HEAVY FIGHTING

Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 September 1943, Page 7

HEAVY FIGHTING

IN ADRIATIC COASTAL AREAS NUMBER OF AREAS HELD BY PARTISANS. GERMANS THROWING IN SOME REINFORCEMENTS. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 10.40 a.m.) RUGBY, September 26. A communique from the Yugoslav People’s Liberation Army Headquarters says: “In the area of Split, our units, firmly holding positions, have repulsed all German attacks. Most severe fighting is raging on the Cetina River. During the last few days the Germans have brought up reinforcements and thrown into the fighting units of the Prinz Eugen Division. “A battle continues in the coastal region of Croatia and. for the town of Susak. The major part of the town is still firmly in the hands of the partisans. “Units of the First Croat Corps attacked and put to flight a German column at Bihac. In the province of Slavonia, in Croatia, units of the Second Croat Corps have occupied the town of Djulova. “In Montenegro mopping-up operations in the liberated parts of the country .continue. The population is receiving liberty with great enthusiasm. “In Slovenia, another four small towns in the neighbourhood of Ljubljana were occupied. In the province of Istria, Croat and Slovene units are holding firmly the whole southern section of the Triste-Fiume railway line. A heavy battle with German units is raging along the road .from Tiieste to Poila.° The town of Ilirska Bysrryca has been evacuated by the partisans, who have taken up new positions.”