ADVANCE ON TEPELENI
' NORTHERN BATTLE STILL RAGING j • Received Dec. 16, 12.45 a.m. LONDON, Dec. 15. | A. Greek communique says: "Our offensive i.s proceeding successfully, jWe occupied important heights and I look many prisoners aim equipment j while steadily closing in on a semi- • circle round Tepeleni.' The Greeks are repotted to have I reached the suburbs of Tepeleni, but I the Italian rearguard thrust ‘hem | back to their positions, tne nearest of ! which are half a mile Hum the town. The Italians are preparing fortified dines in front of Valona. but are already withdrawing stores and troops from Valona. The bloody artillery battle continues on the north fronl, with heavy losses on both sides, but the Greeks have again won new peaks.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19401216.2.52
Bibliographic details
Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 295, 16 December 1940, Page 5
Word Count
123ADVANCE ON TEPELENI Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 295, 16 December 1940, Page 5
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Wanganui Chronicle. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in