BRITISH ADVANCE ON DESSIE
Positions Forced
(British Official Wireless.) (Received April 25, 7 p.m.) RUGBY, April 24.
A Cairo general headquarters communique states: “In Abyssinia, though demolitions are still hampering our progress, increasing pressure is being maintained on the enemy holding covering positions north and south of Dessie. Meanwhile, satisfactory progress is being made by our various columns operating in the southern areas. Our troops_have occupied Maji, a large town in south-west Abyssinia near the Sudan border and north of Lake Rudolph.” A Nairobi communique states: “In the Dessie sector the British troops have forced the enemy’s forward defences.” The latest reports state that the enemy is retreating and, as usual, is covering his withdrawal with extensive demolitions.
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Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 179, 26 April 1941, Page 11
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