The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-18

Grevena and KalaIbaka and then back northwest of Metsovo cutting across southern Albania, south of Argyrokastron.
 The exact location of Theline's anchor on the Adriatic was not known. The Italians claimed to have re-occupied Porto Palermo and Premet (PremetD but this was not confirmed by the Greeks.
 Danger point of the line appeared to be the sector in the vicinity of Grevena and Kalabaka. A break through at this point would enable the Germans to get on the railroad system that runs southeast from Kalabaka and connects with the lines to Athens. Once on the rail- road they might be able to encircle the defenders or the Olympus sector from the rear.
 Terrific Death
 Richard D. MacMillan, United Press staff correspondent at the front in Greece, reported that Q ter rife toll was being taken of elite Nazi troops attempting to crash the Allied defense lines. Some moun- tain passes, he reported, have been filtered with German dead.
 But despite these big losses, he reported, the Germans keep coming again and again and he revealed that "rectihcation" of British and Greek lines was underway due to the salient the Germans have hacked out south of Grevena.
 McMillan did not reveal the r,a- ture of the "rectification" but other sources insisted that the British Greek lines north of Mount Olym- pus still held. Apparently rumors have circulated in Greeee that the Nazis infiltrated back of these lines because there were repeated denials in Athens of such reports.
 McMilhn reported that the Ger mans were utilizing three armored divisions (about 30,000 men), an un- estimated number of Austrian AL pine detachihents and crack Nazi blitz infantry in their attacks.
 Larisa, important rail center 30 miles due south of Olympus, Me- Milan said, has been bombed so heavily that 1t resembles Louvain.
 Greek Admissions
 Greek announcements said that the Germans are continuing to ad- vance but urged the populace to stay calm and go about their or dinary business, paying no atten- ton to rumors.
 The Germans, hailing the capi- tulation of the remaining fighting forces in Jugoslavia, said that the full fury of attack now had been launched on Greece but the high command was reticent about de- tails of the action.
 The official communique claimed that 17,000 Greek prisoners have been taken. It added that many guns, including 25 heavy ones, have been captured and that 12 British armored cars were destroyed. A big air force was said now to be concentrating exclusively on Greece.
 Tn Africa, the British reported that the tempo of the German ad- vance has been slowed for the time being but admitted that the situa- tion continues serious and probab- ly will continue so until reinforce ments are brought up from ast Africa. Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell was said to need two or three weeks to complete the troop trans fer.
 Italian Losses
 The Italians admitted the loss of Q torpedo boat, damage to two others, loss of two transports and damage to others in the British fleet attack on a convoy between Sicily and the African coast which was revealed by a British admiralty communique three days ago.
 The Italians also reported that the Royal Air force had attacked Tripoli and Derna with consider able force.
 The Italians launched another barrage of criticism upon Switzer- land because of the alleged pro- British tone of the Swiss Press.
 The official German news agen- cy reported that Adrien Marquet, mayor of Bordeaux, is sending a protest to President Roosevelt for rail center 35 miles south of Mount olympus, were false; that actually the Germans were far mort nof La- risa and that this reported capture