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Hongkong Telegraph

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No. 16311

二拜礎號九十月一十英港香

ITALIANS

FALL

BACK IN FACE OF ARTILLERY

Abandonment Of Koritza Sector

Special to the "Telegraph”

OHRID, NOV. 18 (UP) ----REPORTS FROM THE FRONTIER TO-DAY SAY THE GREEKS ARE TIGHTENING THEIR SEMI-CIRCLE AT KORITZA WHERE NEW FIRES HAVE BEEN STARTED AS A RESULT OF THE RENEWED INTENSIFICATION OF THE GREEK ARTILLERY.

The Italians evacuated and set fire to the village of Mboria.

R. A. F. Bomb Big Nazi Guns

Successful Early Morning Raid

The Greeks are reported to have resumed the bombardment of Koritza at 6 a.m. setting fire to seven houses in the southern part of the town, killing six officers and 90 soldiers.

The bombardment is being made from the Greek positions on the Congon,road and the Moraya mountains, and has been especially heavy during the past 24 hours.

Long columns of Italian, artillery, auto trucks and tired] SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" soldiers passed through Mboria A SOUTHEAST COAST all day on Sunday going, to PORT, Nov. 18 (UP).—RA.F. wards Koritza. Mborin burned bombers raced in a southwester-throughout the night and is now ly direction and attacked the village of ashes; thus, Koritza Gorman gun emplacements at outpost has been destroyed. Cap Gris Nez shortly after dawn to-day.

Watchers in the Dover area saw bomb flashes on the French const where the Germans are known to have established at least 24 long range guns between Calais and Bolougne, some of which are reported to have been tuken from the Maginot Line.

A battery of 14-inch guns hus been established east of the Cap Gris Nez lighthouse, and other heavy guns are to the westward of Calais.

Channel Guns In Action LONDON, Nov. 18 (UP)-Heavy gunfire shook the channel towns for nearly an hour this afternoon when

The Italians are also reported to

Italians Abandon

be continuing their withdrawal from Air Bases

Koritza towards Bobostien and Duoran,

Duce Announces Casualties Driven Back To The

ROME, Nov. 18 (UP)~A total of 372 Italian troops are inch, 1,081 wounded, and 050 missing as a result of the first ten days fighting on the Epirus front.

These figures were revealed in the text of Mussolini's speech Jo-day.

Battle Continues

Coast-Line

(BY REUTER'S"!' ́AIR CORRESPONDENT)

1

LONDON. Nov. 18. The Italian air force is believed in ATHENS, Nov. 18 (UP)-The London to have evacuated two three-day battle for possession of of its most modern Albaniag Mount Ivan continues between the bases. Both are at Koritza and Greek Evzones and the Italian Alpini, the withdrawal is attributed to

The latter, supported by massed Italian aviation, are slowly circling the Greek advance.

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PROUDLY FLIES IL DUCE HURLS

A picture symbolic of the courage, and deter- mination of the London people under the constant and savage bombardment of the Nazi Luftwaffe. Blocks of offices in central London were damaged when bomba fell on them in a recent all-night raid, but the Unijn: Jack still flies above them, proud and defiant:

DIRE THREATS

AT GT. BRITAIN

Special to the "Telegraph" .

ROME, Nov. 18 (UP).—In his speech here to-day Signor Mussolini declared that Italy is holding eight- ninths of its fighting forces in reserve.

With regard to the British claims of the damage done at Taranto, he said: “One of the shijis is seriously damaged and will be repaired only after a long time. The other two will be repaired quickly."

He declared: "We will break the backbone of Greece. Whether it takes two or twelve months is unimportant. The war has ¡just started.

"The identity of Italy's views with Cermany as far as the present and future is 'concerned, is perfect. This Jalso applies to the tripartite pact.

Cannon And Iron

"Every time I and the Fuehrer meet, it conscerates the harmony and friendship in all fields. Pacifism is out of date. This is an era of cannon and fron."

Mussolini went on: "Peace could have been saved if Britain had not frejected all peace, attempts. That which, occurred after Germany's entry into Poland was superfluous. 1. have never seen a worse campaign

is

DOMEST

Show-Down

In North

Africa Is

Expected

Spectacular Events Said Pending

OPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Nov. 18 (UP),

of Hes than that which Britain Reliable British sources here waging."

|believe that spectacular develop- Destruction Of Britain, Threat monts in North Africa are pend-

Continuing, he said: "This is to ing. hen declsive war like to

third

•

Punch war. It must be concluded They said that Spanish and and will be concluded wlih the possibly Italian aspirations may destruction at modern Carthage collide with General Weygand's

(Britain),

"We are mass-producing aeroplanes reported vigorous opposition to four Umes as rapidly as before the ate surrender of French Moroc

We have. aeroplanes equal to co to Spain or the Axis. TURN to Back Pago, Column 5.

war.

British Sites. For U. S.

Air

Bases Officially Announced

British and German long-range guns the mountain and covering the lower This means that the Italian engaged in a duel across the Straits slopes with a barrage of high ex-

plosives. through a thick mist.

air force in Albania is drivon The Italians are spreading 'n tight Uack to the coast-line because

LONDON, Nov. 18 (Reuter).-Britain and America have agreed on sites for defence of their positions. but the the only other aerodromes are bases to be leased to America in the West Indies, says an official announcement. Greeks are stubbornly altacking the at Durad, Valona and Tirana, summit despite heavy losses.

some 20 miles Inland from Durazzo.

Raids On Germany SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH” LONDON, Nov. 18 (UP),—To-day's Air Ministry communique says: "The main force of our bomber attacks last night were against the oil re- fineries at. Gelsenkirchen.

Italian Dumps Bombed London, Nov. 18 (Reuter)—Italian "Our planes also bombed industrial military and store dumps at El targets on the Ruhr, rail and river Dasun in Albania were bombed by communications in western Germany, the Royal Air Force yesterday. the naval base at Lorient, and aero- All bombs fell in the target area dromes in the cecupled territories of and a fire was started, France. All our aircraft returned safely

Convoy Scattered, Says Berlin

The Italians are known to have to the pold considerable attention development of the bases at Koritza before the hostilities against

Greece began. Their labour and foresight may be of substantial beneût to allen hir forces who could make good use of the large and well laid out air- Held In their winter campaign.

While the Italian retreat is another fenther in the Greek it does not

сор, follow that the present Italian air BERLIN, Nov. 18 (UP)-The operations on the defenders' forward official news agency reports that long-positions and communications will The attacks began at an exception- range German naval cousial batteries necessarily slacken. The distances ally early hour. The main objective fired on an enemy convoy which, from the Albanian coast to Heront was the Scholven syntheile oll plant "under protection of darkness sought are still within range of Italian dive- at Buer, in the neighbourhood of to cross the channel near the English TURN to Back Pago, Column 5 Gerlenkirchen. This is one of Ger- coast. The convoy was scattered and many's most important hydrogena- the ships led to various English tion plants for the manufacture of harbours."

Attacks On Gerlenkirchen LONDON, Nov. 18 (Reuler)—The might of the RAF. Inst night was again mainly concentrated on a single German town-this time Gerlinkir- chen.

synthetic aviation petrol from coal..

It was designed to produca 300,000

metric tons annually.

The first squadrons remained near- {-

ly an hour and dropped many high

explosive bombs and nearly 1,000

incendiaries on the target.

Sino-Japanese Peace Report

LATEST

CHUNGKING, Nov. 10 (Reuter)-13-HOUR

Pilots reported fires including one Chinese official quarters declare that

·conflagration which quickly spread they have no information of the al- until it covered half a square mile.

A second rald lasted nearly two leged decision of the Japanese Im- hours, Many fires and explosions perial Conference to negotiate direct- ly with Generalissimo Chiang Kai- TURN to Back Pago, Column 3

shek for peace.

Infusing New Spirit Into Beaten France

RAID ON S'HAMPTON.

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

* SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 18 | (UP)—German ralders carried {out ralds for 13 hours here to

day.

Pact With Thailand

Is Denied

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" WASHINGTON, Nov.

Administration and Jurisdiction problems will be settled at a conference which the British Government proposes shall take place in London.

Preliminary work. on most of the buses, except Trinidad, will be started in the near future. Rapid progress has been made possible by the visit to each Colony, of the United States Boardi of Inspection. This Board has held discussions with the Gov- ernors of the various Colonies who, throughout the proceedings, had the advice of the Commander of the America and West Indies Station or members of his staff.

A-

Jamaica, nite on Portland Bight où The Board also visited Trinidad where the position is still under the south coast of the island, about

25 miles west of Kingston. examination,

18

The Sites Detailed Tho allen agreed follows:

upon

are as

(UP). The Tokyo reports that Britain, America, and Thailand

The "Manchester Guardian" to-day declared that General Weygand

might act Independently of the Vichy Government or M. Laval

are

·

The paper added that while there to indications that General Weygand is agreeing with General de Gaulic there seems no reason why Weygand, de Gaulle and Catroux should not come to some agreement."

· Fleet In ActionTM- LONDON, Nov. 18 (Rautor)—The bombardment of Dante in Italian Somaliland by light forces is an- nounced by the British Admiralty. Targets were all tanks, constul.and anti-aircraft batteries and a landing pier, all of which appeared to be

badly damaged. ur casualties were

No damage

sullered by the British forces,

KING BORIS AT BERCHTESGADEN

Rome, Nov. 18 (Router)--King Boris of Bulgaria had a conversation with Hiller at Berchtesgaden yester

agency.

Antigua, site near Parham Harbour day recording to the "Stefani", news on the north coast of the island.

The agency says that the nows was St. Lucia, site at Gros Islet Bay at contained in an official communique.

have reached a secret agree- Bermuda, site at the east end of the the northern end of the island (the which will be published in Bulgarian ment for mutual ald in connec- {Colony. -

Bahamas, sito on tion with Thailand's demands on

French Indo-China were officially Island of Mayaguana. denied by Assistant Secretary of State, Mr. Sumner Welles, to-

day.

Mr. Welles sald he had not read the reports, but from what he had heard ho might conclude there were im- plications without any, truth at-all in them.

He also said that the Stale. De-

question of further facilities at 86. nawspapers to-morrow. the outlying Lucia is still under consideration).

THE AXIS IN U. S. Repercussions To

partment has received no informa- White Paper Feared ilon regarding reports that the Japanese Government has presented new peace proposals to Chungking.

Big Meeting In

CHICAGO, Nov. 18 (Reuter). Some members of the Dies Committed investigating un Américan activities are afraid that publication of the White

Vienna Mooted Paper containing their findings,

British Guiana, site on the bank or the Demarars River about 25 ml from the sea, and at the mouth of the Essequibo.

King Barls is stated to have been on a private visit to Germany and to have lell for Solla immediately after his conversation with Tiller.

The official statement adds that the fact that questions of administration London, Nov. 18 (Reater).-Lord Belilah Ambassador to und jurisdiction will be considered Lothian, later by British and American experts America, had a conference with the does not mean that work on the Portuguese Premier, Dr. Salazar, on agreed sites will be held up pending his way through Lisbon to return to the outcome of discussions.

Hla post

Spain's

Attitude To Sought

New Order"

. Mostly flying high and singly from dusk until dawn, the

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH – will cause reprisals against the BASLE, Nov. 18 (Reuter)The possibility of a statement BERLIN, Nov, 10 (UP)Authoria United States in Axis countries defining Spain's attitude towards Germany's new order" - in ralders inflicted heavy, damage, ed eireles, when quartioned regarding and "even involve the United Europe emerging from the present talks being held at Berchtca VICITY, Nov, 18 (Reuter)—Marshal Petaln, President of mostly on the residential area the reports of an early meeting a the Vichy, Government, was given an enthusiastic reception by

guden, is stressed, by the Berlin correspondent of the "Basler and small businesses.

Vienna: between the representative States in wardrobe a large gathering when he arrived in Lyons to-day on a two-day Heavy anti-aircraft fire kept of Germany, Hungary, Slovakia and Senator Martin Dica, Chairman of Nachrichten.

| Rumania, Hungary and Slovakin visiting

Tho, correspondent says that also expected. A big crowd also gathered out Vallat, former extreme rightist de hut both, high explosive and in that,

giving evidence that Germany, political and economic arrange-tier to-day entertained Senor Ser of ex-Soldiers at Lyons, M. Xuvier the Germans at a high altitude Italy sold: "We regret we are not the Commilltes, made this statement

In a a position to say a SKAL FA

say anything about at a press conference.¿.*

Ho said that the White Paper, the statement will concern both Hiller Entertaine Suner

LONDON, Nov. 18 2(Reuter) **** side the Prefecture and, respond. puty, broadcast from Vichy an excendiary hambs were dropped.....

Ke Russia, Italy, and Japan bro working ing to their repeated demands, planation of the aims of the Legion. The black-out Interfered with

rano Suner, the Spanish Foreign Marshal Petain appeared on the found a just France in place at rescue work and numerous Canadian Air Force given to the al members of the Berlin diplomatic circles are cop. Minister, to tenag

Count Clona, the Italia Committee, but the question of vinced that a programme is about to: balcony and acknowledged home, and for this purpose he needed casualties are reported, although cheers

brave and patriotic men in every they are considered light in view. second aghter quadron of the fuyal for the Committee to decide.

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