NAZI THRUSTS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 April 1941, Page 5

NAZI THRUSTS

REPORTED BY THE GREEKS POSITION IN YUGOSLAVIA STILL OBSCURE. OCCUPATION OF DURAZZO NOT CONFIRMED. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, April 15. A communique by the Greek High Command states that German forces in northern Greece are pushing toward Kozani and Siatista, about 50 miles south of the Monastir area, and also toward Klisura in Albana. The Greek army on the right wing on the Albanian front was ordered to leave the Koritza region because the occupation of southern Yugoslavia had left open passes leading to the Greek flank and rear. The Germans yesterday claimed that only remnants of the Yugoslav army were offering resistance at isolated points. Reports received in Greece, however, suggested that the Yugoslavs have reached the mountains in central and southern Serbia in force.

There were persistent reports again yesterday that‘Yugoslav forces had occupied the Albanian port of Durazzo, but there was no confirmation.

The Bucharest correspondent of the Italian news agency states that the Rumanian flag has been hoisted in several districts in Yugoslav Banat that are inhabited by a Rumanian minority. The agency says that a delegation from the area arrived at Temesvar in Rumanian Banat last night seeking “the intervention of Rumanian troops."