NO DECISIVE PITCHED BATTLE.
ABYSSINIANS RETIRE SLOWLY. ITALIANS OCCUPY 200 SQUARE MILES.' (Received This Day, 12.5 p'.m.) •LONDON, October 4. The Italians hold 2000 square miles of Abyssinia into which they have advanced a distance of from twelve to twenty miles, yet despite preliminary engagements incidental to the Italian advance southwards from Eritrea on a •10-mile front, converging on Adowa and Adigrat, the latter having. been captured, nothing has thus far occurred which can be described as a decisive pitched battle The Abyssinians declare that relatively few of their troops have been involved, which is borne out by the comparative speed of the main Italian advance prior to sustaining the first checks. The Abyssinians seem to he retiring slowly, skirmishing as they fall back, in accordance with instructions. They will probably concentrate at Uarrar, which is being reinforced by formidable masses of troops from Dessye and Addis Ababa.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 303, 5 October 1935, Page 5
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148NO DECISIVE PITCHED BATTLE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 303, 5 October 1935, Page 5
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