The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-16

coming q trout" the Germans
subsequently admitted that the
blitzkrieg invasion was now
meeting stubborn opposition"
and q Naxi spokesman in Berlin
said laconically:
1.-THE Balkan war has entered
upon q new phase.
"Our army has succeeded in
compelling the British forces in
Greece to make a stand and
face us in combat. We have
crossed their plans"
This appeared to be an OBJ
lique admission that the British
were not planning a bunker
que" flight from Greece, as
Berlin propaganda had previous
ly asserted.
Hitler's high command said
fast Nazi mechanical forces lin
sharp pursuit" of British and
Greek troops forced the enemy
to fight near Mt. Olympus and
the mountains west of there"
German Stuka dive-bombers
were said to have inflicted hea-
Wy losses on the Allies ere
treating south of Servia," a
town 10 miles northwest Of Mt.
Olympus.
On the north African battle
front, the British reported they
had successfully attacked" Ger
man Panzer columns striking
into Egypt, in the Fort Capuzzo
sector, in Libya, just across the
frontier from Salum, Egypt.
Hitler's high command said
briefly that q thrust in the Sa-
lum area by British armored
units. supported. by warships,
had been repulsed. Salum is
near the coast.
A Rome communique noted:
Operations near Salum are con-
tinuing, as well as the invest
ment of the fortified place of
Tobruk (Libya), where the enc
my Is defending himself fiercely,
supported by naval units"
The British expressed increas-
ed optimism that the Axis drive
toward the Suez canal had been
slowed or stopped.
In the Balkan campaign, Brit
ish middle east headquarters
announced that British troops
ARE now in contact with the
enemy along the whole of our
front" in Greece.
Dispatch lie from Athens
which indicated the defense
front had been hammered into
an almost straight line across
the peninsula from Mt. Olympus
to Chimara, pictured the British
held right wing at the tabled
Mountain Of the Gods as stand
ing firm.
The Nazi commentary Dienst
Aus Deutschland limited that re-
sistance in the Balkans may COL
lapse soon, declared the trapped
Yugoslav army has mo altern-
alive to surrender" and added
that when this happens lit GER
tainly will not be without the
most important reactions on
Greek decisions"
A Greek spokesman said last
night the Nazis had forced a
way through mountains 5000
feet high to the western outlet,
of Siatista pass, opening on
corridor of flatter country to the
south.
This acknowledgement, linked
with German and Italian claims,
indicated the fighting line now
extends from Mt. Olympus west
past Servia and Siatista, north
west to the vicinity of Kastoria,
then southwest to the Albanian
port Of Chimara.
Italian forces were reported
smashing toward Argirocastro,
which the Greeks have held
since last Dec. 8, and southeast
from Corizza toward Kastoria to
join the Germans in the south
ward drive.
In the air war on the western
European front, German bomb
ers gave nortern Ireland its sec
ond intense, widespread attack,
and the British bombed the
north German naval base at Kiel
for the 38th time since the start
of the war.
A communique issued in Bel.
last described the Luftwaffe's at
tack on northern Ireland as
vicious and indiscriminate" in
places, and said heavy damage
had been done and casualties
might prove large.
Raids on England were termed
fairly heavy" with some dam
age to industry but relatively
few casualties. Liverpool was
among the targets most heavily
attacked.
Reports from Berlin said two
persons were killed, others in
jured and buildings destroyed in
British bombings of northern
Germany.