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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 10 December 1940, Page 10

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d MUSSOLINI’S MISTAKE s. LONDON, 9th December. y After the capture of Argyrokastron e the Greeks are advancing cautiously toward Ilimara, threatening the dank S of the Italians*retreating from Sar !' anda. The Italian rearguards arc stubbornly resisting the Greek push i- from Argyrokastron and making an effort to lure small Greek deiachn ments into position where they would be vulnerable. Details of the occupation of Argy--j* rokastron show that the Greek? i- triumphed only after hard fighting i- on the outskirts. The war material ” captured is reported to include 12 complete batteries of artillery Bitter fighting is reported from the central front, where the Italian res. sistance is increasingly fierce. ’’The - Times” correspondent at Korea says e that the Italian morale is appalling. e Along the front it is possible to bes hold machine-gun rests which any > British company could have held a 1 long time, abandoned by the Italian.;, 1 sometime* without fighting. The 1 Greeks ara expert at mountain war 2 fare, of which the Italians evidently ? understand surprisingly little. The r Greeks even in the front line are bci ginning to recognise the amazing reJ suits of the R.A.F. activity, of which the most impressive evidence is almost the entire absence of enemy air r ictivity on the Korea front for several days. Imprisoned Italian officers and soldiers say the war has been Mussolini's great mistake. They do not know the cause of the war cr why they are fighting. AMERICAN CONSUL-GENERAL IN NEW ZEALAND WASHINGTON, 9th December. Mr Wesley Frost, the new ConsulGeneral to New Zealand, Is leaving for Auckland aboard the Monterey on 7th January. SUBMARINE OFF CUBA HAVANA, 9th December. The Manzanillo naval station ha? reported that a submarine of unknown nationality was sighted off the south coast of Cuba. \ I IRON CROSS AWARDED LONDON, 9th December. The Berlin radio stated that Hitler r has conferred the Iron Cross, Firs Class, on Captain Rogge, commander of an unnamed auxiliary cruise.' operating overseas which has thus far sunk 94,000 tons of shipping and brought in a number of prizes. GOING TO BELGRADE LONDON, 9th December. The Budapest wireless announced that Count Cskaj', Hungarian Foreign Minister, is going to Belgrade to-mor •