YUGOSLAV PARTISANS
OFFENSIVE CONTINUES
Rec. 12.20 p.m. RUGBY, Oct. 8. Today's communique from headquarters of the Yugoslav People's Army says: "In Montenegro and Herzegovina offensive operations are successfully continuing. In Dalmatia the main fighting is taking place at Knin, Dernis, Klis, and along the coast. At Zara a German attack was repulsed, 165 Germans being killed and a great deal of material captured. At Imotsko, in the area of Split, 150 Germans were killed in a clash with a German column which tried to break through between Sinj and Knin. The column was repulsed with heavy losses and forced to return to Sinj. "In central Bosnia a German armed train was derailed by units of the Fifth Division near Trabnik. Thirtyfive Germans were killed. "On the island of Lussin, the capture of which was announced on Tuesday, partisans captured, eight coastal guns, four heavy guns, and one tanker with about 19,800 gallons of petrol. "The whole of the Istrian Peninsula is in revolt, and local fighting is taking place everywhere. A German tank column which attempted to. break through ' from Trieste to Fiume was repulsed, and 10 German tanks were destroyed. The partisans also lost tanks."—B.O.W.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 86, 8 October 1943, Page 5
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