Evening star., 1943-10-11
Yugos|av Guerri||as
Fight More Intensely,
Take ) More Towns
By the Associated Press,

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LONDON, Oct. 11.-Guerrilla
fighting in Yugosalvia mounted
in intensity today, with the Par
tisan forces of Drug Tito an
nouncing the capture of three
more towns in Slavonia, Slo-
venia and Eastern Bosnia as
they continued their attacks
against German communica-
tions on widely scattered fronts.
A communique broadcast by the
Free Yugoslav radio declared units
Of the I'd Croat Corps had occupied
SlavoniaE town of Cacen on the
Zagreb-Vlnkovci Railway after hard
fighting IN which two armored rail-
way trains were derailed.
The bulletin also announced the
occupation of Bijeljina, about IS
miles south of Vinkovci and an
equal distance west of Belgrade. In
addition Partisan forces were said
to have captured the town of Kam-
MICA neac Brecica in Slovenia.
Fighting for Railway Lines.
Strong Partisan offensive opera
tions were reported directed against
the Ogulin- Acknowledged Rail-
way and the communique said Ger
man forces previously reported in
circled at Ogulin were battling des-
perately to prevent extinction.
In Slovenia the main fighting was
said to center around the Ljubljana-
Trieste and Gorilla -Fiume railway
lines. The battle which has been
raging around Susak, adjacent to
Fiume, was reported growing in in
tensity, and the broadcast declared
the Germans had been forced to
withdraw at several points.
A communique broadcast by the
Free Yugoslav radio yesterday said |
German forces were being pressed |
back into both Trieste and Fiume.
The Partisans, fighting a guer-
rllla war directed at German COM
munications and key bases both in |
the interior and along the Adriatic |
coast, claimed that their struggle !
for liberation, quickened by the
Italian surrender. had won them
large sections of territory.
Large Areas Cleared of Nazis.
The entire province Of Sandjak
In Bosnia, the Partisans said, was
in their hands, as we'll as Eastern
Bosnia. BY far the greater part
of Montenegro, the greater part of
Damatla and the Dalmatian islands !
In the Adriatic, the coastal areas of
Croatia and areas Of western Croatia
from Susak northeast along the
Susak-Ogulin-Karlovac railway, as
well AS districts in Northeastern
Croatia east of Zagreb, also are
under Partisan control, the Free
Yugoslav radio said. In addition,
the Partisans claim to hold portions
of Herzegovina
The gains, the Yugoslav radio
said, add up to hundreds of square
miles Of territory cleared OF Nazi
invaders.
Daniel DeLuce. Associated
Press war correspondent who Wis
tied Yugoslav recently, said the
partisans held large areas in the
interior but that all the impor-
tant coastal areas as we'll as the
largest cities were still in the
hands OF the Nazis.)
War Material Captured.
The partisans said they held an
important height commanding Fl
ume at the northern end of the
Adriatic, but the Berlin radio COM
disputed this, declaring
Nazl troops were mopping up the
1strian Peninsula (Which includes
both Fiume and Trieste) and had
slain 1000 Yuogslaps and captured
$3.50 others as well as taking ouan-
titles of war material.
While Tito's partisans were wag-
Ing a bitter war against the Ger
mans the army of Gen. Draia
Mlhallovich, Yugoslav minister of
war, apparently was comparatively
inactive. However, Cairo dispatch
from Lynn Heinzerling, Associated
Press war correspondent, quoted a
colonel in Gen. Mihailovich's army
as saying the war minister can put
between 10000 and 10000 armed
troops in the field and with aid
from the Allies could raise the total
to 100000.
The colonel, whose name was not
disclosed, arrived in Cairo from
Brlndisi, Italy, where he landed
after trip from Dalmatia to seek
British help after the Italian sur
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