The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-29

lageS of Rastan and Brzesda in the Shkumbi river valley.
 The Italians are reported to be retreating along the main road which run roughly parallel to the route taken by the Greeks. The Greeks apparently hope to cut the main road between ElbaSan and the retreating Italians.
 It appeared that the Italians were in danger of being caught between two Greek forces in an area south and west of the Mokra Mountains and between the northern end of Lake Ochrida and the Jugoslav frontier.
 Greek troops from the Gramos Mountain area were said to have made a surprise attack at a. m. today on the village of Herseka in the central sector on secondary road connecting the Koritza- Mes saria road with the main MeSsaria- Berat road.
 The Greeks were said to have taken the village with little trouble. About 50 casualties on both sides were reported. The Greeks were said to have taken two Italian officers and 100 soldiers, prisoner and cap- tured field gun, a machine gun and three trucks.
 More Italian Bombs
 Ten Italian planes weer reported to have bombed Parga and Prebeza, killing one and wounding two at Paraga, and killing three and wounding two. at Prebeza. The planes then attacked Patras, killing seven and wounding nine.
 The Italians were said to have dropped several bombs in the Cor inth Canal but failed to hit the railway bridge. When the Italians approached Piraeaus and Athens they were met by anti-aircraft fire and forced to turn back.
 Greek chaSerS attacked the Ital- tan bombers and in the ensuing bat tie it was reported two Italian planes were shot down and one Greek plane lost.
 Italian Destroyers Busy
 Athens, Greece, Nov. 29-(UP)- Italian destroyers bombarded the north coast of Corfu Island, but "stole away under cover of a smoke screen" when Greek-BritiSh air. planes reached the scene, a wal communique said today.
 (At London, exchange telegraph dispatches from Athens said Greek fighting planes had encountered eight Italian planes this morning and had shot down all of them. An other exchange telegraph dispatch said the Greeks had started an of- fensive on the central front We'd nesday night, breaking the Italian lines and dispersing a Fascist reg iment called "A La Morte"-to the death.)
 ! Only sketchy reports of the situa- ton at the front were given out by officials here.
 (There was no confirmation oi reports from the Jugoslav border town of Sturga that Greeks had captured. Argyrokastron, main Ital- ian base in South Albania, after an hours hand-to-hand battle in the streets.
 GA dispatch from Salonika, Greek eastern port, said reports from there indicated that Italy intended using the small port Giovanna Di Medua as supply base for troops and materials to be brought from Italy to reinforce the crumbling south and central fronts.
 The port is in the extreme north of Albania. but is slightly less acc cessible to Greek and British bomb- ing planes which have been attack ing Durazzo and Valona, the two leading Albanian ports, regularly.
 Doubt Its Value
 (Salonika dispatches said Greek military experts doubted the prac- tical value of Santa Giovanna as a supply base because of the lack of roads leading south from there, and the hostility of the North Albanian tribes)
 (At Rome, the government radio denied reports that Gen. Pietrc Badogli, 'conqueror of Ethiopia, 2 had gone to Tirana. Albania. to d. rect the Italian operations.)
 The war communique said that fighting in various sectors was successful for our troops"
 "Our aviation carried out recon. naissance and pursuit patrols cov- ering our troops 'lt said. During air fights an important number ol enemy planes were shot down. Enc. niy aviation bombed some places al the front as yell as towns and vIi. lages in Nplrus. Corfu. cophallonla snd ihe vest coast qs Peloponneslls