The Archive · 1940

Budapest, Dee. 5

United Press

Royal Air Force and Greek planes yesterday successfully bombed Tirana,. Albanian capital, the Greek radio said today.

British and Greek planes downed 17 Italian planes on the northern front despite heavy enemy anti-aircraft fire and strafed Italian columns retiring to Elbasan in central Albania, the radio declared.

Despite bad weather and Italian resistance, the Greeks were dominating the entire front, the radio added.

Greek patrols last night entered the: important southern Albanian city nf Santi Quaranta, according to reliable reports from "Athens via Zurich—United Press,

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