CONTINUED PROGRESS
MADE BY THE GREEKS IN ALBANIA STRONG FORTIFICATIONS CAPTURED. HEAVY' FIGHTING IN COASTAL ZONE. (By Telegraph—Pr ess Association —Copy ri g h LONDON, January 1. 1 he Government spokesman m Athens stated that the Greeks have taken over fortifications in the Keleyra region. including air-raid shelters cut from the solid rock. Much material ami a number of tanks were captured or destroyed. The heavy fighting in the coastal sector north-east of llimara increased during a New Year’s Dav battle.
The Greeks report the capture of a fortified position westward of Pogradec.
Progress along the shores of Lake Ochrida is difficult because of the intense cold and deep snow. Moreover, the Italains are still holding some important high positions, but tl\ey do not seem to be confident about retaining them and much of their equipment is being withdrawn toward Elbasan.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAITA19410103.2.48
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 January 1941, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
141CONTINUED PROGRESS Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 January 1941, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Wairarapa Times-Age. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in