Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-29
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ATHENS, Nov. 29.-Fierce bonn
bardment of Italy's sea gateways
into Albania and a rout of Italian
deStroyers bombarding the now
British defended Greek Island of
Corfu were reported today by the
British Royal Air Force.
Bomber aircraft carried out raids
on Santi Quaranta porto Edda),
where destroyers bombarding the
Island of Corfu fled on approach
of our formations, Durazzo and
Elbassan (ElbasanD," said a COM
munique apparently covering action
yesterday and last night.
(The italian high command,
reporting bombardment Of sew
eral detectives on Corfu, which
lies Just off the junction of the
Albanian and Greek frontiers in
the Ionian Sea and southwest of
Porto Edda, declared that the
reaction to the prolonged bonn
bardment" was disorganized and
ineffectiveD
Six Italian destroyers were reported
earlier to have shelled rural districts
on the north coast of Corfu in the
Adriatic off the Greek-Albanian
coast, but to have fled under cover
of a smoke screen when Greek war
planes appeared.
Bombs Explode on Wharves.
Shipping at Porto Edda was at
tackled and bombs were seen to ex-
plode on wharves," said the r. A. F.
communique. At Durazzo, another
Albanian port, and Elbasani, an in
land base, "all the bombs fell in the
target area but the results were not
observed due to weather conditions"
Two of the British planes failed
to return to their bases"
One was a fighter lost in collision
while in combat with an Italian
plane, which also crashed in flames.
The British pilots bailed out but had
not been found.
Ten Italian planes in all were said
to have been downed in the last two
days, including 7 out of 20 fighters
surprised by an r. A. F. fighter
formation over Southwestern Al
bania yesterday
"Our aircraft at once attacked and
In less than a minute seven enemy
aircraft were shot down." the COM
munique said.
Press Deeper Into Albania.
With the choicest regiment" of
the italian Army reported van
pushed in bitter fight on the
southern front, Greeks asserted to-
day their forces were pressing deep
er into Albania against air, sea
and land resistance.
The Greek command reported
italian air attacks ION some points
of the front" and widespread raids
behind the lines.
"A considerable number of enemy
aircraft was shot down." it said but
gave no figures.
Greek information from the front
suggested that defeat of an Italian
regiment of death'-picked Fascists
sworn to die rather than retreat
may have been greater than at first
reported and that the Italians may
be in full flight up the coast.
This front, in the region OF Agri-
rocastro, Italy's last remaining ad-
vance base which the Greeks have
been threatening, admittedly was the
center of the most serious resist
ance" and it was acknowledged that
the Italians still were counter-at-
tacking at some points.
There was no indication of the
fate of Argirocastro or other towns
In the path of the Greek advance.
Consolidating Gains.
On the center and north sectors,
Greek forces were said to be con-
solidating their gains to avoid the
danger of stretching their lines too
thin in mountains easily snow
locked.
Reports at the Yugoslav Dor
der town of Bitolj said the
italians had counter charged
heavily in the Pogradetz sector
and that there was sharp fight
ing southeast of the town, 20
miles north of fallen Koritza,
last nightD