"Imperial forces are now in.contact with the enemy along the whole front," states an official announcement issued from the Headquarters of British Forces in Greece. "Heavy attacks by armoured formations and infantry have been repulsed and many prisoners taken.—_Enemy casualties are severe, "Prisoners, whose moral is low, complain of the violence of our air attacks on convoys and troops on the march. Despite all efforts our front nowhere has been penetrated and our flanks are nowhere threatened.
The heroic Greek army which has een cooperating on our left is playing a valuable part."
One detachment of Australians sur-
The withdrawal, says a British General Headquarters communique, was made in the face of "increasing German pressure."
'The German Command, pouring' xelnforcements Into Greece from Yugoslavia, 1s battering at three strategic passes, two of which ore held by British troops, 'The battle, according to the latest Greek Press) Ministry bulletin, con tinues with great violence all' slong rounded by German infantry killed 300 and captured 150 in 15 minutes, states Reuter's special: correspondent with Imperial Forces in Greece.
The prisoners, who were mostly Viennese, said they did not wish to fight the British and had objected to being called up. They stated that the "Germans paraded us and shot 30 as an example to the others."
These Viennese were led by German oMfcers, several of whom were World's Mightiest Battleship ruters" Special Correspondent sith ome Picot on Bogra Wat's.
king George London, Apr. 18, As the first journalist to be allowed aboard Britain's latest and greatest battleship, I am able to describe some of the special features of what Is pro-Sably the mightiest instrument of war yet created by man, Nowhere is there concentrated such effective steel protection against bombs, "shells, torpedoes and mines and many colossal guns.
It takes more than a day to ex: amine this floating fortress carrying every kind of hush-hush device, in-which might be called iecret_ weapon," about which T can say no more than that was inspired by him when he was at the Admiralty.
The first thing to be noticed on ascending the gangway is the aston~ ishing thickness of the armour plate, unofficially it is estimated at 16 inches.
'On setting foot on deck, one confronted with one of the' colossal Jquadruple 14-inch gun-turrets, out~ wardly as big as an ordinary' bun-glow, Altogether there are ten monstrous 14-inch guns as well as rows of 525 high-angle guns along [both sides of the ship, 16 in all, Jon a higher level multiple pompous.
An air attack against the KG 5, as the vessel is known in the Navy, would definitely be a Job for a suicide squad, Incidentally, the fire-control struments, the last word in this brand of war sélenee, are said to" have jsccounted for more than £200,000 of the battleship's total cost Should the bridge be put out action by a bomb or shell, the KG 5 could still carry oh as there are at least four positions in various parts of the ship from which control could still continue.
Internally the most striking feature is the elaborate sub.divisioning by means of water-tight bulkheads, making the ship virtually unsinkable.
The telephone exchange is linked with 1,200 phones in all parts of the ship, while upwards of 69,000 electric fights make the interior as bright and cheerful as is possible in a warship.
Of the hundreds of features which strike one during a tour of the war ship, which are worthy of remark, not the least are those which contribute to the comfort of the crew for which every conceivable modern device which can be Aited in, has been introduced into. both the fiving and recreational quarters—Reuter. found shot in the back after the engagement. All the prisoners high ly praised the Aghting qualities of the Greek and Imperial troops. "It is reel war fighting against the Anzacs," admitted captured motorized troops of a panzer division. Others said Allied machine-gun and artillery fire was very accurate and was in-fioting terrible casualties.
Since the first mock given to it by the Australians the "Adolf Hitler regiment" has not appeared again in the front line. Other prisoners admitted that the Germans were finding the country very dificult for tank operations and were only able to move showly mainly owing. to rivers—Reuter.
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