Athens, Oct. 31.
Swooping low and firing their machine-guns, three of the Greek small stock of bombers yesterday' morning carried out a successful faction by breaking up a force of Mahan troops, which was coming up support attackers on the western sector of the northern front.
Al three machines returned a though one was riddled with bullet and one of the crew was seriously wounded.
It is slated here that although the: total number of Italian' troops Enued against Greece Is considerable, they are mostly in advance posts 09 the Greek side' of the frontier.
Patras was bombed five times yesterday, but there was only one Casually as most of the iuhabitan' had' been evacuated after Monday's raid Great Britain is already taking steps in fulfilment of her promise of financial aid, it is learned here.
Sirens Wail in Athens alarm lasting half a hour was sounded here at' 420 pin, lvesterday. 'There was no gunfire, 'The public reached shelters more nickly' than on the occasions of former arms, having been impressed by the which streets, It is now learned In. authoritative quarters that 100 people were killed and 280 persons Wounded at Patras.
That an' Tallan submarine was responsible for the unprovoked sinking peace-time of the Greek Vight cruiser, Hollo, off the island of Tinos last August, was revealed by the Command of the Greek Navy yesterday. Fragments of two for edees picked up after the attack were found by experts to be of Holian manufacture.
"An announcement was not made Jearlier "for reasons of policy which Ino longer exist—Reuter,
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