THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1746, sig. 109-4/1501

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C0 - 2 - Ships. Four of the ships, with a tonnage of 25,453 t, belonged to the escort, which was attacked by a German caper ship in the Atlantic Ocean. From the last communiqué from Cairo it is clear that the Jtaliens are still inactive: to report anything new about no front. Jn of the week, which ended on Sunday, the l7.ll., were by the brit. Luftwaffe and Flak 93 enemy planes shot down, 8o German and 13 ital. Machines. Of the German machines were 38 fighter aircraft, 4o fighter aircraft and 2 seaplanes. The German Air Force lost 185 ploughers, the Ital. 48 pilots. Jn the same week the British Air Force loses 29 aircraft, l8 fighter and ll fighter aircraft. 7 fighter aircraft could save themselves, so the brit. Luftwaffe lost 58 pilots. Among the British pilots of the last few days, there is a lg-year-old pilot officer who rammed and destroyed an enemy machine after his own control was already almost shot away. The reports from Greece show that the fights in front of the Italian base Koritza have increased in intensity. The Jtalians have used reinforcements to prevent the fall of the city, while the Greeks are trying to gain a firm foothold on the hills surrounding the city. The Greek army report reports that all enemy compartments are already being thrown back over the Kalamos River. The Greek forces have destroyed fuel and ammunition camps and made more prisoners. Strong Italian air forces have attacked the Greek positions on the front. The battles have been carried out in 7 Italian fighter planes and 2 fighter planes. The Greeks have lost 2 hunting machines. The greek. Air Force bombed Argyrocastro and enemy marching colonies. - Brit. Fighters attacked Elbasan in Albania. Supply and supply camps were bombed. Fires broke out. It is now reported that the l3o Italian tanks, whose crew is said to have defected to Yugoslavian territory, are parked near the Yugoslavian border. With the machines there are Italian accompanying teams, whose presence there gives rise to numerous conjectures. Jn the USA wrote yesterday's speech Mussolini with contempt for New York Sun: Still so great eloquence cannot hide that the Italian Prestige has suffered a heavy blow. - New-York Times: The extremely exuberant and servile tone in Mussolini's speech, when he spoke of Hitler, confirms the news that Hitler was extremely angry about his partner's inability. It was not only a proof that the axis had to be freshly oiled, but also that the moment came when the Italian people demanded Antvort on his questions. It was announced in London that England leased various naval and air bases to the US. These are bases in West India. The bases on the Bermuds were handed over to the USA, as well as those on Newfoundland, by gift. The assigned bases form a chain from Florida along the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea to the South American mainland. These are, among other things, support points on Mariguana (Bama Jnseln Jamaica, St. Lucia (east of Martinique) and bases in Guayana on the South America mainland. - A number of airfields built on Jamaica are shared by the United States and England -3 -