CRETE STRONG
DEFEAT ALL ATTACKS
Greeks Resolve To Avenge Axis Treachery United Press Association.—Copyright. Rec. 11 a.m. LONDON, May 16. Italian bombers raided Crete five being brought down. There' was no damage and no casualties occurred. Cyprus and dropped bombs on v Pj aces - The damage was injured 3 ° nly threC people were Hellenism is grimly determined to carry on the fight on the side of Britam to the last man, declared M. Nicoloudis, a Greek Cabinet Minister at Canea, in Crete. He said tnat any seaborne invasion of Crete was doomed to failure. The air menace was being fought, and the "?° ra 'e of the population was high. The Greek Fleet was co-operating with the British Navy, and Greek pilots would soon be participating with the R.A.F. Important forces which fought their way out of Greece were now somewhere in the Middle East anxious to make the Axis pay for its treacherous aggression. Greece's gold reserves were safe.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 115, 17 May 1941, Page 9
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