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SOVIET DENIES

HITLER'S ACHILLES SUPPLY OF HEEL

Admiral of the Fleet Lord Chatfield, who was the former Minister for the Co-ordination of De- fence, thinks Britain should strike violent blows against Italy now.

'Britain, said Lord Chatfield yesterday, had naval forces in the Mediterranean able to con- tain the Italian fleet, hold the Straits of Gibraltar and protect the Suez Canal,

Italy, in invading Greece through Albania. · could. main- tain her armies by the short "sea route across the Adriatic which was not an easy sea for the Bri- tish Navy. but there were al- ways possibilities of night action and if Italy planned to extend her operations to the Greek is. "lands," the British fleet might be given the opportunity for which it had waited.

The laws of strategy dictated: Strike at thể enemy's weak spot with the utmost force..

Italy is the Axis weak spot and those sea and air forces which could be spared from the defence of Britain against Germany should enable us to strike violent blows against Italy now-Reuter.

BERLIN'S CHANGE OF TUNE

The

Wilhelmstrasse's view of the Italian con- flict

with Greece has changed, stated the Ber- Hin correspondent of the "Baslar yesterday.

",

'PLANES TO GREECE

A report that over 100 warplanes have been supplied by the Soviet to Greece

in

the last few days is emphatically denied by the official Soviet agency, according to Moscow radio yester day.-Reuter.

R.A.F. IN

ACTION IN

GREEK ZONE

Greatest Depth Of Advance Six Miles

THE GREATEST DEPTH OF THE ITALIAN ADVANCE AT ANY POINT IS ONLY SIX MILES, ACCORDING TO AUTHORITATIVE | SOURCES IN ATHENS YESTERDAY. IT WAS STATED THAT THE |ITALIAN ARTILLERY ARE POUNDING THE GREEK ADVANCED

POSTS BUT NOWHERE HAS CONTACT BEEN |

| MADE WITH THE MAIN LINES OF - GREEK-

DEFENCE.

The Italians are using a large number of mobile field guns in which they are greatly superior to the Greeks.

The mountainous nature of the country on the Greek-Albanian frontier dictates only |three practical lines of advance for the Italian

forces...

In the north-east, the gap in eight planes. to a number the high ridges which affords an houses but only one person approach to Florina, on the road injured. to Salonika, is exceptionally well guarded by the Greeks,

The Italians had concentrated. heavily at Knolça, in Albaniu, for the drive against Florina but

of

TURKEY UNDER NO

ILLUSION

Athens reports that the was Soviet Union has promis- It is reported that the ed to assist Turkey in the bodies hitherto recovered after event of a German attack Monday's bombing include

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those of a priest, a police official, on the Dardanelles were 30 women and 45 children.. ridiculed in Ankara yes- More than 200 bombs are sald terday. to have been dropped on Patras. Another gap is found in the destroying a large number of contre of the front. This leads buildings, none of which could be only into difficult country where described as a military objective. few if any strategic advantages-Reuter. are to be won by: an attacking force.

Reconnaissance flights hitherto they have failed to make Over Greek and Italian any significant progress. coastal waters were made! by the R.A.F. on Wednes- day and during one flight an Italian 'plane was en- countered and shot down in flames.

A communique announcing this records attacks by the R.A.F. and the South African Air Force in the Middle East on six Italian bases and camps in Libya and East Africa.

Near the coast is a third line between the mountains and the sea.

Brilliant Feats

Stories of brilliant feats, of) arms by Greek soldiers are begin- ning to reach Athens.

The Turkish view apparently is that if the Soviet Union had felt strong enough" to challenge Germany she would have pre- vented her establishing herself Con the Black Sea coast.

According to reports reaching Ankara from Moscow, Soviet of- The strongest point of the ficials are already hinting that the Italian attack is coming from Straits are of no great interest to Konispolis, on the coast. opposite the Soviet Union anyway-Reu-

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It is suggested the Italo-Greek war will soon have consequences for Germany's relations Hungary,

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2 Official circlòs in Berlin com- pare Itály's action in Greece with Germany's action in Nor- anyz

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Reuter.

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