.
HEIGHT OF FOLLY
To a third party, the pact look-
"FULL CHARGE" ed the height of folly. for it was
OF TANGIER
BRITAIN AWAITING
CLARIFICATION
Nov. 5 (Reuter)- TANGIER, Colonel Yuste, Commander of the Spanish troops, has issued an or- der dissolving the Committee of Control and the Legislative As- sembly, and has announced that
difficult to see what Japan stood to gali, unless, of course, there. were secret clauses and a free hand in Indo-China must have. been one of them.
Britain's loan to China, the opening of the Burma Road, the evacuation of American (residents in Japan-all these were signin cant moves. Japan's reaction' was eagerly awaited.
The London area has been without an air rald. alert for 24 hours- the longest period of calm since i". the mass German air attacks he gan nearly two months ago.
The Air Ministry, announcing this last evening, added that very frew enemy aircraft had
the coast during the day..
Bombs were dropped in
He is taking "full charge" of the books. London area and widely separated International Zone of Tangier, points in the Midlands and East Anglia.
crossed
This caused damage to a
the
Mr. Abend is the author of Chaos in Asia, Tortured China, China Survives, besties other
The report that Colonel Yustehostulties, he comments:
Regarding the Sino-Japanese is taking over Tangler is confirm-
"My opinion about Japan's "in tewed in British official circles in
ability to conquer, to hold and
houses. A small number of people London and is receiving careful eventually to win over China is
were killed and Injured -
CANADIAN TROOPS
A
IN BRITAIN LONDON, Nov. 6 (Reuter)
consideration.
It will be recalled that Spanish Moroccan troops occupied Tangier on June 14 by an agreement with the International aathorities. Spain asserted that the step was taken to preserve order and that
zone would continue..
LEITH, 5601Two more battalions of Canadians the International status of the
arrived in Britain yesterday and were greeted by Major-General Since then an international re- Odlum, Commanding Officer
of gime has been functioning nor- the Second Canadian Division.
mally. They will now undergo further training.
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