Independent Sovereignty Declared Granted Germans have practically encircled the town. Only a small gap in the north-west remains to be closed.
In the southern sector the Greexs have crossed the Kalamas River pushing back Italians towards the Albanian frontier. More- successes are reported in the central (Pindus) sector, where the Greek Army is now back in positions held on the first day of the war.
Mopping-up of remnants of the Italian Third Alpine Division routed in the Pindus Mountains last weet, is now almost completed.—Reuter.
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