Snipers. Harr Retreating Advance Units Many Bombing Casualties Athens, Oct. 30. REEK mountain troops were throwing back the modern Italian war machine today, while Greek snipers were harrying retreating Mahan advance units, was reliably reported here.
The Greek troops were reported to be holding their own agi ist mechanized Italian forces all along the front.
Relays of Ttali n war planes were said to be strafing Greek positions incessantly but Greek troops were maint: ing their positions. It appeared that the Italians had failed to dent the stubborn Greek resistance.
With Greek communications uninterrupted, isolated units connected with military headquarters by field radios were cooperating with obser vation planes.
Greek general staff members said that they realize that Italy's main attack had not yet been launched and believed that the Tlalians were probe Ing for Greece's weakest points, While the Greeks were holding back the Ttallans on the land front, heavy units of the British fleet were said to be steaming northwards from Mediterranean bases, preparing to take action against Talian naval forces.
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