ITALIAN TROOPS RESUME OFFENSIVE

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 11866, 5 November 1935, Page 3

ITALIAN TROOPS RESUME OFFENSIVE

Pressure on All Fronts

MODERN RIFLES FOR : ' W ABYSSIN L\NS.

London, Nov. 3 »'’fom® Bn,que is f ued , in Ron ? e A the Italian troops in j, ave resumed the offenJW 551111 fronts. Advance columns ceding to Dole, in the Tigre an d Makale (10 miles to Other columns are cartrf n action in Ogaden. Air rfA* a L a nce is active everywhere. wSthlng at last,” triumphantTe a the Italian press in dethe general advance on the correspondent /Z Daily Telegraph. Major-Gen-liTemperley. states that the Italto the north, as the result of a *» .. warfare, have advanced unopposed GO miles. A period will be required £SoUdatioa when Makale Is lv h»d The rate of the advance is on. the staff or the it merely indicates Intense the result of the unforSThaßon of 1806. despatches state that the Jlter” movement of the Italians the north and east is gradualSjaciffling Makale. Two columns S General Santini’s corps are now *4 on Dolo. The other columns Jrt advance along caravan tracks m the north. flse Abyssinlans in the south are arcing Diredawa. The Italians SWhing south of Jijiga. Both are hurriedly reinforcing their in Ogaden. Geaeral Graziam is straightening iSront and moving two of his left fL (damns northward, jcdjasmatch Nasibu, commanda'lle Abyssinlans below Harrar L'secured 3000 modern rifles and rounds of ammunition. ‘The special correspondent of the ftpbh United Press with the Italfgj gfates" that the southern ad--ans'was begun at daybreak. Three jjHf corps with two Black Shirt didiioai, comprising 12 5,000, took atL Ttaks and Askari troops formed •ijj advance guard as scouting and tenting aeroplanes searched for the jamy troops concentrations. Sigjcr Mussolini’s two sons were among flispaots," The Italians carried 450 p«s of artillery agd 3000 machineThe object of the advance, which tetbe most ambitious the Italians Jjt? undertaken, is the occupation dtke southern area of the Tigre proiacß, and the* town of Makale—the bst.goai—is expected to be occupied if noon to-morrow. The front exover TOO miles. Mechanised lifts and supplies are moving over pads which have been constructed A tie past fortnight Early reports indicated that the Jiyßinian' rearguard was offering Sit, resistance. General Santini’s damn was advancing on the right fail:, General Blroli’s native troops a tie-centre front and General Maadeaa’s column, which is protectag the left flank, were reported to iHjerating without difficulty, fa oat to the left was a fourth {tern commanded by General Ma- , listii, which’ was advancing simulasuouely. It consisted of Askari aespi and a large number of Dana--13 tribesmen, estimated at 20,000 deserted to the Italians.