The Italians employed crack Alpi troops in the Keen Aghtin coastal sector around Tepel colonel is understood to have been killed and) many of his men are claimed to have been taken prisoner.
Greek troops taking advantage of the Ballan retreat from Argyroeastron have advanced along hills bor= dering the Drines valley and are how approaching Tepelini,—Reuter, nent, reliable seavees here saar yes The Famed Bvzcnes battled thee way up @ mountain height dominting the entire northern wing of the Albanian front and drove out defend-riy. Tallans, reports said here yester~ day.
Snow Storm Rages Greek soldiers smashed through to Bodus Ina desperate attempt to recapture the northern heights of the Mokra range, the greatest obstacle in the Greek advance toward Elbasan, Moscow Much Interested In British Success Moscow, Dec. 13, Soviet interest the fighting Atbania and ea the Exyptian bor-def is well reflected by the press, "Pravda" official organ of" the has as the two) ross ite foreign.
Re Bibasan Ix an important conceal Ate town only 24 miles from Albania's Capital, The heights were in Greek hands aller a fierce three-day battle in which the Mtalians used erade Alpine aki troop for the First time, 'A driving snow—storm—which reached blizzard proportion: grounded Greek and Htatian aviation, Thus It was an infanteyman's battle, British reports of the capture of Sidi Barton are published at Jensth wth 9 description of the terrain and an' account of how the Tlallans had fortified the Sidi Barrant sd Solum' area, Pravda" than quotes the Ba ce Nachrichten" for the statement rat, the war in Greece and the: ctlaek on Taranto are already hi ing effect on the Tatian "army Enemy sireraft developed chief attack on an industrial region in the north of England during last night, the Air Ministry announced today. Principal damage was done in one town, where a number of buildings Were destroyed and roads damaged or smporarily blocked.
As usual, a large number of ince diary bombs were employed, but the fre situation was soon well in hand, Reports are not complete, but they not suggest unduly heavy casual-tes, and elsewhere in the region ca> sualties were few. In the rest of the country there were some small scat tered incidents, Involving little mage and few casualties. Two enemy Vombers were destroyed during the raids, Eton College, most famous of Eng lish schools, which was founded 500 years ago by Henry VI, twice in Feeent weeks has been the vielim of In the Cirst raid, over 200 incendiary' bombs were dropped on the Collexe, six buildings of which were set on fire, The school A. RP. staff extin= guished the fires.
In the second raid, two high-explosive bombs damaged historical buil~ dings, including the upper school and the college chapel, Four British fighters downed three German airerafl yesterday morning, when small formations of German. fighters and fighter-bombers crossed the Kent coast ying towards London, and dropped a small number of bombs on the outskirts of the London area, the Air Ministry announced, The bombs aid little damage and caused only a few casualties, spread along a 80-mile front—United Press, Greeks Push On Budapest, Dec. 1, The rapid Greek advance along the Albanian front was unhindered by several day of bad weather and determined enemy resistance, a Greek radio news bulletin published by the Greek War Ministry and received ere yesterday sad, "The Greeks retained the initiative everywhere the bulletin declared.
'Watian moral was low and rein= forcements from Moly could not pro vent the Italians' continuous Fetzeat, the bulletin. reported The War Ministry said that the Greeks continued to press toward Chimara and that farther east. the Mtallans were being driven back in force rear-guard action urannd Topeleni On the northern front the Greeks broke the resistance of six Alpine battalions, capturing several important heights and killing the eommandor of one Alpine regiment, the com munique said.
Greeks nowhere voded ground to the Italians, 1 added, United Press.
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