THREAT TO GERMAN REAR
YUGOSLAV PARTISANS IN ITALY ENEMY CLAIM CAPTURE OF SPLIT (Rec. 11.55 a.m.) London, Sept. 28. Yugoslav partisans who have driven into northern Italy, are threatening the German rear in Italy. Partisan forces, after crossing the frontier, are reported to have engaged in heavy fighting near the ports of Trieste and Fiume. Allied officers attached to the partisan forces are acting as advisers. To-day’s German communique stated that strong bands in north-eastern Italy and Dalmatia have been encircled and are being wiped out. The communique claims that German troops yesterday stormed and captured Split. It also claims that German battle units landed on Corfu Island yesterday after Badoglio troops occupying the island rejected an ultimatum to surrender. German troops, supported by air and naval units, broke the resistance and took prisoner several thousand Italians and quickly occupied the whole island.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 78, 29 September 1943, Page 5
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