ERITREA INVADED
POWERFUL CHIEFS’ PROGRESS
ACTION ON OWN INITIATIVE \ PENETRATION OF FIFTY MILES ADOWA REPORTED RETAKEN (United Press Association— Copyright) Received This Day, 9.5 a.m.) LONDON,, October 8. “The Sun-Herald” correspondent at Addis Ababa, says that several powerful chiefs, acting on tt en: jw initiative, commenced a daring invasion of Eritrea, where they are reported to be making progress: The Emperor’s son-in-law, Ras Aile Selssie is actually 50 miles inside the Eritrean border with 15,000 , men rL Kassa, with . 75,000 men, is lo ' relief of Aksum. His warriors are equivalent tp E g land’s “death or glory” boys and once started will not retreat. The special correspondent of “The Sun-Herald at Addis Ababa says all is quiet on the northern front. Reui" forcemeats’ being if ed to Ogaden.where.the Itahans are reported to be already half-way from bomaiuanci ward Tijiga and Harrar. Mussolini is well, ahead of his schedule and, unless the Emperor gives further fightmg from will soon be linked right across Lower Abyss.ma Eritrea to Somaliland. ■ r The special correspondent of t J ie A , Ex^ a r”fs e fter a Agency with the Italians reports that Aksum fell after short attack in which aeroplanes took par . The Italians have consolidated a line 70 miles long:
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 306, 9 October 1935, Page 5
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