“GENERAL TITO”

Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 November 1943, Page 3

“GENERAL TITO”

LEADER OF THE YUGOSLAV PEOPLE’S ARMY IDENTITY DISCLOSED. VETERAN OF SPANISH CIVIL WAR. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, October 30. General Tito, leader of the Yugoslav People’s Liberation Army is M. Josip Borozovich, Croat, metal worker and trade union leader who fought for the Republicans in the Spanish civil war. This is revealed by Lieutenant Lambton Burn, R.N.V.R. naval editor of "Parade,” a British illustrated journal published in Cairo. Burn spent three days in the Dalmatian port, occupied by Tito’s troops. The People’s Army has hitherto done its utmost to keep its leader’s name a secret. Tito commands an army said to number 300,000, which is divided into 20 divisions. Among the officers are. officers of the old Yugoslav Army, workmen, • peasants and professional men. 1 ■ ITALIAN FORCE OF THIRTY THOUSAND MEN.. FIGHTING IN COMPANY WITH YUGOSLAVS. LONDON, October 29. An Italian army of 30,000 men which was formed in the province of Venezia . has established liaison with the Yugoslav Partisans, says the Berne correspondent of the British United Press. The Italian army has already had a 24-hour battle against the Germans at Verona, many being killed or wounded on both sides. The Italians withdrew to the mountains when the Germans sent’ reinforcements. The German communications in Venezia are being constantly cut and transport intercepted.