1939-04-11 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 11, 1989

ITALIAN OCCUPATION BEING COMPLETED BY TROOP-CARRYING PLANES

Rome, To-day.

Italian occupation of the less accessible towns of Albania is being carried out by squads of Gren- adiers landed by aeroplane.

The town of Coritsa, on the Yugo-Slav frontier, was occupied in this way, three light Breda planes having landed Grenadiers in a small field near the town. Reinforcements have also ar- rived by air at Tirana, and it is

reported that Berat, south of WOUNDED AIRMAN

Elbassan, was taken yesterday.

The territory now under Ita- lian control includes the oil fields at Devoli, formerly under Italian supervision.

SAVES COLONEL

Flew To Base And Then Collapsed

During recent years the Ita lians had bored 380 wells and production had increased from 13,000 cubic metres in 1935 to Although badly wounded by 120,000 cubic metres in 1938. Arab bullets, Pilot-Sergt. John Petroleum is pumped to Valona and transported by tanker to Coggins of the Royal Air Force succeeded in flying his 'plane back Eight Italian soldiers who were to the base at Jisr el Majameh and killed during the Durazzo land- ing, were buried in Brindisi thus saved the life of his passenger, yesterday. Trans-Ocean. Lt.-Col. J. I. Chrystall.

Italy.

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF'S PROCLAMATION

The incident occurred during an engagement between troops of the Transjordan Frontier Force, which Lt.-Col. Chrystall commands, and a strong band of Arab terrorists.

Lt. Col. Chrystall was observing the progress of the action from the 'plane and Sergt: Coggins flew low over the territory to give him a

Rome, To-day. In a proclamation to the Alban- inn people issued in Tirana yester- day, the Commander-in-Chief of the Italian forces, General Guzzoni, declared that his troops had arriv. ed in Albania to carry out an action of "peace and co-operation" and that they had already occupied the important centres of the coun-but fighting the weakness which

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The Arabs opened fire machine which was hit ten times.

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