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 Smashing through the Italian lines near Metonyi on the Epirus front, Greek troops were reported to have brought recent captures of Italian soldiers to 2,000. Best esti- mates available here indicated that 6,000 Italians have been made pris- cners to date. The proportion of officers was notably low among these prisoners, although some high staff officers were claimed captured yes terday.
 Total Italian casualties thus far iere estimated here to in- clul yer 2,O00 killed since the war
 TheS broken Italian defense in the Epirus region was reported to- night to be falling back on Argyro- kastron itself. Advancing Greek troops reported capture of 200 trucks, ten heavy siege guns, fe 3.7 anti-aircraft guns, hundreds Ci machine-guns and large quantities of hand-grenades, rifles, ammuni- tion and motorcycles in this area.
 Allied bombers, after giving the Albanian capital of Tlrana it's heaviest bombing of the war yester- day, flew up and down the Argyro- kastron Valley, reportedly turning the Italian retreat into a panic. It was along this valley that the Greeks were forced to use cavalry to keep up with the retreating Italians.
 How R0ut Began
 The first stories from prisoners captured in this drive. as reported here describe how the rout began when Albanian natives revolted, shooting their Italian officers. The entire front then began to break. falling back rapidly.
 Italian battle police" were alleged to have turned machine-guns on the retreating forces, attempting to halt the panic. A general melee de- veloped as allied bomberx and fight CTS appeared along the roads and bombed the retreating troops.
 Greek mountain troops Storming toward Koritza early yesterday cap- tured outlying Italian defenses only a mile from the town and brought the key Italian base under rifle fire, front reports said.
 At least two of the five Italian divisions defending the Koritza sec tor were reported to have been de- stroyed during the past weeks heavy fighting.
 Yesterday Italian planes began flying in endorsements to the be- leaguered garrison, but many of the transport planes were reported destroyed and the endorsements disorganized.
 Belgrade Report
 Belgrade, Jugoslayia, November 2l. = (UP) = Greek troops, Altering through passes in the Mcrava Mountains, today launched a drive westward toward the Koritza-Po- gradec Road, apparently in a new effort to cut off the remaining Ital- ian troops in Koritza.
 Reports from the Jugoslav from tier said that the new drive ap- peared to be in the direction of Pogradec, along the sole remaining road connecting Koritza with the north.
 Italian troops stationed near the Jugoslav frontier between Lake Prespa and Lake Ohrid were re- ported to be withdrawing from their positions as their flanks were threatened by. this new drive.
 Early this morning, these reports stated, Italian troops attacking the Greek positions in the Morava mountains were repulsed. About 30 Greeks were killed and 80 wounded in the fight, but Italian losses were reported twice as heavy.
 Greeks Pushing On
 Reports reaching the frontier said that in the Pindus region on the central front, Greek troops last night pushed forward two kilometers Gust over a mile) in the direction of Herseka and were now only five n1il- ometers (about three miles) from the town.
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