VALUABLE POSITIONS CAPTURED
ABYSSINIANS IN DISORDER. S GUNS AND RIFLES ABANDONED. SUBMISSION OF MANY: CLERGY. i (United Press Association—Copyright) (Receveid This Day, 9.20 a.m.) OSMARA, October 21. It is reported that the Italians on the Ogaden front captured valuable positions at Soillave and Daguerre. The Abyssinians lost heavily and fieri in disorder, abandoning two guns and many machine-guns and rifles. The clergy of 200 Coptic churches and 15 mosques in the Tigre Province collectively submitted to the Italians.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 8, 22 October 1935, Page 5
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