HEROIC FEAT

Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 January 1941, Page 6

HEROIC FEAT

MOUNTAIN PEAK SCALED BY GREEKS terrible concentration OF FIRE. BAYONETS THE DECISIVE FACTOR. i By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright • • Received This Dav. 12.55 p.m.) LONDON, January 8. "No exploit in the whole campaign has been more heroic than the Greek capture of an important peak northward of Klisura." states an Athens dispatch. "The mountain is one of the most precipitous in Albania. The Italians converted it into a volcano of fire, with batteries of quick-firing guns, large machine-guns and sub-machine-

guns. "Modern technique seemed to have made the mountain practically impregnable, but again Greek bayonets were the decisive factor. The infantry scaled precipitous rocks and captured the peak after a hand-to-hand fight. The gunners’ struggles were so bitter that all the Italian survivors were seriously injured." There is no large scale activity in Albania, but two points arc noteworthy. namely, the cessation of Italian counter-attacks and a marked improvement in Italian air tactics. According to "The Times’’ Athens correspondent, many Italian fighters are being fitted with German engines, giving greater speed, but there is no positive proof that German personnel are engaged in fighting. As a result of the British successes in Libya, hundreds of captured Italian lorries, particularly suitable for Albania winter road conditions, are being sent to Greece.