FACTORS IN SUCCESS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 November 1940, Page 5

FACTORS IN SUCCESS

PROWESS OF GREEK TROOPS AND STRENGTH OF ALLIED AIR FORCES. ITALIAN EFFORTS TO RALLY. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) The latest reports from Greece tell the same story of the Greek’s steady advance and the attempts of the Italians to collect their straggling forces for a stand. Correspondents who have gone to Albania report that the Greek successes are due to two main factors. One is the power of the Allied air forces. The Italian air force has lately been more in evidence, and the latest Greek communique says that a considerable number of enemy planes were shot down yesterday. One report says that eight Italain bombers which made an appearance were all shot down. The Allied forces are now using the advance air fields constructed by the Italians in Albania. The second factor has been the ability of the Greeks in hand-to-hand fighting. Several reports speak of the brilliant bayonet attacks of the famous kilted Greek troops which are now facing the Italian “battalion of death.” The Rome wireless has indignantly denied that Marshal Badoglio has gone to Tirana to direct operations in Albania.

READY TO FIGHT TOTAL PREPAREDNESS IN TURKEY. ANKARA, November 29. The radio stated that the international situation summoned Turkey to total preparedness. Her present slogan was: “Live in peace and be ready to fight in the morning. Eleven thousand have already volunteered for civil defence in Istanbul alone. The blackout of civilian dwellings will be extended throughout Turkey on December 1.