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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1940

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INSIST ONE

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BUTTER

GREEKS IRON OUT POCKETS IN FRONT LINE

Relentless Advance

THE CITY CARRIES ON A cafe damaged by a bomb in a recent rald in the City area, had its gas supply cut off. The enterprising proprietor then served. City workers with cups of tea on a stove in the street amid smoking debris. (Copyright, Fox).

GIVE BRITAIN MANA

On

I Quaranta

THE ADVANCE of the Greeks to within 11⁄2 miles of the Albanian supply port of San- ti Quaranta is one of their most notable achievements, for it was from here that the

ITALIAN

Italians first drove them back till the fighting PLANES

raged 15 miles inside Greece.

The Greeks then rallied and in the

three weeks have steadily driven the Fascist SHOT DOWN

back to where they started. Greek guns now 'command the port and Greek infantry units are on its fringes.

the

Further inland, but still near

coast, the Italian grip on Argyrokastron is being steadily. loosened. The Greeks have taken two more heights dominating the city, and the Italian position is said to be desperate.

Greek advance units are report- ed to have cut the transport route. between Argyrokastron and the coast.

Heavy Snow

Heavy snow, is falling in the north, but even here the Greeks! are still advancing,

ENEMY AIR

ACTIVITY

SLIGHT

Further R.A.F. suc- cesses over Albania were announced in Cairo yes- terday.

Reports received confirm that in addition to two aircraft déstroyed. by R.A.F. fighters and bombers formations in Albania on Monday, two other enemy aircraft were also destroyed.

In Italian East Africa,' Kas- saia was heavily bombed, Bomba were dropped on enemy forti- fied positions and a motor tran- sport park was: straddled...

British aircraft also machine- gunned transport and enemy per- was sonnel.-Reuter.

Enemy air activity over Britain yesterday The Greek High Command an-1 nounces that new heights have very slight. been taken around Podgradetz,

following intense fighting, and Shortly after midday, according some of the Italians are with- to an Air Ministry communique, drawing westwards to Elbasan, bombs were dropped on Dover, which is only some 30 miles from doing some damage and causing the coast.

Ja few casualties, An Athens

message says that Italian counter-attack near down over the Dutch coast by One enemy bomber was shot Lake Okhrida has been repulsed, British fighters without loss the Greeks taking a large num-themselves. Reuter. ber of prisoners.

PARALLELE

ALL MONEY THEY POLICY IN

WANT--MR. FORD

Mr. Henry Ford, in an interview in De- troit yesterday, said that if Britain needed money-"he was in favour of giving them all they want."

Mr. Ford added: "It. will end the war in a hurry. We did it be- fore and might as well do it again." Reuter.

DEATH

FAR EAST

The Greeks are now twice as far into Albania as the Italiang ever got into Greece.

Even Rome cannot claim "vle- tories," and speaks of renewed counter-attacks by numerous Greek formations supported by considerable artillery fire.

Closing in Relentlessly

OPERATIONS IN THE

NET RESULT OF THE GREEK LAST

OUTTA NUMBER OF

"The questioner can rest assured that His Ma- jesty's Government 36 HOURS HAS BEEN TO IRON maintain close contact "POCKETS" AND BRING THE with the United States GREEK LINE INTO A BROAD EGG-SHAPED. CURVE ACROSS Government in all mat- SOUTHERN ALBANIA. ters of common interest.”

The Greeks all day yester day closed In relentlessly on This was the reply of Mr. R. Banti Quaranta, while, north of Al. Butler, Under Secretary for Argyrokastron, the Italian troops Foreign Affairs, in the House fell back from: Prameti: to- of Commons yesterday i tot a wards Kiisura and Tepelini, query by Mr. Robert Morgan They were being harried by (Cons,) "inviting a joint Anglo- | aircraft while the Greek land American declaration in op- forces already very near ®, Pre- position to the so-called new meti yesterday morning-continu- order Jupan is trying to in-ed to move forward, troduce in China and the whole placed

Bigger Battle Ahead

Pacific. Ent

SENTENCES Replying to Sir Robert Gower Italian resistance is also weak-

Ayda (Cons), who invited a statement NINES POLES HAVE BEEN on Britain's policy towards the SENTENCED TO DEATH, AT Nanking puppet regime, Mr. POZNANIN GERMAN-Occu- Butler said the Government had IED POLAND, THE GERMAN repeatedly made known their at VIRELESS STATED YESTER- titude, which is to continue to

recognise the National Govern Mr With 20 others they were ment in Chungking the Gov. as larged with committing acts of thuplence against the Germans. tenced to long terms of hard la- lax/The remainder were "gon-bour, and Imprisonment. Reutor, bu

Tolt

ernment of China ---Reuter.

ening round Moshkopolle, south- west of Podgradetz, following severe fighting there a few days

go

North of Podgradetz⠀ the Greeks have occupied a village on Lake Okhrida,

Responsible newspapers in Athens, however, warnagainat over-optimism. "A bigger battle. still lies ahead,” they declare --- Reuter,

ITALY CALLS UP YOUTHS OF 19

ITALY YESTERDAY, START- ED TO: CALL UP.” TO THE COLOURS HER YOUTHS OF 19. Only priests and men already

to in the Fascist militia and police

will be exempt, Reuter.

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