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Heavy Italian Losses In Albanian Front
THREE DIVISIONS DECIMATED IN MASS INFANTRY ATTACKS
GENERAL
WIDESPREAD HOME GUARD ALREADY
RAIDS ON BRITAIN
RAIDER BLASTED TO SMITHEREENS
A MATURE FORCE
LONDON Mar, 14 (BWS)-The Home Guard is already a mature Forge-1500,000 strong, armed and trained:
"No matter how or when German troops come," says the War Office communique dealing with Home Guard activities, "they will not take the Home defence forces by surprise.
"The invader would not find a ATHIENS. March 14 (Renter) The Italians have adopted
scared population and congested LONDON, March 14 (Reuter)-countryside but an armed trained mass.. infantry attacks with „tremendous forces in a futile at- Soon after dark last night' enemy tempt to repulse the Grecks on the central front in Albanis. bombers were reported to be over according to a Greek press bulletin quòted by the Athens radio. many parts of the country, indi- The mass attacks were support- Prisoners continue to assert that cating more widespread attacks. ed by heavy artillery bombard-Signor Mussolini has been at the An alarm was sounded in the ment
front and is probably still some- London area. Despite frantic efforts by the where in Albania trying to rally At a late hour three Nazi night Italians, on ground was regained.his army.
raiders were reported to have been Finally the Italian were forced to: Two days ago; he was reported brought down over the south desist and retired, leaving a field as being the Tepelini ares England coast and one in south strewn with dead and wounded. where be lunched with General England.
Mussolini's presence in Albania Rossi, Divisional Commander.
DE VALERA
AND DANGER TO IRELAND
Eire
body of men in 'every town, village and hamlet who are fighting for their homes on their own home ground would with shot and shell and bomb contest every foot of the ground
"Fighting, as the local force of As the crisis of the war grew more DUBLIN, March 19: (Router)- in conjunction with the regular acute the danger to Ireland cor-. army, the men of the Home Guard will truly deserve their proud name! respondingly increased, said the and people's trust.
Premier; Mr. Eamion de NAZIS PAY DEARLY
"Already they have proved their Valera, speaking in the Dall yes- SIR ARTHUR LONGMÜRE British fighters shot down two worth in the swift response to call terday on the vote of accounts. ATHENS, March 14 (Reuter) more enemy aircraft
Mr. de Valera said that from during yes- for action: "When the time cones, the R.A.F. (terday without loss to themselves.
the moment war broke out Fire in the Middle East will strike at This occurred when about dawn
had been m danger, not because The announcer added: " Duce the Germans as hard us it has yesterday morning a small number on the spot ready to capture Ger-or indirectly to injure them, but "Many times they have been first the belligerents wanted directly is returning to Italy on Saturday. įstruck at the Italians," "declared jof enemy fighters and fighter man airmen who had baled out. His plan was to take back a vic-Alr. Chief Marshal Sir Arthur bombers crossed the south-east
because the country happened to tory with which to console his Longmore, Commander-in-Chief of coast but did not penetrate very Guard have given great help to the there was a
"In the alrralds. the Home be placed in such a position trat disconsolate people. Instead, he the RAF. in the Middle East, in far inland before they were Inter-Civil defence services.
temptation on one will take back one more defeat-an interview with the Greek news-cepted by British fighters.
side or the other to seize the ter- the heaviest of all-together with paper. Ethnos.
ritory for military advantage. the maledictions of the battered (tailan Army..
is now confirmed, the announcer.
said. Duce has not succeeded
In heartening ine troops nor
changing the fortune of war,
GREEK COMMUNIQUE The failure of heavy Italian at tacks in Albania is announced in 1 Greek communique.
NO CASUALTIES
FIRST ON SPOT
"In the big blitz on Manchester, the Home Guard were paraded and were among the Arst to aid and the last to leave."
Asked to what he attributed the A few bombs were dropped but defeat of the Italian air force, Sir ther caused no casualties and Arthur replied: "In my opinion: it little damage,
The communique adds that with is due to the dearth of Inspired Otherwise there was little enemy very few exceptious, the names of leaders and lack of organisation. activity up to noon.
area, group zone and battalion In addition, Italian airmen have In addition to the nine enemy commanders and names for any The communique says: "The at the high morale and courage bombers destroyed. In Wednesdays other appointments carrying the enemy continued his offensive which comes trom the conviction night's ruid. the Air Ministry rank of Lieut.-Colonel throughout the day, launching re-that one is fighting for a lust fatatea that 2 number of other have been submitted and approved. peated violent attacks along a cause" wide front all day.
"Large forces of
infantry were used, supported by strong artillery
and many aircraft.
Our troops repulsed all enemy
attacks, inflicting heavy losses.
Our aircraft successfully bomb-
THIRD SUCCESSIVE NIGHT RAID ON RHODES ISLAND
CAIRO. Mar. 14(Reuter)
energy bombers are known to have been damaged by various means, and that it is possible that several jof them falled to return to their
bases.
BOMBER DOWNED
A German bomber with a full R.bomb-load was shot down in the ed military targets, and our anti-A. F. bombers for the third suc-south of England shortly after aircraft guns brought down two cessive night heavily raided enemy dark last night. enemy aircraft."
ITALIANS DECIMATEL
aerodrome on the island Rhodes.
of As the machine
crashed, the
or above
The Command, Selection Boards are dealing with the applications for commissions below Lieut.- Colonel.
Practically every unit of the Home Guard is up to the strength and many have waiting lists.
KNOX STRESSES bomb-load went off in a gigantic URGENCY OF British Wireless, quoting a press A communique describing last explosion, smashing the machine" report. states that the Italian night's raids says that at Amritza to small fragments and killing the offensive against the Greeks nas al bombs fell on the aerodrome crew.
2-OCEAN NAVY ended in complete failure and that runway or among the hangars. The explosion of the bombs could three Italian divisions have beer. The bumbs ruused explosions be heard 20 miles away. decimated.
and the fire was visible 20 miles away.
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During the six days' fighting the italian losses are estimated at more than 10,000, including at least 2,000 dead; and 3,500 prisoners including 60 officers. Hitherto, 50 officers have been killed and over 250 wounded.
At Calato and Kattania, all the bombs fell on aerodromes,
fire
Several explosions and a were caused at Scarpanto.
Despite anti-aircraft fire, all aircraft returned safely.
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WASHINGTON, Mar. 14 (Reuter) -Speedy completion of a two- ocean navy was urged by Colonel
Frank Enox, Secretary of the
Navy, Admiral Towers, Chief of
the Bureau of Aeronautics, in their
testimony: "before the House of Representatives' Appropriations
ANTI-AXIS FEELING Committee.
GROWING IN COUNTRY
Alt three warned Congress that the International situation might continue to grow worse from time to time. Speedy completion of a two-ocean navy was necessary be- The Yugoslavs are resisting Nazi cause the combined German, Ita- pressure, according to the Ankara ulan and radio last night.
LONDON, Mar. 14 (Reuter>
Japanese fleets at the beginning of this year totalled
"The Yugoslavs are resolute-1,835,000 tons against the 1,250,000
ly determined to remain neu-tons of the United States.
tral," said the Turkish announcer. This did not take into account "and German. pressure is fast the French ships. leading to anti-axis feeling. In
Yugoslavia."
The announcer added that al- though an understanding between Germany .and Yugoslavia was claimed on Thursday, a subse- quent change in the German demands seemed to have prevent- ed the Yugoslavs from signing the agreement.
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MORE DETAILS
OF ISTANBUL OUTRAGE
Mr. Rendel's Report
To Whitehall
BELGRADE CALM BELGRADE, May. 14 (Reuter)- While the Germans have been pressing Yugoslavia to sign the. Tri-Partite Pact weil-informed. LONDON, March 14 (Reuter)-- quarters, though
The fact that the bomb which ex- emphasising Yugoslavia's desire for good rela-ploded at the Fera Palace Hotel tions with all her neighbours, in- at Istanbul was surreptitiously cluding Germany, insist that any added to the British Legation's "concessions" made to the Nazis hand luggage before it left Sofla must be "consonant with the. Na- is confirmed in a report from Mr. tion's real interests."
George W. Rendel the former
It is thought that "Yugoslavia British Minister in Sofia, to the may be prepared to accept firstly, Foreign Office in Landon, the expression of friendship and The report says that two suit- non-aggression and, secondly cases were placed in the train
Instrument giving formal They appeared to shape to the existing economic clothing, old newspapers and dry relations between the two coun batteries.
some
tries!
Contain
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After one had exploded at ma
| Meanwhile, calm prevailed, here Pera Palace Hotel, the second was vesterday as the Yugoslav-Ger- thrown into a pit in open ground man conversations. continued by a clerk of the Air Attache, who through normal diplomatic chan- thus probably averted a second
disaster.
"It was later found to contain a
nels.
AUSTRALIAN FEARS Powerful charge of TNT.
· UNFOUNDED
were
The report adds: "It is there- fore clear that the powerful bombe SYDNEY, Mar. 14 (Reuter> were added to the Legation Party's Australian fears of Japan
luggage before the party left described as "completely unneces-Sofia. It appears probable that sary" by Mr. Tatsuo Kawal, arst the intention was that they should Japanese Minister to Australia, explode in the train which would on his arrival here yesterday,
have been wrecked with great loss
Mr. Kawai said: "Australia is of lite
for the Australians and Asta fori.
Asiatics," and he hoped to see a
"geographical, social, commercial, GREEK DESTROYER economic and political axis be- SINKS SUBMARINE tween Australia and Asia."
SECRET SESSION LONDON, March 14 (Reuter) The House of Commons held yes terday's session in secret to discuss the shipping position
ATHENS, Mar. 14 (Heuter)—The
Greek destroyer. Paara, escorting a
convoy in the Aegean Sea, sank a submisrine which attempted to xt- tack the convoy.
This was announced by the Ministry of Marine yesterday
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