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BRITISH REINFORCEMENTS POURING INTO DEFENCE LINE

Nazis Forced Into War Of Position

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CHEERED BY NEWS OF YUGOSLAV SUCCESSES THE BRITISH AND GREEKS YESTERDAY REPULSED SUCCESSIVE GERMAN AT- TACKS IN THE FLORINA REGION “WITH SEVERE LOSSES TO THE ENEMY." AND ARE TURNING THE GERMANS' TECHNICAL RAPID MOBILITY INTO A MANOEUVRABLE WAR OF POSITION.

DESPATCHES FROM the front received | in Athens reveal a further stiffening of the main Anglo-Greek defence lines. Intensive overnight fighting has simmered down and now chiefly consists of clashes between rival. patrols, in which the Germans suffered heavy losses.

British reinforcements are pouring up in increasing numbers from the rear.

These reinforcements have been disembarking at Piraeus, the port of Athens, which has been subjected to constant Nazi air raids in an effort to halt the flow of men and materials.

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secure at

Mount

-It is now believed that with ing in their defence lines, held British help, which is arriving in their positions eyer-increasing force, the Greeks, Oympus against several German assaulis, causing heavy casualties have made an effective stand.

The main Anglo-Greek

de to the enemy, fence line is now fully manned! Gernian losses during the past and is ready for action along week have been so heavy that the natural mountainous strong German High Command in the holds.

Ba'kans is plainly proceeding The Allied dispositions, it is be-more cautiously. lieved, will force the Germans to The crack "Adolf Hitler" divi- engage in hand-to-hand combat sion was a'most completely shat- in which the Greeks have already tered when attacking a British proved themselves fully the equal position, International News of -the Germans if not definitely Service.

superior.

German Strategy

that right

In London yesterday, military quarters stated it appeared German pressure on the flank of the Anglo-Greek lines is designed to piece the defences near the cast terminus, permitting coiling movement south south-west of Mount Olympus.

So for this manoeuvre has fail- ed completely to produce results. Meanwhile it is reliably learn. ed in London, that Yugoslav troops have captured Durazzo, but the Germans have retaken the Yugoslav city of Kragujevac. Yugoslav morale is good and

the Yugoslav forces north of Nish

arc still counter-attacking.

Berlin Propaganda

Berlin

is putting out reports

GUERILLAS HARASS HUNGARIANS

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The Hungarian au- thorities in Budapest yesterday admitted that Yugoslav gueril- la troops are harass- ing the Hungarian army of occupation.

Hungarian troops

occupied

on

have areo in Yugoslavia bounded by the

Danube and Rivers.

Tiszo Interna- tional News Service.

TANK BATTLE IN PERIMETER OF TOBRUK

IN LIBYA YESTERDAY MORNING ENEMY INFANTRY, SUPPORTED BY TANKS, LAUN-

that Nazi armoured columns are CHED AN ATTACK ON TOBRUK, ANNOUNCES "smashing strong enemy fortifica- tions in a rapid drive from Nish A WAR OFFICE COMMUNIQUE. to Belgrade."

Naz! 'plarios have wrecked Sa-

Berlin, also announces that At one point about 20 tanks crossed the rajevo, and alleges that the outer defences,

greater part of individual. Yugo-

-boon destroyed and 10,000,soid-

mfav units; etili rezisting have. An immediate counter-attack was launch- Liers of the Murska Divisioned by our tanks, as a result of which the ajected after sustaining very enemy werez-

capturid.

The Germans, admit the Serbs

have been able to curry out severe losses both in tanks and personnel.

strategic withdrawal into the Ad- riatic mountains, where their well- known skill in hill fighting is likely to cause the. German com- mand much worry.

The situation has been .com- In Abyssinia our pursuit of the pletely restored,.

beaten and disorganised enemy is Our troops are in contact with and have inflicted considerable ca- continuing. Many prisoners are sualties on advanced enemy de- still coming in,, including a divi- An Athens message says that tachments in the vicinity of Sol-sional commander and a brigade Anglo-Greek troops, "while- plygly blume commander. Reuter,

Positions Secure ...!

MAKING Gayda BEST OF "Warns" BAD JOB America

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German propaganda is excelling itself in twisting

Signor Gayda declared in Rome the facts of the battle now the Axis is waiting and is yesterday that raging on the Egyptian border and in Cyrenaica, ready for United States where the British garri-Convoys,

treated the same as Bri-

which will be

tish convoys.

for

son at Tobruk is inflicting heavy losses on German "President Roosevelt cannot mechanised forces attack-risk Red Sea convoys because the ing the defence positions. East African game is finished.

"Everything bound

the enemy can legitimately be sunk, and new Axis anti-convoy methods will soon begin.”

Gayda admitted that the Yugo- slavs are

not near capitulation, Axis despite

propaganda, and added that Germany and Italy will have to struggle in the Bal- kans "for some time." Interna- tional News Service.

The repulse of a German tank attack, which penetrated the outer defences of Tobruk only to be Thurled back badly mangled, is be-

ing claimed by the Nazis as victory!

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German version is that the Bri- tish garrison made a sortie in an endeavour to escape. Eight out of 14 British tanks, they say, were destroyed,

fleet The presence of British units cooperating with the land defences is twisted into the sug- gestion that the British garrison is attempting to board transports! International News Service.

CHOLERA LAWS

NANKING SMOKE SCREEN

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press pro-Nanking

ira

Charged with breach of the Shanghai is urging that Chinese political anti-cholera Regulations by col-"businessmen" with no

be appointed to the lecting shell-flsh at Cheungshawan affiliations yesterday, six women were each Municipal Council. This is term- fined $10 or 14 days' hard labour, ed a "bad smoke-screen" for Nan- by Mr. H. C. Macnamara at king ambitions. International Kowloon this morning.

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