The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-05
ITALIANS CAPTURED

ATHENS, Nov. 5.-(IueSday)-
R-The capture of part of 1000
Italian troops sent into Greece to
cut communications was reported
early today as Greece's skirted
shock troops announced they had
seized another hill in Albania and
taken a quantity of Italian war
material
belgrade, Yugoslavia, dispatch
es said the Greek general staff re-
ported the capture of 80 tanks and
Greek sources in Belgrade said
their northern army was in pos
session of mountain heights sur
rounding 0 1000 Italians.)
The Greek defender who are
carrying the war to Italian-con-
quered Albania were said to have
thrust forward 10 kilometers (more
than 6 miles) in bitter bayonet
charges to seize the heights of
Mount Morava in Albania, COM
manding the road to the Italian
base of Koritza.
Advices from the front said that
the Greeks had seized supplies
thrown from the air by Italian
planes in an attempt to relieve
Fascist soldiers sent into Greece
to disrupt communications.
The number of prisoners taken
there was not disclosed but front
advices said the surrender of the
remaining force is pending.
Munitions and guns also were
captured.
The Greek high command COM
munique reported that a trench
mortar, machine guns and mate
rial had been taken at various
points of the front.
The high command said the en-
envy had bombed repeatedly many
towns and villages in Greece but
that 'our aviation successfully
bombed and machine-gunned con-
centrations of tanks and troops at
different localities!"
The Greeks said five Italian
planes were shot down during the
day while one Greek plane failed
to return.
Reports from Salonika said the
Italians raided that important
Aegean port city twice during the
day and three Italian planes were
shot down. 1t was said n fell in
pieces in the city.
Fighting flared all up and dow n
the 1OO-mile Albanian border, but
the most intense struggles we're
declared to be at the two ends,
around Mount Morava on the north
and in tie vicinity of the Kalamas
river on the south.
The Greeks counter-attacked the
Italian invaders north of the Kali
amas river today ,fter Withstand
ing an Italian tank charge.
An Italian counter-attack against
the Evzones in the northeast sec
t>r was said to have been repulsed,
and then the Evzones made their
own drive up the mountain slopes
with the aid Of hand grenades
and barred steel.
Nearer the coast, on the Epirts
front where the Italians were said
to have made their only important
gains in eight days of subdued
blitzkrieg, the Greeks Gained they
were holding their strongly forti-
fed positions against one Fascist
thrust after another.
Greek advices from D%jevdjeli-
ia, Yugoslav town on the Greek
Yugoslav frontier, said the 1tal-
ians launched a mighty attack on
the Epirus front during the day
but failed to bulge the Greeks.
Two Italian planes were declared
downed there and a third just
south of Djevdjelija.)
The Italians preceded their land
attacks with Is aerial lombard
m ents against border positions
while other planes flew across
Greece to blast the port of Saloni-
ka, causing civilian casualties. On
both the active fighting fronts
Greek and Italian heavy artillery
duelled ceaselessly. l