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ITALIAN ARMY CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO FIRES

Albanian "Rebels" RATIO OF

SWISS ANNOY

LOSSES

GERMANS In Line Of Retreat IN AIR

Bitter attacks on the Swiss press were launch- ed yesterday by several German newspapers.

Thus the "Boersen Zelturig" describing the bombing of Coven- try, wrote only of temporary damage to armaments works.. whereas the others wrote of the annihilation of Coventry,

This, it says, shows the cor- respondent is in. British_pay.""

The "Deutsche Allegmeine Zeltung complains that nobody in Switzerland makes any move to correct this untruthful - re- porting while at the same time The Nation (totalitarian) Party has been banned as dangerous.

The "Voelkivoher, Beobach

complains that “such "rev. porte „appear in the press-" of a country which describer. It- self, pak, noutraf, and which at the same time forbide at naj tional movement. édes

"Forbidding people of German blood to show the German spirit while at the same timè accept- ing British bribes is a sorry spectacle!!! Reuter?

(From Reuter's Special Correspondent on the Yugoslav Frontier)

ITALIAN TROOPS, RETREATING ALONG THE ELBASAN ROAD, IN THE EASTERN SECTOR OF THE ALBANIAN FRONT, ARE NOW REPORTED TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO FIRES.

BRITISH SUBMARINE FEARED LOST

- The British sub- marine Triad (Lt- Comm. G. S. Salt) is overdue, and may be considered lost, ac- cording to an Admir- alty announcement in London yesterday.

SOUTHAMPTON SUFFERS ANOTHER SEVERE RAID

They are being energetically pursued by the Greeks who do not allow them time to take up new defensive positions, while facing them well-armed and organised bands of Albanians are said to be awaiting them in the vicinity of Elbasan.

These Albanians are headed by a well- known supporter of King Zog whose name am at the moment unable to reveal..

(It was reported the

other day that an ACHUNGKING

banian patriotic leader had been dropped by parachute behind the Ita- Tan lines in order to or- THE ganise an Albanian re volt).

dropped by WARNS

The action behind the Italian Jines is developing rapidly and believed to be assuming seri- -ous proportions from the Italian

point of view.

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CHUNG-HULES SUED A WARNING TO POWERS THAT REC TION OF THE ARCH-TR WANG CHING-WEI WILL BE CONSIDERED AN UNFRIEND LY ACT BY GENERAL CHIANG | den KAI-SHEK'S GOVERNMENT. -

Wash Albanian bands are greatly This is the Chinese Govern Shelping, the Greeks" in their ment's first official response to

penetration Into Albania, the signature of the treaty

Song is the Italian column tween Japan and the Nankin retreating hastily towards Elba-Puppet regime,Reuter. san that it can be seen from a great distance away, showing up. clearly against the new-fallen. snow which abounds in this mountainous region.

That the retreat was prepar-

is shown by their previous with- drawal of military material from Podgradetz(which is now in Greek hands) as far as Mon-

SOUTHAMPTON WAS RAIDED BY CON-ed by the Italians in advance SIDERABLE FORCES OF ENEMY AIRCRAFT ON SATURDAY NIGHT, ACCORDING TO AN AIR MINISTRY COMMUNIQUE, THE CENTRE OF THE TOWN WAS DELIBERATELY ATTACKED, AND MUCH DAMAGE DONE TO HOUSE AND SHOP PROPERTY

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Considerable Advance

A.com derable advance has been made all along the Tront," Latest reports suggest casualties were not stated last night Greek-com- „munique, ording.tó Athens duly heavy. All services concerned were used to the full and the

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