There was no zero hour Tobruk and Bardia. Instead, the British: and Australian troops" first captured outposts, then mopped up the final resistance and drove out the Athens States Tepelini May Fall Soon Athens, Jan. 31.
Italian forces which for weeks have resisted a fierce Greek assault on petent, Fascist stronghold in south-central Albania, yesterday began to evacuate the town under intensive Greek pressure, a military official confirmed yesterday.
The Greek radio heard at Budapest, in a summary of Greek actions on the Albanian front yesterday stated that Ttalian troops had been dislodged fon the central front, bringing the Greek forces close "to an important Mahan base. On the northern front, the Greeks parried an Ilalian offend sive on a wider scope, the radio said. Local Greek attacks also were advantageous, it added.
"In Jocal successful action, we have captured some enemy positions," the War Ministry reported yesterday.
"Two hundred were taken prisoner including seven officers."
"AIL is quiet in the interior of the country," the Ministry of Public Security communique sald—United Press.
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