MOUNTAIN FIGHTING
LEADING UP TO CAPTURE OF KLISURA BITTER WEATHER SLOWS ADVANCE. REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT OP GREEK TROOPS. 'By Tclejtr.nph—Press ~Uwul>..b-C opytJrtht' LONDON. January 10. The battle fur Klisura had lasted since the fall of Premet. but the weather has been the Italians' ally, The Greeks pushed on vigorously from Premet and succeeded in preventing the Italians reforming on the 20-mile front from Premet northward. A series of rapid encircling movements forced repealed Italian withdrawals, and finally the Greeks captured the Italian centre, with its entire artillery, which was immediately turned on the Italians, The Greeks took Frasheri and forced back the Italians on a convex line round Koleyra.
Then the weather changed, turning the streams iiito raging torrents, after which the Greek operations frequently halted in mid-action. Blizzards reduced the visibility to a few feet and snow lay four feet deep. Today’s operation whs one which will live in Ihe annals of Greece, and will certainly compromise the future of the Italians’ chances to turn the fortunes of war in Albania.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 January 1941, Page 5
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