LANDING IN GREECE.
WELCOME TO BRITISH TROOPS.- - I SPEEDY DISEMBARKATION. i, (Received .This Day, 11.20 a.m.) * LONDON, November 25. Tfhe tumultuous response - accorded the first British troops to land on the mainland of Greece is described in dispatches to the British press from correspondents. > The disembarkation of men, supplies and equipment was speedily completed. During a recent brief visit to Greece, Sir Arthur Lofigmore, Air Officer Com-manding-in-phief in the Middle East, was received by King George of Greece and conferred with the Premier (General Metaxas) and General Papagos (the Greek commander). Satisfaction was expressed by Sir Arthur Longmore at the speed aiid efficiency with which the British units had gone into action, as well as with the successes so far achieved. Aircraft played an important part in co-operating with the Greek land forces in the further push forward recorded, in the last Greek communique. —British Official Wireless.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 39, 26 November 1940, Page 5
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