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GREEKS ANNOUNCE SUCCESS. BOMBING RAIDS ON ENEMY. EIVE AIRCRAFT DOWNED. (Received /This Day, 10.5 a.m.) LONDON,, November 5. The latest Greek official communique states : “On the Macedonian front another height in Albanian territory, in addition to' those already announced, has been occupied by our forces. Following actions on various points of the front, prisoners were captured as well as howitzers, machine-guns and other materials. .There is nothing else .remarkable on the whole front except air action by the enemy.-r '" - “Our aircraft carried out bombing raids and machine-gunned with great success 'concentrations of lorries and enemy troops jit various points on the front. Reconnaissance flights were also made. . _
‘ ‘Enemy aircraft bombed tlio towns of Piraeus, Patres and. Yolo, as well * a as number of small towns and villages, without achieving any military gains. There were a few people killed and wounded among the civil popula- . tion.■■■No damage was done to military installations.*- - / “In aerial combats and through antiaircraft fire five Italian ’planes were brought down. Oile of our ’planes did not return to its base.”—British Official Wireless.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 22, 6 November 1940, Page 5
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