London, Apr. 27.
"The delaying action by Britis forees in Greece is being successfully carried out but as it aims merely at ¥aining time it can only be of limites duration This statement was made over Athens Radio last night after the an= nouricer had given the news that German forces which had advanced beyond the Thermopylae line were continuing their thrust ina south easterly direction, "This is not taking place without dimeulties." he added. "since the British rearguard is resisting them at various successive strategic points."
"The capitulation of the Greek army in Epirus was due not to lack of courage but to the fact that the Greek armies had to face armies of two empires comprising 150,000,000 people." declared a statement by "the Director-General of the Greek War Ministry road over the Athens Radio last night, in which was revealed for the first time the situation during the last critical days of the fighting.
Victorious on the Albanian front, the statement continued, army suddenly. after six months' hard struggle in Albania and after the [withdrawal of the Yugoslav army, was attacked from behind by a new humorous army with an abundance of mechanized material and a very strong alr fore.
"The Greek army was obliged by circumstances to withdraw 90 miles under continuous air attacks, against which it had not the slightest antiaircraft protection, During the last strategic operation not a single man was lost. a fact which, when the details of this operation are known, will provoke the admiration of the whole world, "With communications out by continuous bombing, unable to make con tact with the Command or obtain British Pound Axis Troops in Tobruk Cairo, Apr. 21.
British artillery fire broke up Italian-German concentrations in the Tobruk area on Friday, the General Headquarters communique said here yesterday.
"Considerable losses" were reported suffered by Italian-German forces in the Sollum area where British patrol activity Increased the intensity of its action, "Enemy concentrations were successfully broken up by the accuracy and weight of our artillery fire. Tobruk." said the communique.
"Operations about Dessle, in Abys-sinza, continued with further penetration of positions covering a town from the south." the communique said. "A. considerable number patriot forces is now the are cooperating in Imperial forces captured Fort Mota in the Sudan, capturing 12 Ttalian emeers and many hundreds of Italian colonial troops and also a quantity of war materials, "the com: munique said. "Further south. operations in all areas were proceeding satisfactorily.
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