AID BY THE BRITISH

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 108, 2 November 1940, Page 9

AID BY THE BRITISH

GREEK REPORTS

ESTABLISHMENT OF AIR AND

NAVAL BASES

(By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright.)

LONDON, November 1

British bombers, in addition to reconnaissance planes in Greek and Italian waters, are reported to have joined in attacks against military objectives on the Albanian border. The Greek newspapers publish reports of the attacks, and declare that the British have established air and naval bases on Greek soil and have already engaged the Italians at sea.

They also repeated an American broadcast that British troops, under the guns of the Royal Navy, landed on strategic islands around Greece. It was said that for military reasons details cannot be given. Greek naval units heavily shelled Italian advance positions on the mainland opposite Corfu. No Italian warships or planes appeared.

The Rome newspaper "II Lavora Fascista" says that artillery trains have been placed at strategic points protect*