Albanian Troops Kill 14 Greek Soldiers
LONDON, September- 1 (Rec. 11 a.m.). —The Associated Press Athens correspondent says that regular Albanian troops killed 14 Greek soldiers and wounded 208 in a clash on Greek soil, the Greek General Staff claimed today. It disclosed details of an action which it said took place south of Kroustalopiyi, where the Greek Ninth Division tried to shut off the escape route of the Communist-led guerrillas. The Albanians claimed that the Greeks invaded their territory on a 30-mile front. _____
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Greymouth Evening Star, 2 September 1949, Page 5
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