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Vivid Despatch From "United Press". Correspondent, Exclusive to the "Telegraph" tells of how Greek women, carrying supplies by hand over steep ravines, helped their hastily equipped soldiers to thwart Italian forces when the invaders were within ten miles of an objective which would have split the entire Greek army in two.
RETREATING
ITALIANS SPRAYED WITH THEIR OWN MACHINE-GUNS "Lost Army" Fighting Desperately To Avoid Annihilation
By BEN ADAMS
"United Press" Correspondent
ATHENS, NOV. 11 (UP).—GENERAL SODDU, COMMANDER - IN - CHIEF OF THE ITALIAN FORCES, IS HASTILY WITHDRAWING HIS MAIN LINES ALONG THE EPIRUS FRONTS, APPARENTLY WITH THE INTENTION OF ORGANISING A NEW DRIVE AGAINST THE GREEKS.
REPORTS REACHING ATHENS STATE THAT THE ITALIANS ARE RETREATING IN ISOLATED COLUMNS AND ARE FAST BECOMING A "LOST" ARMY. THEY ARE FIGHT- ING THEIR WAY BACK THROUGH TERRIBLE TERRAIN IN AN EFFORT TO REACH THEIR
BASES.
In order to facilitate their retreat the Italians are jettisoning their equipment and the mountain travines are strewn with abandoned guns, muni- d personal
R.A.F. BOMB FROM BALTIC TO BISCAY tions, radio equipment, field kitchens and
Twenty Areas Attacked
Special to the "Telegraph”
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belongings.
Italian reconnaissance planes, flying blind in the clouds, and hidden by the Pindus peaks, s badeavouring to direct the retreat of the scatterede falian columns- through a maze of precipitous ravines..
: What the Greeks say might become Italy's new "Greek Guadalajara" is being hastened by the defenders spraying the retreating Italian Alpini with their abandoned machine-guns.
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LONDON, Nov. 11 (UP).—The Air Ministry,, in to-day's communique, said that British bombers made extensive attacks last night which included the railroad junctions at Danzig..
The attacks extended from the Baltic to the Bay of Biscay and.
Italian Counter Offensive Supply planes are parachuting included the oil tanks at Gelsen- kirchen, the Rhurland and munitions and food to the "lost BITOLJ, Nov.
(UP)—The counter- Bremen; factories at Essen, army" which, according to re- Italians have started Mannheim, Amsterdam and ports received in Athens from offensiva on the Korca front, accord-
Greek scouts and Italian pri-ing to reports reaching here. Dresden; docks and shipping at
At 10 a.m. to-day they began
shell- the Kiel, Lorint, Cherbourg, Le soners, comprises a complete ing Greck foruined position on Havoc, Dunkirk and Flushing of the Julin division, two batta-
Venezia division, one regiment south slope of the Morava mountains. Further it is reported that Italian railway junctions at Danzig, llons of Bersagleri and one bat- Alpini attacked and occupied several important heights, forcing the Grecks Dessau, Muenster, Mannheini
10 withdraw, while Italian dive -By Roosevelt and Dresden, and 14 aerodromes talion of Black Arrows.
bombers have attacked repeatedly the Greek positions on the Korco front.
CALL TO FREE NATIONS
in Germany and in occupied 11 territory.
WASHINGTON, Nov. (Reuter)The people under Factory targets included the Krupp the iron heels of the dictators works at Essen and the Fokker fac- will rebel, sald President Roose-tory at Amsterdam.
He expressed faith that democracy: in spite of all, would survive,
French Ready
They Nearly Succeeded
This fast-moving Italian spearhead was perilously near realising ils ob- jective of seizing Metzovo, thus cut-
The provision of armour for the soldier of to-day is a step nearer. The Ministry of Home Security is experimenting with, a special armour jacket, the invention of Mr. W. L. Distilltor of the U.S. Armoury Corporation. It is already in use by the New York Police and G-Men, and is capable of stopping bullets. from Tommy Guns and small arms. It is hoped that a tougher armour will yet be made to stop machine-gun bullets and rifle fire. The armour weighs 14 pounds, and here we see the inventor fixing one of the jackets on to a man,
And
Italians Air Battle
Nazis Routed Over S.E.
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In
S.E. England
Special to the “Telegraph”
LONDON, Nov. 11. (UP)-Nothing was heard during the first hour of the
LATEST
New Italian C.-in-C. night-blitz up to 7 p.m., after an earlier all-clear signal had been given in the London ting the Greck army in two. The OHRID, Nov. 11 (UP)-Reports area. At 5.30 p.m., the Air Ministry announced that 26 raiders had been destroyed velt, in his Armistice Day speech The attacks were "hampered by hand is now discovered to be from the frontier say that General
was Commander-in- up to 5 p.m., including 13 Germans and 13 Italians. The Italians lost seven bombers larger than wus supposed, military Quezons, who at the tomb of the Unknown severe electrical storms feing condi-authorities estimating that over 12,-Chief of the Italian army which and six fighters and some Italian crews were taken prisoner. Two British planes Soldier in Arlington Cemetery, Lions." It was added that Inst Sun-000 Italians participated in the drive occupied Albania two years ago is
day, shipping was attacked at on Metzovo which carried them to expected to arrive soon to tolte over were lost.
command of the Korca sector.
The all clear signal was sounded in London as early as 9.30 Bolougne and Calals. Five British within ten miles of their objective. planes are missing.
Along the 31 miles of frontier then The present Italian objective is sparsely held by the Greeks, the apparently the road from Parnmythia P..
This was undoubtedly due to the weather, which is describ- in to Port Parga via Margariton. The bidden Italian army Altered
encountered two Grecked as providing one of the most difficult flying nights since the through the passes at
Splies and Italians
artillery positions and two-machine blitz began. Volousa,
gun nests and suffered 10 killed, and
There were only few raiders and light anti-aircraft fire dur. The
Greeks Drst warning was 10 wounded. The Greeks took DI. when an Aipini supply train, crossing prisoners and several autotrucks.
ing the raid and the German planes were apparently scouts in- the flat plateau north of Mount The Italians attacked in knee-deep
vestigating conditions. Smelika was Intercepted.
mud as it has rained all night along Along Mekong River
the Epirus front, causing the river Outnumbered 3 To 1 In what was his first public speech:
to overflow and flooding the roads. his re-election, since
President HANOI, Nov. 11 (UP),—A
British anti-aircraft batteries are! The Grocks were then outnumbered ready operating in the Biklista sector corts which, he said, had been traveller from Laos, northern by three to one, but headquarters and hot, down one of two Italian Roosevelt denounced the "unpatriotic
told the ordered every available man to be| made by some Americans since the Thailand frontler,
TURN to Back'Pago, Column 4 Great War to make us believe that "United Press" that the French rushed to the spot to hall the Hallan
There drive.
Was
no timo to the sacrifices made by our own are in readiness to meet any
munitions were strapped on men's
"I, for one, will not believe that the world will revert to a modern form! of ancient slavery or to controls fcudallam or modern vested in modern emperors or modern dictators or modern oligarchs in these days. People under their iron heels will themselves rebel."
For Anything
nation, were wholly in vain." attack along the Mekong river assemble mule. trains and heavy
Great War Gains
In 1914 n definite effort was made In part of the world to destroy democracy. That effort was designed
areas which are quiet at the shoulders and carried by hand as tho SITE FOR
present.
from
Greeks rushed to counter attack.
Greek women followed their men Native canoes
Laes are no with fresh supplies, carried on their!
goat longer stopping in Thailand, across heads, up the rocks and the to substitute the doctrine that makes the Mekong, as all river trofe has tracks. ceased. might right.
These gallant defenders successful-
ly held the Italian thrust until
U.S. BASE SELECTED
BIG BLAZE
Official Statement
The Air Ministry and Ministry. of Home Security in a joint com-
AT MURRAY munique to-day said that several BARRACKS
"The attempt falled 22 years ago The travelier said that the natives thousands of regular Greek troops In Newfoundland had the fire under control by 11 am,
from
to-day," he said. A hundred years of Thailand are stationed in large were rushed up from all directions,
blatorians now.
"wil say numbers facing the French border. loventually encircling the Italians. rightly" that the Great War served "the new order of the age for at least a whole generation. They would say that if the Axis of 1918 had been zuccessful in a mill- tary victory over the asseclated nations, resistance on behalf of de- mocracy in 1940 would have boon wholly impossible."
Era of Democracy
America was, therefore, proud of
New Record Poppy Day Collections Promised
It is practically certain that last year's record Poppy Day its share in maintaining the era of sales and collections of approximately $24,000 will be broken this democracy in that war in which they year. took part.To-day, wo recognise
facts of 1940 which did not exist in Up to noon this morning a sum of $23,620 has been collect- 1918-the need for the elimination of ed, but further sums representing proceeds from the Poppy Day "ggressive armaments, the need for football match, Services collections, sale of wreathe, Church col the breaking down of barriers in a more clonely-knit, world, the need for lections etc., have yet to be added to the total
rerentoring honour in the written and Hongkong street sales of popples amounted to approximate spoken word. We recognised that the Ly $6,400, an increase of $1,900 on last year afgures, while in processes at the democracies must be Kowloon the streets sales, Totalled: 13,020, which
1280 greatly improved in order that we
free better than last year. myfatiaky thou purposes.
German formations crossed the southeast coast this morning. British fighter planes intercept- ed them, but a few reached
Other raiders attempted to attack convoy off the north Kent coast but British fighters drove them off. "In TURN to Back Page, Column 3
A thick column of black suckeLondon. rising nearly 200 feet high attracted the attention of passers-by in the city to the fire which broke out near the squash courts in Murray Barracks shortly after 10.13 a.m.-to-day.
Central Three engines from the Fire Brigade Station with Superin- tendent C. Fitzlienry. In charge military: The Ara started, the SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
spokesman said, in a contractors WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 shed close to the courts. It spread (UP)-The Navy Department to the courts where lins of oil were announced that Placentia Bay stored and soon enveloped the build-
Ing. The roof han caved in. on the southern coast of Now-
A company of Royal Scots foundland has been chosen as called out with fixed bayonete to an air and naval base site under guard the approaches to the area. the "destroyers for bases" deal with Britain. Ki
Soo Back Paga. For Further Lato News
Empress Of Japan's Ordeal By Bombs
LONDON, Nov. 11 (Router)-The Empress of Japan was brought safely to port owing to the coolness and heroism of Cap- tain Thomas and a Chinese quartermaster, (both in the capacities
received since the vessel's safe arrival. DAD
It is understood that about 20 Antonescu In in which they frequently visited Hongkong), according to news
Rome
army and civilian engineers are making surveys, taking sound-
The only sign, of the attack direct hit saved us all. The Chinese ings and dropping test holes to
Was a slightly damaged rall, quartermaster at the wheel was, ascertain tho, characteristics of
SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH" | Suffered when one bomb struck dodge machine-gun fire from the hero. Lying prone on his stomach to area, WOMEN the spokesman said that construc-cial Rumanian radio to-night an- few life-boats which were hit by order from the skipper
BUCHAREST, Nov. 11 (UP) The the rail a glancing blow and plane, he carried out perfectly every iten "should", be, slöng, pretty wellnounced that Generni Antonescu nr- within three months." The area rived in Rome last Thursday to con-machine-gun_bullets. Will Bay MBed as a base now if necefer with Mussolini and Count Clano, One of the trow, describing the of the raider's Wing, the plane was comsar á The spokesmart said that the files, for other babes have not yet. It is believed that he will leave Captain's coolness, said: "The skil-seen to be rocking and the gunners for Bucharest-to-diorrow although ful way in which he zig-zagged the were certain, that the raider did not been selected.
the radio did not reveal this,
ship out of danger and avoided a get away unscatheda
After one shell Had burit under one