GREEK GUERILLAS
MANY DARING EXPLOITS. DESTRUCTION OF ITALIAN SPEEDBOATS. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, June 16. Moscow reports that Greek guerillas at Leros swooped on and destroyed more than 10 Italian speedboats, according to reports from the Mediterranean. The guerilla movement is swelling in the Dodecanese Islands. Shepherds and fishermen have joined Greek guerilla bands who captured many rifles, machine-guns and explosives from Italian troops. Reports of famine in Greece and daring exploits of guerillas in Crete are fanning their efforts.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 June 1942, Page 3
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