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Division IV Strictly confidential! Radio group Only for the personal broadcasting and Helldenst. qaana Jn own responsibility Vh to destroy! ( § 353 c RSTGB ) $.a.d Reports of 6 December 1994o. 1.8.40 L o n d o n - English, The Greek army report reports further Eriolge of the Greek troops. It reads: On the whole front the fights were killed yesterday. Our troops continue to advance, especially in the middle and southern battle stages, despite strong flying activity of the opponent. Jn Athens present reports give further details about the Greek advance on the middle front. Northwest of Premeti another village was taken. The Jtaliens were forced in this section to clear the positions occupied the day before. In the southern section, the Jtalians still retreat to Chimara. Heavy fighting and artillery are reported from the surroundings of Vob Argyrocastro. The Jtaliens are forced out of Argyrogastro. On the northern front, near Pogradec, the Greeks stormed further positions n. Greek. Military circles in Athens consider it fpr significant that the Jtalians generally retreat in a western direction to the coast. It is pointed out that in this way they are pushed to the sea and not to already prepared positions, in order to make the attempt to Greek. It is also explained that there are no signs yet that the situation of the Jtalians has stabilised, as it was claimed in Rome. The Greeks explain that they do not want to let the Jtaliians rest for a moment. Greeks want to continue to exploit their advantage. Marshal Badoglio was removed from his post as Chief of Staff of the Italian Armed Forces. He is said to have been dismissed at his own request. Badoglion had a brilliant career in the previous war, he blotted out the Abyssinia war after which he had stalled. Jtalien lost one of his most experienced commanders in the hour of his greatest adversity. The fact that Badoglio puts down the command in such a decisive moment, begs that he is not in agreement with the military course that his country has taken. 3 In the course of yesterday's air battles against Englanf, l4 enemy and 2 British machines were destroyed. One of the British pilots is in safety. According to reports from the Athens agency, the capture of Santi Quaranta was officially announced in Greece. Today, the Navy Ministry issued an official report on a naval battle that took place in the southern Atlantic between the British auxiliary cruiser Canadian Castle and a fast and heavily stocked German caper ship, which was a landel ship. The action was carried out at a great distance, on both sides strong gun activity. The Indian ship, which had a great shrinkage, however, did not engage in a fight from a greater distance. It took with -2-