Disarming Elas Forces
(8.0. W. 12.5 p.m. RUGBY, March 4 The disarming of Elas forces should br, completed by now, accordng to a declaration signed by the Eias. General Sarafisc and the Secretary-General of the Communist Party (Slantos and sent to British headquarters at Trikkala and Thessaly. British troops, who are advancing gradually to various places occupied now by. Elas forces, are being receved everywhere with enthusiasm. In a message to the commander of the Greek 3rd Mountain Brigade, Field Marshal Alexander says: “Soldiers, you may be proud of the galiant; part you played in our victorious Italian campaign of 1844, when with your Allies, you broke the Gothic Line and advanced towards the Po Valiev. Although your distinguished brigade is about to pass from living entity into the pages of history, its name will live for ever by its glorious deeds on the field of battle.’*
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Northern Advocate, 5 March 1945, Page 3
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