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Strictly confidential! Division IV Only for the personal group Broadcasting Service also! Broadcasting and Helldienst To destroy on its own responsibility! /§ 353c RStGB/. Verification. - No. Reports of 7 and 8 December 1940. ON0 SENDER LONDON /English/: The attacks of the brit. Air Force during the last night against German-occupied airfields in Belgium and northern France. Brit. Bombers attacked the Italian port of Valona in Albania. A ammunition camp got a hit, also in a parking lot for trucks and on militant. Buildings exploded bombs. A guarantor of the Greek government describes yesterday as the most successful of the war so far. Now, after the capture of Santi Quaranta, the case of Argyrocastro is expected hourly. Greek Army Report: On the left wing of the front, after overcoming the enemy resistance, our troops managed to take over the city of Santi Quaranta and continue to advance. The Italians set the city on fire after they had plundered it. In the port of Santy Quaranta there is a half-deathed Italian destroyer who had previously been attacked from the air. The advance continues on the rest of the front. Under the captured war material, there are two guns. The case of Santi Quaranta bears witness to the excellent military leadership of the Greeks. Three days before the city was conquered, the Greeks took important strategic positions near the city and left only one way of retreat open to the Italians, along a very difficult road along the coast to Chimara. On Wednesday an Italian destroyer, who accompanied 2 cargo ships, ran into the port to take the staff of the Italian headquarters on board. The escort train was bombed and blown up, the destroyer is in the harbour. A division of the famous Greek mountain troops completely destroyed the ll. ital. Alpini regiment, which should hold the city of Santi Quaranta. Although part of the city was destroyed by fire, the Greeks nevertheless fell into the hands of numerous materials. The booty could not be counted until now. Santi Quaranta was the only Italian port of supply in southern Albania. After its capture, the Italians are left only with Valona, on which the Greeks advance and Durazzo. Both are constantly exposed to attacks by the British Air Force. In the middle front section, the Greeks have advanced far beyond Premeti and hold important ital roads under artillery fire. In the north section, important ridges around Moskopolis were occupied by the Greek. The Italians have suffered very heavy losses so far. Despite the persistent resistance of the Italians, Greeks are above -2-