Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-11-08 | Page 2 | Foe Repulsed, Greeks Report

FOE POE REPULSED GREEKS REPORT ATHENS Nov 8 CD UP The PI-The The con- con fire of ot Greek artillery and antitank guns was reported Friday to have hurled back Italian Italian Italian Ital Ital- ian mechanized forces attempting to pierce the main defenses of the of-the the Metaxas line near the shores of the Ionian sea in a drive toward The high command said all attacks attacks attacks at at- tacks in this sector where the Greeks previously had acknowledged acknowledged acknowledged edged making a slight retreat had been repulsed A government spokesman declared declared declared de de- The situation is thoroughly thorough thorough- ly Iy satisfactory River Crossing Claimed The Italians Thursday claimed new gains on this end of the front declaring their troops had crossed the Kalamas river and established a bridgehead on its east bank Elsewhere on the mile front extending along the Greek Al bani banian an border from the Ionian sea seato seato seato to the Yugoslav v frontier little activity activity activity ac ac- ac- ac was reported beyond heavy exchanges of artillery fire On their extreme right flank the Greeks apparently still were clinging to their mountain positions positions positions dominating the Italian base of Koritza 10 miles inside Albania Al Al- bania The high command made no mention of further advances there and military observers believed the Greeks would be content to hold present commanding positions Italian attacks on the Greek left flank in the sector reported Thursday as apparently the beginning of a major offensive offensive offensive offen offen- sive thus far have resulted in purely local fighting a government government government govern govern- ment spokesman said British Aid Reported Reports from Cairo said the BrItIsh British British Brit BrIt- ish middle east command was gIvIng giving giving ing valuable air and naval aid to Greece but that it was moving cautiously because of the necessity necessity sity ity of keeping its forces ready to meet a thre threatened Italian drive toward the Suez Greek reserve officers and non noncommissioned noncommissioned non non- commissioned officers living in Egypt received orders to report to their consulates and it was understood they were to form the nucleus of a Greek division to be recruited from the large Greek colony there