Athens, Feb, 22, Greek storm troops despite bad weather yesterday captured strong positions the Italians had been ordered to hold at all costs, it was officially announced.
'The Greek radio, heard in Buch pest, said British and Greek planes had' shot down 16 Italian planes and damaged two others, Greek radio reports picked up in London said the Greeks had sumed the offensive after a lull caused by bad weather and that the Italians wore weak in some points, but were dlercely resisting in others—United Pres Marked Contrast In marked contrast to this was the havoc caused among buildings in the harbour, and warehouses which had been the principal targets. A stone built warehouse was completely, gutted, only a shall being left. This building was full of food supplies. which were totally destroyed, The result of the aerial attack on the port and warehouses was that half the total food stocks of the town wore wiped out, and supply services 50 disorganized that most of the enemy troops had been without food for two days by the time Bardia fell, communique issued' after attack on Eladem aerodrome said that "at Eladem aerodrome ner Tobruk, hangars were seen complete. ly gutted by previous raids, but alr-craft on the ground were machine. gunned." "When Innd forces occupied the plecs they found 87 wrecked planes, many of them only charred skeletons. After Berka was tacked the communique stated that number of enemy aircraft were destroyed og a result of a bombing raid by the RAF." Actually when the aerodrome was captured the place was littered with the wreckage of forty Itelian planes, The same can be said of alniost any town on the road of the British advance. Tobruk, Bomba, Demo, Berce and Benghazi show gutted hangars and barracks besides sunken transports and. wrecked—jetties. Many unserviceable aircraft thet were never permitted to take part a battle have also been found.
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