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VIGOROUS PROSECUTION OF WAR AGAINST ITALY URGED

AS BEST STRATEGY

LONDON, DEC. THE CREEK CAMPAIGN HAS ALREADY DEALT A VERY HARD BLOW TO THE AXIS, AND TO MUSSOLINI IN PARTICULAR, WRITES GENERAL SIR HUBERT GOUGH, Res ter's military commentator, today.

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The results, however, are not yet decided; these results may be infinitely far-reaching, and decisive results can only be`attained if the campaign is carried on, with the utmost vigor.

Everything depends on": that position of the Greek army then morning. word, vizer...that is to my, the be so safe? alrategy" of the campaign must In addition to recovered morale largely be deckled by the character on the part of the Italians, time of the commander in chief, The would have been given to Hitler to main decision before him seems to net and bring overwhelming num be whether or not to pursue the bers against the Greeks. cautious policy of not pressing forward to the ses, and of giving up the idea of destroying" the Halan army in Albania.

SAFER POLICY

The object of such & policy would be to establish a good line of communication behind him, and to avoid a counterattack from the Italians. Such a policy may be safer theoretically than a dash advance, but is it in practice7,

...

A WARNING

There are many, instances of armies which have rushed forward, outrasrched their supplies, and then encounter- ed fresh forces of the enemy which defeated them. In 1920, the Turks Infileted' just such i defeat on the Greeks.

with sufficient energy. In both cases the French recovered, and resumed the offensive.

́MANT FACTORS

Many factors in the present situation in Albania would urge vigorous pursit Though, lines of But a successful war is not, to communications are dificult, and be made by blindly following rules railways conspicuous only by their and copying previous campaigns absence, a rush of forges to de- without "regard to divergent cir- cislye points should not put an The Italians would be given

cumstances. There are, if one undue strain on transport time to recover, and they would seeks them, many examples of im- have time to bring frech reinforce-mediate gains which have been British navies should be able to The ships of the Greek and ments from «Italy. Would the obtained from a pursuit pushed give most effective assistance to forward relentlessly and with the the attack on Valona and Durazzo utmost vigor-decisive pointa seir-

as soon as the Greek land forces. ed and hostile armies scattered and destroyed; and there are also are within striking distance. If the Gresk command can rapture these examples of crushing victories, the ports, the results will be almost fall fruits of which are lost

WEATHER REPORT Hongkong Royal Observatory. 10 am., Dec. 18: Barometer (at sea level), 30.09 ins, Temperature. 72 F.

Humidity, 80 per cent, - Wind Direction, N. Wind Force (Beaufort), 2 Temperature maximum yesterday.

76 F.

Temperature: Minimum last night

64 F.

because the victor did not push the decisive as far as the war in Albania is concerned. The great pursuit with relentless energy.

In the first category, Napoleon's pursuit of the Prussians after the

portion of the Italian army would.

be forced to surrender or die. Few

could escape to the north."

battle of Jena is a classic exam-

Despite Mussolini's boasts, 16 Ple. a few weeks after the bat- tle, the French were in Berlin, should be practically impossible and Prussia had fallen. In the pre-for him to send into Albania fresh sent war, we have seen the tre-forces to readjust the balance in Rainfall for 24 hrs "ending 1o.mendous consequences of relentles his favor, for his only port would

today, nii.

pursuit giving the enemy no time be Santa Giovanni.de Medici, in the to recover or use fresh bases, in northern corner of Albania. Then, the German pursuit of the French with a fairly short front, resting even as far as Bordeaux.

on Lake Ochrida in the east, and

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In the second category, Welling-on the sea in the west, the Greeks con lost many of the fruits of his would be in a much better position two greatest victories, Salamanca to meet any eventualities which and Vittoria, by failing to pursue might arise.

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