It was feared that the death toll might increase when the trapped people would be dug out. Hope for st of those pinned under the debris was abandoned.
ch time Belfast was raided, the German planes appeared to make for Dublin across the St. George Channel and then toward the north. Until this week, however, anti-aircraft guns made no efforts to drive off the raiders. Guns opened fire for the first time on Thursday night and also fired on a lone bomber during daylight on Friday.
After ihe earlier bombings, a modified blackout was instituted in Dublin which consisted of banning neon signs and reducing the glow from the city by half.
Street lights, however were left on and householders were not asked to cover their windows—United Press. stubborn resistance.
The German High Command claimed that the "Greek Commander General" offered to capitulate.
Stating that bomber and dive. bomber formations and "destroyer planes" in a series of waves had mopped up British and Greek troops. the communique, after referring to Italian naval and air support. said tha Italian troops had landed in eastern Crete on Wednesday and since then had been advancing: rapidly to the west.
"The remainder of the scattered British troops, pursued by our soldiers, are fleeing towards the south {United Press, (Continued on page 2, col. 3
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