Rearguard Action" Says Fadden One Attack Hurled Back A furious German infantry attack against British and Greek positions the Thermopylae Pass was hurled back by Allied forees yesterday, ac~ cording to earlier reports from Greece.
The Germans then shelled the pass with heavy artillery. following it up with a, barrage of dive-bombing tacks. The Allies, however, stood their ground.—Reuter.
New York, Apr. 24, The National Broadcasting" Corporation reported hearing the British Broadcasting Corporation quote Mr, A.W. Fadden, Australian Acting Premier, as declaring that despite the heroism of the Australian troops, and heavy losses of the Germans "there is no ground for hoping that the fighting in Greece can take a turn to. our advantage. "We are seeing the last stages of a very gallant rearguard aetion,"—Domel,
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