Elsewhere, bands are setting up land mines, dnd decoying the invaders lowed Friday's sweep over the North Sea when five ships are be-Yeved to have been sunk and eight) British bombers lost.
Yesterday a supply ship of about 5,000 tons was left sinking and in a later swift attack another escorted supply ship of about 7,000 tons was hit twlee, and left Usting heavily to P*Several other ships i small convoys also were attacked wih bombs and fnachine-gun fire and two were seen damaged.
No aircraft were lost in the opera-
Despite terrific casualties, the Ger~ mans continue to hurl masses of {troops into battle, The Greek Press Ministry, in a bulletin broadcast from Athens, says that while the Allied lino has' been modified at some points on the defenders' own initiative, the line continues rin.
'The bulletin' adds that the Germans are persistently attacking fiercely along the whole Greek and British fronts, but that. "all their violent efforts to force a final and immediate decision have failed."
The Germans. the bulletin con-unnes, are bringing up more and more reinforcements of mechanized units, infantry and aircraft, but despite all these efforts the British and Greeks, fighting like lions, stil! hold their Hine, Advancing in waves the Germans attempted, it is stated, to secure, at all costs, passes in the Kalabaka area, but failed and paid dearly in casualties for their failure.
In the "Olympus area, the Germans continued to sacrifice their soldiers by the thousands without being able to break through, The heroic exploits of the Australians and New Zealanders are winning new legends about Mount Olympus."
The RAF. again carried out. considerable and successful activity yesterday and the previous day, says an RAF. communique.
German dive-bombers, escorted by Aghters, attempting to attack British ground troops and shipping at Khalids, were intercepted by British fighter patrols. During yesterday, without loss to themselves, British fighters shot down three Junkers 67's, two Junkers' 88's, four Messerschmitt
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