POSITION IN ALBANIA

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 13241, 17 January 1941, Page 5

POSITION IN ALBANIA

I jtalians in full I; IT retreat I MOPPING UP E° UND f M KLISURA L k ei.v defence of beka 1' I . 1r London. Jan. 15 I rreek radio has reported that B Th eGreeK evacuating Valn'C ° m rHerat ‘ The Greeks are ina « nd ■! un round the KlisuraB;]i moPP inS U! Elelini l'" 9 - apparently still in | T 1 elta IMS »ot Hear where |« rc ; r cavallero, the new commamll e " er ‘l Jr Intends to make a stand r" , "fence of Herat, which is m the , ,i )e most important crossuated at 11 i- ‘. in Albania. . , Times Athens correspondent I » " * the battle tor Klisura i yS fL it is possible to examine P' 0,1(1 ' of the commanding offi- | e r fZ which it appears that the l r ' s-icc-3 was largely due to | r itnerior phvsical condition of the In ers compared with the Italians, ll er ih'tm because of lack of cou.- | , lf me Italians, or even the betS’. n.-eek tactics. . f The Italians are clinging to the li I levs for advance or retreat. The Es through prodigies of endur|;e are able to scale hills up which |f ( . 'ltalians are unable to go, let lone take guns. It is common to Sm the Greeks holding positions ladled only after a three hours’ Kb unencumbered by equipment, tin these mountains the Greeks have attacked and then brought up guns, iftor at slow speed. I Another outstanding conclusion liter the battle of Klisura is that L Greeks have apparently disproved Napoleon’s remark that an army larches on its stomach. The Greeks feem to march on leaving their stomIdis behind, trusting to transport |o bring them up a few days later. |llls .means that during the battle |(he men are living on 6oz of bread Sally. ■; The Greek Government spokesman stated that Italian forces withdrew in disorder after the failure jjf two local counter-attacks. They abandoned a number of dead and bunded after the first attack, and Suffered more heavily in the second, [n which they lost four tanks, three Df which the Greeks immediately turned against the enemy. Greek machine-guns shot down an Italian Seroplane. The Greek night communique,- releived by British Official Wireless, •eports restricted operations. A lumber of prisoners were captured.