REBELS ATTACK TOWN
LOOTING AND WRECKING PLANES & WARSHIPS REPLY LONDON, Feb. 24. Four hundred guerrillas with heavy arms made a midnight attack on Aigion from all directions, reports the Associated Press correspondent in Athens. They overcame a small force of soldiers, gendarmes and armed civilians and began wrecking and looting the town. , , The defenders after several hours forced the attackers to withdraw. They took loot and hostages with them. Aircraft and warships later began attacking the fleeing band while soldiers and gendarmes cleared the town of remnants hiding in houses.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22571, 26 February 1948, Page 5
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