ON ALBANIAN BATTLE FRONT
Assuming Aspect of Rout on Some Sectors GREEKS TAKE ANOTHER 8000 PRISONERS BELIEVED TO BE ON POINT OE ENTERING ARGYROKASTRON Evidence that the defeat of the Italians on the Albanian front is assuming in some sectors the aspect of a rout is given in messages received yesterday, a B.E.C. broadcast states. These reports state that another 8,000 prisoners have been taken by the Greeks, who have occupied the town of Pogradetz, twenty miles north of Koritza. In their advance on the Epirus front the Greeks are believed to be on the point of entering Argyrokastron. The retreating Italians are being pursued by Greek cavalry and artillery and given no rest. Italian columns in full retreat are being bombed from the air. A late message from Athens states that the Italians have been out of Argyrokastron since Sunday, but this is not confirmed. Greek advance troops were a short distance from the town’s aerodrome yesterday morning. As the Greeks advance the Italians are suffering seriously from the loss of air bases. An Italian general is reported to have committed suicide. A Greek official commentator has expressed the opinion that the Italian debacle is in part due to their lack of morale. A captured Italian officer said their plan had been to make a swift advance on Salonika and the Dardanelles. Italian prisoners declare that no one in Italy wants the war. When the Greeks entered Koritza, Italians in that town at once repudiated Mussolini. The British Commander-in-Chief in the Middle East, General Sir Archibald Wavell, has telegraphed his congratulations to the Greek Commander-in-Chief. A solitary Italian plane raided Crete on Monday. It dropped four bombs, all of which fell in the sea, and was driven off by anti-aircraft fire. There are now some indications that the Italian second line of defence may quickly prove untenable. The R.A.F., in a raid on Durazzo on Monday night, attacked shipping in the harbour, quays, jetties and harbour buildings. A direct hit was obtained on a 10,000-ton ship and a smaller ship, when hit, immediately burst into flames. The attack was pressed home in the face of fierce anti-aircraft fire. One plane failed to return.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 November 1940, Page 5
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