London, Apr. 19.
INCIDING with the reported arrival of Herr Hitler in South-Eastern Europe, the Nazi legions in Northern Greece considerably intensified their hammering of the British and Greek line today but failed to penetrate any. part of it, according to the latest despatches from the front.
'A German High Command claim that the German war ensign had been hoisted on the peak of Mount Olympus is not borne out by semi-official information from Athens stating that around this famous height, British and Imperial Forces today hurled back the enemy time after time.
Although outnumbered three to one, the Allied Forces are said to, be taking a heavy toll of the Ger~ mang, who are pursuing the same tactics of making non-stop assaults, Quoting a Greek estimate, the Ankara correspondent of the Colum: bia Broadcasting Corporation state that the Germans have hitherto lost uno less than 60,000 dead in Greece, It is added, however, that there seems to be an unending stream of fresh men to take the place of those who have fallen, The Greek spokesman in Athens announced today that Greek troops in Albania had" withdrawn to new positions, a step necessitated by the penetration of strong German forces into Western Macedonia from Southern Yugoslavia, The Italians, he added, were un= able to obstruct this withdrawal, At the same time, it is stated, the Greek and British troops in North~ ora Greece are continuing operations designed to shorten the front line, According to a British communi~ que issued in Athens, 13 German aircraft were shot down in Greece in the past three days against four "British planes lost, Two British pilots were rescued, Although foreed to capitulate by the overwhelming might of the] Nazis, Yugoslavia is to help her Alllles on the sea, The Yugoslav Minister to the Unied States said last night that his country is to make available to Britain about 120,000 tons of shipping now lying la ports in the Western Hemisphere, He also made it clear that the collapse of organized Yugoslav resistance did not mean that the Yugoslav people had given up the fight against the Axis aggressors, King Peter, his Government and la people, "he said, would continue}
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