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ACHIEVED BY GREEKS ITALIANS IN FULL RETREAT IN EPIRUS. ACCORDING TO UNOFFICIAL REPORT. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 10.3 a.m.) RUGBY, November 21. While the Greeks have been steadily closing in on Koritza, a new Greek i 'advance has been achieved on a ,wide front further south, where 'the Italians are unofficially reported to be in full retreat towards Konispolis, on the Albanian side of the frontier near the coast, and Argyrokastron. This break through is regarded in Athens as being of great strategic importance, threatening the isolation ol the defenders of Koritza. DESTRUCTIVE RAIDS MADE ON ENEMY BASES. HAVOC AT TIRANA & DURAZZO. In raids by the R.A.F. on Albania, the 8.8. C. reports, aeroplane hangars were set on fire and much damage was done at Tirana, while at Durazzo destructive attacks were made on wharves and the harbour.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 November 1940, Page 5
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