ENEMY ATTACKS REPULSED

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 39, 9 November 1940, Page 11

ENEMY ATTACKS REPULSED

Greek Stand After Withdrawal ARTILLERY DUELS CONTINUE (By Telegraph.—Press Assu.—-Copyright.) Received November 8, 9.20 p.m. LONDON, November 7. The Greeks this morning are reported to have heavily repulsed Italians attempting to attack the road between Janina and Argyrokastron near the village of Visani, 15 miles from Janina. Greek planes bombed /Xrgyrokastron. . . The latest Greek communique declares that on the Lpirus trout, where Greek forces had withdrawn earlier in the day, Italian attacks '' communique adds that there has been an artillery duel along the The previous communique from Athens says that on the entire front artillery was in action. “On the extreme left, in the Epirus region, the operations of Greek troops met with a slight reply. Enemy sections were bombarded with success. Our aircraft carried out reconnaissances over enemy territory. All our machines returned to the bases. During the dav enemy aircraft bombed cities, towns and villages in the interior. One Italian bomber was destroyed by anti-aircraft fire. There were some persons killed and wounded. No damage was done to military installatl°nSGeneral Metaxas is reported to have declared that British aid was now flowing in regularly in accordance with plan. He attended the funeral of the first British airman killed aiding Greece.

An earlier message said that, apart from the withdrawal on the Epirus front, the news continued to give satisfaction to the Greeks. All the gains in Albania are reported to have been firmly held and the troops reinforced. The Greeks have, taken nine howitzers, four field pieces and 32 machine-guns, besides prisoners, on the central front, where an Italian force was cut off in the Pindus region. Most of the captures were made as isolated units attempted to escape from a trap in a network of deep ravines. The Greek Ministry of Security announced that Italian raiders destroyed a church at Volo and also damaged a monastery. They bombed Corfu, Patras, Corinth and Larissa, insignificant damage being done, and also a seaside resort where a few women and children were killed. . British planes co-operated with the Greek air force in patrol work. In raids yesterday British bombers attacked towns and ports iu southern Italy and ports in Albania, Valona, an important receiving base for the Epirus front, was heavily damaged. . Italian pilots who were brought down in recent raids and who arrived in Athens said: “We understood that Greece would not defend herself.” All unconseripted Greek workers between the ages of 16 and 60 have been mobilized for the war effort. 'An Italian communique claims that the Italians crossed the Kalamas River and that the air force bombed a number of Greek towns.