ABYSSINIA SEETHING
REBELLION SPREADS GREAT ANXIETY IN ITALY DUKE OP AOSTA VISITS TROOPS
London, Jan. 15
Almost the whole of Abyssinia, is seething with revolt, according to the Daily Telegraph special correspondent on the Abyssinian frontier. The spread of the rebellion is causing the Italians such anxiety that ihe Duke of Aosta visited the Fascist troops at Goja in order to ascertain fthe worst about the situation and to seek to stiffen the garrison’s morale, which has been weakened by ambushes, constant guerilla warfare and surprise attacks against food convoys. •
General Nasi, who commanded the Italians occupying British Somaliland, is leading strong forces from Addis Ababa to Go.ia to attempt to quell the revolt. There have been costly ambushes for Italy on the groat main road from Gondar eastward to Lake Tsana.
Italians farther south have been forced to evacuate Si Damo, also a post near Maji. More trouble is beginning to boil up in Shoa country.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 13241, 17 January 1941, Page 5
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