GUERRILLAS’ FEAT
rail bridge wrecked
GREEK PATRIOTS’ HELP AXIS SUPPLY LINE CUT (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. 1 CAIRO. Dec. 11. Greek guerrillas by a ruse destroyed the vital Goropotomas bridge, 50 miles south of Larissa. Other guerrillas fought a battle against the guards for four hours to enable their comrades to destroy a bridge without interruption. The bridge, 18011. high and 500 ft. long, carries the railway over the Heallada River to Athens. The guerrillas have thus cut the only railway route for Axis transport of troops and supplies through Greece to Crete, southern Italy, Sicily and North Africa. The Axis can now use only the LarissaAlamia road, which is indifferent even in the most favourable seasons and is really bad in winter. It is recalled that the Gorgopotomas bridge was blown up during the Imperial troops’ retreat 'in Greece and took five months to repair.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20966, 14 December 1942, Page 4
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