Show Greeks Collapse Rome Claims Nazis arcs Allies Aies Lock in en Battle By Associated Press Premier Mussolini's high command command com com- mand asserted late Thursday that Greece's whole front with Italy was in crisis and simultaneously BritIsh British Brit Brit- ish and Greek troops fought a violent violent violent vio vio- lent perhaps decisive battle with German panzer columns striking at atthe atthe atthe the heart of the allied defense line 90 miles inside Greece Italian military quarters interpreted interpreted interpreted inter inter- the high commands command's com com- as meaning the entire Greek front facing Italy's armies was collapsing I II duce legions the said had penetrated advance Greek positions and other reports said the Italians now were fighting again on Greek soil A Reuters British news agency dispatch from the battlefront said the Greek British-Greek line remained in intact intact intact in- in tact although it was under heavy pressure Report Huge Nazi Toll An observer returning to Athens Thursday evening from the Mount Olympus battlefront declared mass infantry and tank attacks south of oC Servia had cost the Germans two divisions in casualties in two days Despite terrific losses the Germans Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans were attacking ceaselessly this observer said He declared the invaders were throwing men away by the thousands in an attempt to crash into the Thessaly plain There are about men Ina in ina ina a German mechanized division 15 in an infantry division At the same time the R RAF A F reported reported repotted re re- ported potted unceasing attacks on German German German Ger Ger- man communications in Greece e Batter Pathway To the west of Servia B Br British iR iRand and were locked ina fierce combat as German roared in waves attempting to batter batter batter bat bat- ter a way for tanks and infantry toward which opens upon the plains of Thessaly The town is about 90 miles inside Greece from the northern frontier Dispatches from the front line said the allies ames were holding steady but no effort was made to mInimize minimize minimize min mIn- the gravity of the situation from the allied viewpoint Authoritative quarters in Athens said the outcome of the fighting was expected to prove decisive decisive decisive-an an apparent intimation that the al allies allies allies al- al lies were making a do or die stand Other German troops were reported reported reported re re- re- re ported slashing furiously at Australian Australian Australian Austra Austra- lian forces in the vicinity of Servia northwest of Mount Ol Olympus where the were said to be beholding beholding beholding holding their lines intact Heavy losses were reported to have been inflicted on the Germans Ger Ger- mans In Berlin the high command re- re re 1 ported German troops had captured Servia after sweeping across the river in a drive aimed I at the east flank of the reformed Greek British-Greek defense line The Germans declared they were taking many prisoners in their advance advance advance ad ad- vance which has carried them nearly 70 miles southward from the frontier in this sector west northwest northwest northwest north north- west of Mount Olympus Earlier reports said the nazis had come to grips with the British expeditionary force south of Mount Olympus in an engagement which military circles said might develop into a major battle |