London, Mar, 6, Gen. Sir John Dill, Chet of the Imperial General Staff, visited Greek Headquarters in Athens yes~ terday, states the Athens radio. He was joined there by King George, Reuter, Salonika, Mar, 6.
Furious artillery duels are raging on the central Albanian front follow= ing failure of the latest violent Italian counter-attack, said reports here late yesterday.
Hundreds of Italians, attempting strengthen their fortifications, were caught in the artillery cross fire and scores were killed by their own shells, it" was said-—United "Suicide" U-Boats Said in Action London. Mar. 6.
"Death or glory" crews manning "suicide" U-boats destined only to reach the British coast, and not ex= pected to return, were mentioned in the House of Commons last night by Mr. A. S. Cunningham-Retd, Conservative member for St. Marylebone, during a debate' on. the Naval Estimates.
An American informant in Portugal. said Mr. Cunningham<Reld, had des~ cribed this submarine as the one Hitler referred to in his last speech fas being of simplified type on which the Germans had concentrated their naval construction after the beginning of the war Quick and cheap to builds and equipped with only essential machin= cry, safely devices were practically hen-existent, Such simplicity meant simplified and shorter training of Each submarine could be manned by a third of normal crows because the new vessels had a very small fuel Having sighted the victim close in ft short range. the vessel would fire 2 torpedo before escort ships had an opportunity of dealing with them. Their subsequent chance of eseupe provided the convoy was adequate, was negligible.
Me, Cunningham-Rewd said that provided the enemy had enough craft, the menace was grave, and urged con: us other than by sea to Britain—Reuter, London.
Mar. 6.
Air Vice-Marshal Charles Dempster Breese, c., has been killed on active service as a result of a flying accident, Born in 1889, he entered the Royal Navy in 1905, was trans ferred for fying duties in 1913 and served in France and Flanders dur ing the World War. In 1918, ho was appointed Deputy Director of Train ing at the Air Ministry, In 1932, he served in north Kurdistan, Three years ego, he was appointed Air Onicer commanding a reconnaissance group of the Royal Air Foree—
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