Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-01-15 | Page 2 | Greeks Report New Advances

GREEKS REPORT NEW ADVANCES ATHENS, Jan. 15 WV-Creek force were reported Wednesday to have returned their ' advance toward Beratl In central Albania after throwing back two Italian counterattacks described by a spokesman as constituting an "offensive "of-fensive on a very restricted scale." Twice the Italians hurled lnfan-' lnfan-' try against the Greek lines, Greek accounts said, and after being re-is re-is pelled; fell back through heavy snowstorms and severe cold to naturally nat-urally strong positions. These action ac-tion were said to have occurred north of Klisura. . They acknowledged JFhe fascist force were making a desperate effort ef-fort to hold their new line. . Bad weather curtailed operations somewhat along the entire Albanian Alban-ian front, but Greek sources reported re-ported local engagements. The Greek command said the weather had prevented air activity. Reports reaching Struga, Yugoslavia, Yugo-slavia, from the Albanian frontier Tuesday night said Albanian guerrilla guer-rilla led by Insurgent Malik Deb-ren Deb-ren are raiding food and ammunition ammu-nition depot behind the fascist, defense line.