FIERCE BATTLE
R.A.F. AND ITALIAN PLANES HEAVY ENEMY LOSSES REPORTED. ITALIANS. STILL RETREATING. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 10.5 a.m.) RUGBY, December 5. Official confirmation is still awaited in London of reports of a fierce battle between R.A.F. fighters and enemy aircraft yesterday in the Tepelene area. Greek sources report that ten enemy planes were destroyed andrthat no R.A.F. aircraft are missing. The British press regards the Greeks capture of Premet and the commanding positions they occupy in threatenSainti Quaranto as opening up prospects of still further successes in Southern Albania. According to Athens reports, the Italians are still retreating all along the front and last night were reported to be vacating Argyrokastron.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 December 1940, Page 5
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