BRITISH LOSSES REPORTED
GAS CASUALTIES ON FRONTIER.
MEMBERS OF CAMEL CORPS
LONDON, October 17:
Sir Percival Phillips, in a cabie message to the “Daily Telegraph” from Djibouti,. says: “Members of the Britisli Camel Corps stationed on the Somali-Ogaden frontier suffered casualties 'from fftalian gas and other bombing raids, according to reports by tribesmen to the British Commissioner at Zeila.” The Italian Consulate at Djibouti and a spokesman at Rome deny the violation of British territory and injuries to the Camel Corps. They emphasise that Italy is doing her utmost not to antagonise British interests in Africa.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 6, 19 October 1935, Page 5
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