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Greece Northern Front
 
      Large German motorized column reached Ptolemais 6.45 p.m. April 
      13th.
 
      General Wilson's forces have been swung back to meet the German 
      threat from Bitolj. 
 
      During the withdrawal our covering troops inflicted severe casualties 
      on the enemy. 
 
      Some of our units also suffered casualties.
 
      
 
 
Royal Air Force. April 14th.
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      Successful daylight attacks made on two ships off the Dutch coast 
      and two electric 
 
      power stations in Holland.
 
      
 
 
Night of April 14th/15th
       SIOE="-1">. Ninety-four aircraft sent to Brest, majority attacked 
 
      battle cruisers. All returned safely. 
 
      
 
 
Greece
 
      During April 13th and 14th our bomber formations attacked military 
      concentrations 
 
      on Bitolj - Prilep and Veve-Ptolemais roads. In these operations 
      four enemy aircraft
 
      destroyed and 11 others probably destroyed by our fighters two 
      of which lost; six
 
      Blenheims also missing. 
 
      
 
 
German Air Force
 
      During April 14th and night of April 14th/15th activity over 
      the British Isles slight.
 
      
 
 
Libya
 
      On April 14th, formations of enemy aircraft heavily attacked 
      Tobruk. Hurricanes 
 
      destroyed nine and antiaircraft shot down four.
 
      
 
 
Malta attacked by about forty enemy aircraft 
      during the night of April 13th and 14th
 
      causing damage to military and civilian property.
 
      
 
 
Greece
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      enemy aircraft bombed Volos harbour on April 13th and hit two 
      ships.
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