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FOUNDED 100 一拜九月二十英沁香
No. 10278
MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1940.
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GILMAN'S
ONE-QUARTER OF ALBANIA FALLS
INTO HANDS OF GREEK FORCES
BRITAIN'S A. A.
Becomes Their "BRAIN TRUST"
"Tirana "Tipperary
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War
By RICHARD MACMILLAN
"United Press" Staff Correspondent
Song
WITH THE GREEK ARMY IN THE FIELD, VIA ATHENS, DEC. 8 (UP).—THE GREEKS HAVE CAPTURED ALMOST A QUARTER OF ALBANIA, CONTINUING THEIR ADVANCE ALONG THE MILE-HIGH BATTLEFRONT, EXTENDING more thAN 120 MILES, THEY HAVE PENETRATED A MAXIMUM DISTANCE OF 50 MILES ALONG THE MOKRA RANGE ABOVE LAKE OCHRID. THE AREA SEIZED FROM THE ITALIANS IS APPROXIMATELY 4,000 SQUARE MILES OUT OF A TOTAL AREA OF ALBANIA OF APPROXIMATELY 17,500 SQUARE MILES.
Fall Of Argyro- Castron
House-to-House Fighting
By PAUL PAELOLOGOES
UNITED PRESS WAN
GORRESPONDENT
As I marched with the Greek troops to the battle positions on the heights around Pogradetz on the extreme northeastern flank, I heard a Greck Tommy singing "Tipperary," but an entirely new brand of the old marching song. It was sung in Greek and instead of Tipperary. the town was!. Tirana. I spoke to the songster, who told me he had served in' the British forces in the last, wur, to prove which he began warbling "Tipperary" in English.
Carry No Gas Masks Comparing the conquers of the Fascist regions with the British Tom-) my 1 jouna that Greeks, in addition to their rifles, carry hay for thele' mules as well as blankets to wrap
front
Brilliant
Siege Is
Described
How Italians Fought Rearguard Action By JAN YINDRICH
UNITED PREGS STAFF CORRESPONDENT WITH THE GREEK BATTLE
WITH THE GREEK AD-around the face against the cold, but COMMAND IN ALBANIA, Dec. musks. The Greek considers 8 (UP)—From this eagles nest VANCE FORCES, ARGYRO-nu CASTRON, Dec. 8. (UP). The himself lucky if he has one tally of a village built like a fortress
usually of black battle-for-Argyro-Eastron-ended per
breath, rice cacked-in-ou-and-goat's perched_on_a_high_mountainside just after noon to-day when the case. What chocolate and jam are the Greek divisional command Inst Italian Atronghold was to the British Tommy, olives are to directed the brilliant siege of
the Greeks. Beer, wine and cigarettes¡ Argyro-Castron. stormed by the Greeks.
Far below the main road Between Korza and the The Italians, who are mostly e extremely rare.
to Argyro- Castron from the Second Bersaglieri ne, within the sound of the guns, I winds division, used heavy tanks to recasionally see old Albanian women, through a valley flanked with blockade the narrow streets and usually dressed in much patched snowcapped mountains, some of caggy trousers. Most of the young fell back on the last stronghold worner fled when their husbands the peaks being hidden in swirl- in the centre of town. The threw down their arms and deserted, ing clouds. Greeks fought their way from for the fialians, and are now hiding The village is built with house to house, attacking the in the mountain fastnesses until the rate-like slabs of the same stene as the mountain, and must be invisible} rine War rolls on. tanks like mid men, pushing
Cates in the villages near the line to the high flying Italian bombers. butts into the tank runners, while |
is radlo, and it possess a ellers dropped from the balconies of ally
grenades curious to see Greek saldiers tune in Directed Fight From Balcony
the broadcast by. B.B.C. Greeks
houses.
forcing
hand
Final Storming-
flat
Omvers sheltering under a balcony)
through the gunners' look-out slits.nundreds rather than listen to the watched through glasses the tiny
the opposite mountain! news of their own battles as relayed figures on iron London. The Greeks
are ridge and directed the battle goingį
volley in the on
Argyro-Castron below,
Inside the large house burned tog
Anti-tank units took an important enthusiastic about everything.
part in chelling the Italians
barrlended bülldings.
. from The Anal
storming, which began at dawn, CHARGES PROVE Ares and over bright coloured rugs
worked with the precision of a field
movement. The Greek batteries in
the
surrounding hills
in the half darkness and shells
In hilla Bashed road
in the outskirts of town where the
ped around the solid looking musque
The
sce the
TO BE FALSE
rooms
there was a tangle of deld telephone
inner wires while from radia transmitter sputtered the latest nzws
Ews of the fighting, or transmitted fresh orders from the High Com HONOLULU, Dec. 8 (UP)-Mis- mand somewhere behind us,
American Woman Freed
· SPECIAL- TU THE "TELEuHurm"
wooden bridge
A scene in a Control Centre of the Observer: Corps, that vital "Brain Trust" of Britain's anti- aircraft defences, which' have proved so worthy against the air might of Nazi Germany. Seated around the table are the "plotters", who receive informa tion of the movement of enemy aireralt from the observation pasts, and move the symbols on the table in accordance with the messages. The men with the rakes are the Supervisors who they clarify the situations
arise, and on, the dals above are the "Tellers" who pass informa- ilon forward to the Higher Com- mands of the R.A.F. A "Re- corder" seated high in the corner maintains an accurate record of overy track.
Luftwaffe Lull
Is Broken By Violent Raids
By HOMER JENKS
United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Dec. 8 (UP)-Wave after wave of German raiders swept up the Thames Estuary on London to-night showering leads of high explosives on the Capital,
Haiphong Incidents Cause High Tension
Special to the "Telegraph"
Italians were holding the main road. zionaries from Kebe abcard the To file this despatch was forced The Greek guintes were uncanny as Asama Maru which arrived here to- to wait. alx hours. while Creek
HANOI, Dec. 8 (UP)-Tersion reigned in Haiphong on they dropped five shells dend on day said that they understood Miss engineers threw a target.
domed root collapped Edna Lawrence, the American woman over the swollen river to replace a Saturday when Japanese soldiers took into custody a group of a cracked eggshell.
who was arrested by Japanese au- magnificent stone bridge which the French soldiers, who went to the assistance of a French woman I could plainly
Italians thorities at Yokohama recently, is Italians blew up in their retreat. running for cover, outlined by the now at Kobe awaiting a chance to The roads are filed with horse and engaged in an argument with Japanese troops. The Japanese glow of the burning storthouses,
depart
mule trains ankle deep in mud. We alleged that the woman had insulted the Emperor of Japan. Greck machine-gunners who had They said that Miss Lawrence was were forced to pull off the road more
forced the} The Hallans in
Japanese worked down to the outskirts under arrested on charges of Communism, than once as captured cover of darkness then caught them but that the allegations were sub-lerries, repainted with Greek regis-French soldiers to march to the
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tration number, rumbled past rushlog Headquarters of the French suppiles to keep up with the relent- Naval Liaison Officer, from less Greek advance.
whom they demanded an imme- dinte apology. › I watched the sure shooting of the
soilled later The incident was Greek artlilery clearing the last when Governor Decoux and Major remnants of Italians from the heights General Sumita intervened.
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The Hellenic Still Held
Trader
At Hoihow
A wire was received to-day from the master of the Panama vessel Hellenic Trader in Hoihow stating that she is still being detained by the Japanese, the agent for the vessel Mr. Dwight Hill said to-day.
The agent pointed out that the ver The vessel, which went aground in rel was formerly Greek, but was sold Hainan Straits was refused clearance to American Interests in October ́and. on Friday. Owned by American in-transferred to the Panama flag. She terests and valued at £50,000 the proceeded to Hongkong and was on
Sure Shooting
NAZI SHIP SINKING
Torpedoed By Cruiser
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPHI
Japanese Land Guns
LATEST
Small Pox Case On
Greeks. Demand Capture Of Tirana & Rome
8
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
SALONIKA, Doc. (UP)-Huge crowds cele- brated the fall of Argyro- Castron with wild thusiasm here to-day.
en-
Parading the street with flags, they demanded the capture of "Tirana and Rome".
shattering the longest period FURIOUS
of quiet since the air blitz-
krieg began on August 7. ARAIDS ON
very heavy anti-aircraft barrage was thrown up.
Early reports indicated the bombing was widespread and very heavy.
GERMANY:
Steel Works Reduced To Blazing Rubble
The inferno was in sharp con- SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" trast to the peaceful quiet of the LONDON, Dec. 8 (UP). preceding 48 hours until the Striking with new fury of night attack, not a single bomb destruction at the vitals of the had fallen on all Britain since German war machine, R.A.F. the relatively light attack last bombers are reported to have Friday. Since then, until short- reduced many buildings of the ly after dark to-night, only one Reich's biggest steel works into raider was seen heading for Bri-“blazing heaps of rubble," and Itain and it was shot down over set fire to six Nazi held naval
the English Channel.
buses and seaports.
The first wave of attackers In what may have been the dropped a cluster of high explo- R.A.F.'s mightiest blow to date, sives on one district, which dug nearly 4,000 incendiary bombs a huge crater in an important and many high explosives were thoroughfare and straddled a unloaded last night on the huge park,
The second wave ran the Press & Walzwoke steal works gauntlet of heavy fire and drop-blast-furnaces at Dusseldorf, ped-seven-high-explosives. There engulfing the plant in raging was some damage, but no casual-flames, according to the Air ties.
Ministry.
This Morning's Raids
Coast Ports Battered
At the same time, American-made
LONDON, Dec. 9 (UP).The Gar- man air raids continued carly this morning when hundreds of incen-Hudson planes of the Coastal Com dlary and high explosive bombs were mand were battering Brest, Lorient,
Antwerp, Calais and. showered over the entire London Dunkirk,
Delougne and the German aerodromes
Larca.
The raid was as fierce as any since stretching across France, Holland and the first intensive bombings in Sep- Belgium."
tember, and it appeared as though Naval shipyards and docks at Brost the Luftwaffe, after concentrating on and Lorient are
the
provinces for the past fortnight,
said to have been
and
cro again aiming at London for the ripped with "great explosions brunt of their attack.
huge dres."
The Ministry stated that not only
of Dusseldorf itself were bombed.
The attack was extended over a wide area and many districts have reported the heaviest pounding since the steel works, but many other parts the war began. Sometimes the thud of heavy bombs and the crackle of The Ministry admitted that four incendiary bombs mingled in na R.A.F. planes failed to return. Two most continuous roar with the rumble R.A.F. planes were lost in the attack of the ground defences. Planes were on Dusseldorf, but "they nevertheless
and heard flying fairly low criss tent messages by radio" that their crossing the capital.
their mission was completed.
•
Biggest Fire Ever Seen
Fight Embryo Fires "Molotov brendbaskets" were c6-
One of the returning RA.F. pilots, pecially numerous, and the police and describing the bombing of Dusseldorf, ARP. wardens, as well as civilions, said: "We started the largest fire were kept busy dousing embryo fires, have ever seen. In a single Interval One started on the roof of a hotel of five minutes, ono observer saw 20 where it burned for a short while explosiona."
before porter, alded by a soldier, extinguished it. Other blazes strao
The Air Ministry said that Brest,
died rouds where they were easily which is now held by the Nazis, wis "severely battered." One plane was smothered.
A number of buildings scattered lost in the fierce anti-air fre through several districts were dam- ground guns in the bright
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from
moon-
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Unhappy Evacuates Complaint To Paper
Hongkong Ship Complaint
A reliable eyewitness here report- ed that on Saturday afternoon the Passengers who arrived at Hong- French Customs at Haiphong made kong on Saturday on
board a
in effort to prevent the legal land-Jardine's steamer from Shanghai had
The
The following letter signed by nine Hongkong evacuates
bourne "Argus."
freighter is leaking and should have her firal voyage under charter when The Headquarters of the Cuban diepori* another. clash between deck passengers on board the steamer.may I say that these Isolated cac faction with the conditions are mostly
cannot, the Most of us are anything en routeYours; etc..
ng of Japanese arullery, for which to remain in quarantine until this now resident in Melbourne appeared in a recent issue of the Mel
ditions to contend with. There will here is no provision
the exist under
morning owing to a case of small pox ni ngreements confronted
being discovered. the
Sir, The Argus" of November 4 be no contented wives until this mud- The Port Health Officer said that Japanese i
falte about our return announced. French with Mauser pistela and af-the casoa 28-year-old male Chinese carried a report, hended "Hong Kong die is cleared up, and comething de- erwards continued to unload theirwan a mild one. There were about Familles Happy to Stay Here." The wives who now express ratis- HAVANA, Dec. 8 (UP)poris from the Thai frontier 40 galoon passengers and 400 Chinese behalf of a large number of evacuees.
that Navy to-day announced that French and Thailand troops occurred The Panama Consul at Hongkong Government radio
operators along the Mekong River in Northern yesterday when the French re- by working the pumps the vessel is Mr. F.A. Xavier said to-day that he Holding satisfactorily at present, but had received no reply to his two have picked un an 8.0.8. signal turned the Thailand fire. the damaged plates might widen at protests lodged with the Japanese from the German freighter
Contul-General. any umound of
Adm. Idarwald, which reported that A public session of the Compulsory arly In November the ship was He said that the Japanese Govern she was sinking off the south Service Tribunal will be held on held 10 days, by the Japanese at ment would be held responsible for
the Cound! Chamber, Colonial Tuntain on the same pretext of in- any damage caused the vessel while coast of Cuba, after having been Thursday, December 12, al 4 p.m. In
torpedoed byan British cruiser. Hecretariat vestigating her nationality.
procated to Hongkang for dry-dock-the present incident occurred.
repairs.
agent said
under distention.
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