GERMAN RETREAT IN GREECE
GUERRILLAS HARASS MOVEMENTS (8.0.W.) RUGBY, October 22. The Germans in Greece are withdrawing northward with all possible speed, writes an Athens correspondent in a delayed message. Although no real battle has been fought since the enemy left Athens, guerrillas are harassing them all the way along the route of their retreat. They have now withdrawn 32 miles to the north-west of Athens. British forces are following dose on their heels, but are being delayed by demolitions. It seems clear that the Germans are determined to fight their way out and not surrender, but the area they are now coming to is strongly held by guerrillas and the enemy’s chances' of getting his main forces away are decreasing daily. The whole of the Cyclades group of islands in the Aegean has been liberated, says the Athens correspondent of the British United Press. Greek guerrillas have taken over Andros, the last island to fall.
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Southland Times, Issue 25502, 24 October 1944, Page 5
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