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TRUCE EFFECTIVE
E.L.A.S. FORCES RETIRE.
Earlier Clashes Reported.
LONDON, Jan 45.--There are no
reports of clashes in Greece since
the "cease fire" came into force at
midnight last night. .LAS forces
are withdrawing according to the
truce terms to between 70 and 100
miles from Athens and 20 miles
from Salonika.
However, before the "cease fire"
operated there were sharp conflicts
between British and ELAS troops.
British armoured vehicles patrolling
north of Athens met mortar and
small arms fire, but when they de
ployed for attack, the ELAS men
melted away.
Fighting occurred on Saturday at
widely scattered points. In the Attica
peninsula a British column advanc
ing along the coastal road skirting
the Atlanta Channel, between At
tica and Euboea, met extremely
heavy mortar, machine-gun and
rifle fire. The engagement lasted
throughout the afternoon. Sappers
building a bridge a few miles north
of the Pass of Thermopylae came
under heavy mortar, machine-gun
and rifle fire. In another fight ELAS
forces ambushed a British column
in the hills south-east of Levadia.
Heavy fighting ensued with casualties
on both sides. Similar engagements
occurred on both banks' of the
Corinth Canal. Twenty of the ELAS
forces were killed and 62 captured
in a 90-minute battle south of Pat
ras. There is severe tension in Salo
nik~ where the RAP on Saturday de
stroyed 30 motor vehicles and eight
railway trucks.
More harrowing stories of ELAS
atrocities come from hostages who
have escaped, and joined friends in
Aethens. High Government officials,
among them, repeat previously pub
lished stories and add that ELAS
forces have executed 42 people.
According to the Athens paper
"Hellas" hostages taken by ELAS
number about 30,000, of whom 5.000
have been freed.
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