The Archive · 1940

Greeks Said Advancing

Infantry, Artillery and Planes Reported Active Three Local Italian Attacks Claimed Repulsed

Athens, Nov. 15, REAR activity b; infantry, artillery ind aviation on the whole Lalo-Greek front in a Greek High Command communique.

This news follows earlier reports that a scries of Greek. counter: flacks last night resulted in a general advance on all three sectors of the front.

Three. local Italian atta ks were repulsed.

During aerial battles yesterday and last night 11 Italians planes were brought down and another ten damaged beyond repair.

Greek forces took more than 200 prisoners yesterday and captured all kinds of war material.

'The Greek air force is reported to have bombarded—aerodromes Koritsa and Argyrokastron. destroy: ing Ialian machines which were on the ground. Italian columns on the march were also bombed. One Greek machine did not return' to its base, according to the High Command communique.

Tialian aircraft yesterday bombed several inland Greek towns at random, some hospitals being among the buildings hit, Larissa, in eastern Greece, suffered badly. many easuslties being caused by Italian bombers,

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