Evening star., 1943-11-19
|Yugos|av Partisans
Report Clashes With
Reinforced Enemy
By the Associated Press.

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reinforced German and native
forces in widely-scattered areas
scoring successes in Serbia and
Herzegovina, but falling back be-
fore steady enemy pressure in
Dalmatia, a communique broad
cast by the Yugoslav liberation
army reported today.
Severe losses were inflicted on the
Nazis and Chetniks on the Bosnia.
Serbian border near Sjemce, more
than 100 enemy dead being counted
in fighting which still continues, the
bulletin said. Other German at
tacks were repulsed at Dragovce
near Smederova, the report added.
Reinforced German forces on the
Dalmatian sector blasted the Parti-
sans out Of the towns of Trogir
Malo OStrovo and Veliki Drvenik in
their drive to clear the coastal
regions, although they were checked
in several other thrusts.
New Threat to Tito.
Gen. Josip Broz' (Tito's) Yugo-
slavs faced new threat in the
northwestern provinces of Slovenia
and Croatia, where the Germans
were reported concentrating large
forces around Fiume, Susak
Crkveneca and Kraljevica, with the
evident intention of launching g
full-dress offensive. One German
armored column operating in West
ern Bosnia, south of Croatia, was
scattered after bitter fighting, the
Yugoslavs said.
Partisan troops, contrary to re-
ports In Tuesdays communique
have not evacuated the Peljesac
Peninsula at the southern end OF
the Dalmatian coast, today's bull
letin said. The Yugoslavs admitted
abandoning part of the peninsula
but assert they are still firmly en-
trenched in the remaining portion
of the strategic bridgehead.
In Montenegro units of the italian
Aosta Battalion brigaded with the
Partisans defeated a mixed force OF
Medic and Mihailovich Chetniks
with heavy losses on November 10
the Yugoslav communique said.
Meanwhile, Germany's hold on
other parts of Southeastern Europe
was reported shaking under the i'm
pact of fresh peace demonstrations
in several of her restive Balkan
satellites.
Peace Demonstrations.
From a food of unconflrmed and
conflicting rumors 1t ap-
peared certain that at least some
elements of the populations OF Bull
garia, Rumania and Hungary were
seeking a way into the good graces
of the Allies before Hitlerism is
struck down.
Peace demonstrations were said
to be erupting most frequently m
Bulgaria. An old quarrel between
Hungary and Rumania over the lat
ters purported restrictions on Hun
sarian minorities was said to have
brought Hungarian troops again to
the Rumanian border.
The destructive forays Of Gen.
rto's force still tie up large con-
centrations of the German military
In this connection, Radio France
at Algiers broadcast a report that
the Germans had closed the Italian
Yugoslav border in what appeared
to be move to block any merger
Of guerrilla forces operating on each
side.
SkepticaI of Peace Talks.
A Swiss report that Foreign Min
lster NJ. Shishmanov of Bulgaria
was in Budapest to discuss joint
peace action with Hungary was
viewed in London with considerable
skepticissn, since Shishmanov con-
ferred with Hitler only two weeks
ago.
A German overseas broadcast re-
corded by Reuters said the Bulgarian
capital Of Sofia, bombed heavily last
Sunday by American planes, would
3e evacuated. This suggested that
he population was fearful of further
air attacks.
Radio France at Algiers said in a
broadcast recorded by United States
monitors that the Sofia raid occurred
one day after a demonstration Of
students against the pro-
German attitude of the govern
nent."
At the same time, the Bari radio,
outlet for Premier
Marshal Badoglio's Italian govern
ment, was quoted by United States
monitors as saying the Bulgarian
cabinet had given orders for the
of peace demonstrations
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