ITALY AND ABYSSINIA.
AN HEEOIC DEFENCE.
Press Association—By Telegraph—Oopyrißht. Rome, December 12. Details of the action at Ambazali show that the Italian troops maintained an heroic defence till numbers overwhelmed them. There were only 700 rifles and a battery of artillery, and they fought 22,000 Shoas for seven hours. Charges of canister fired at fifty yards ploughed lanes of dead through the dense bodies of their assailants. When it became apparent that all was over the guns were thrown into a ravine to prevent them from being captured. The total loss, including camp followers who were massacred in the rout, was 2000.
December IS.
The Government is voting seven million lire in support of General Baratiere in Abyssinia.
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Press, Volume LII, Issue 9289, 14 December 1895, Page 7
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