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Nazis Gain in Crete

LONDON -- British defenders in Western Crete gave ground foot by foot in vicious combat today as hordes of German reinforcements arriving by air widened a break-through in the sector between Malemi and Canea, official sources said.

Imperial reinforcements are pouring into Crete to bolster the resistance against the eight-day-old Nazi invasion, It was announced, and all Axis sea-horne landings were reported smash-with tremendous losses.

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