REBELS LOSING GROUND
j, * REVOLUTION IN GREECE SUCCESS OF LOYAL TROOPS FIGHTING IN MACEDONIA (UNITED I'RE.iS ASSOCIATION —BT ELECTRIC TELEuIt Al'H —COPYRIGHT.) (Received March 6, 10 p.m.) ATHENS, March 5. Reports indicate that the Government is gradually gaining control of the rebels m Macedonia. They are surrounded and have been bombed and shelled. Nothing has been heard to-day of the situation in Crete. "Surrender within 24 hours, or my trogps will crush you," was General Condylis's ultimatum, dropped from aeroplanes to the Macedonian rebels. Upon the expiry of the ultimatum • 21 aeroplanes left Seres aerodrome and bombed the rebel forces, whose numbers do not exceed 3000. They are already hemmed in by the Government troops, and a bombardment by heavv artillery will launch the second stage of the Government offensive. The rebels are believed to have only a few mountain guns. The rebel commander wirelessed to the cruiser Giorgios Averoff to dispatch a cruiser to rescue Tiim. Meanwhile his forces retreated over the Strymon river. The Government anticipates their decisive defeat to-morrow. TROOPS SENT TO THE FRONTIERS ; PREVENTING SPREAD OF FIGHTING ACTION 1-Y BULGARIA AND TURKEY ' (Received March 6, 11 p.m.) LONDON, March 5. The Athens con espondent of the , 'Daily Telegraph" says that Admiral Demestichas has replied to the Macedonian rebels' appeal for assistance, saying that they must not be impatient, as owing to the damage caused by the bombing aero- , planes. the insurgent warships ' could steam only seven miles an hour. The Brindisi correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says that General Plastiras has reached there from Cannes, but is afraid to proceed overland, fearing that the Greek Government will arrest him, so he is awaiting an aeroplane to fly to Crete. The Sofia correspondent of tlig "Daily Telegraph" says the extension of the Greek civil war has > alarmed '.he Bulgar Government. • particularly as Turkey has also sent troops to the frontier. The ; I Foreign Minister. M. Bataloff, toi day announced that the situation made it necessary to send consider- '< able reinforcements of infantry and ■ artillery to the frontiers, but tne 1 measures are purely defensive, and 1 designed to prevent the fighting ex- ' tending to Bulgarian soil. ' OPERATIONS DELAYED BY RAIN (Received March 7, 1 a.m.) ATHENS, March 6. Continuous rain held up the antirebel operations scheduled to begin in eastern Macedonia to-day. Aeroplanes were unable to fly and the movements of heavy artillery were • hampered. CIVIL AIRCRAFT PROHIBITED : ROUTES ALTERED E ( (BRITISH OFFICIAL V.'IRKI,K3.-i.) > RUGBY, March 5. The Greek Government having prohibited civil aircraft crossing Greek territory from March 5 until further notice. Imperial Airways are making arrangements, through the courtesy of the Italian Government, to operate the Empire air service to and from Africa, India. Singapore, and Australia, via Malta, Benghazi, and Tobruk to Alexandria, where the normal route will be resumed. It is hoped this deviation will not cause any serious delay to the schedule. Passengers to and from Greece cannot at present be accepted.
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Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21416, 7 March 1935, Page 13
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