TROOPS TO CORFU.
REGIMENTS POSTED. Greek Reply To Concentration In Dodecanese. TWELVE CLASSES MOBILISE. United Press Association.—"Copyright. (Received 2 p.m.) ATHENS, April 16. In view of the heavy concentration of Italian troops and material in the Dodecanese Islands, Greece has sent a regiment to Corfu Island and is reinforcing , the Albanian frontier. All war materials and stores on Corfu have been transferred from a coastal fort to the interior. A royal decree has been drawn up mobilising 12 classes of reservists. Six torpedo boats have left for Crete. The Government has commandeered 40 freighters.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 89, 17 April 1939, Page 7
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