300,000 Men Fighting Under Tito’s Command
(Rec. 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, April 13. More than 300,000 men are now believed to be fighting' under Marshal Tito, according to news received in Cairo, says Reuter’s correspondent. The Yugoslav army is being reinforced with Italians, Rumanians, Belgians, Hungarians and Czechoslovaks. Marshal Tito’s army is infiltrating steadily towards Serbia, but the most important move is in progress in Macedonia, where guerillas are attacking a railway lifeline connecting Belgrade and the Greek port of Salonika.
The Free Yugoslav radio called on Croat patriots for an all-out offensive against the Germans, The British United Press says that the appeal came 24 hours after Marshal Tito hurled Serbian forces into fresh attacks against the weakened German garrisons in Serbia.
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Northern Advocate, 14 April 1944, Page 3
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