BOTH SIDES HAVE HEAVY LOSSES
ABYSSINIAN'S' RESISTANCE SELLING THEMSELVES DEARLY ■ ■ / ITALIANS CAPTURE POINTS (United Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 10.30 a.m.) ADDIS ABABA, October 4. Terrific battles’ are proceeding on the Eritrean frontier. There have been heavy losses on both sides, the Abyssinians selling themselves dearly.
The Addis Ababa correspondent of the “Sun-Herald says the Abyssinians were on the point of a big battle for the P os " session of Maibaria, near Axurne, to-dayi when the Italians brought on an air raid, followed by a tank corps. A massacre followed. After an all-night battle the. Abyssinians were forced to give up Mount Ramab, a good strategic position.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 303, 5 October 1935, Page 5
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