ITALIANS SURPRISED
FORCE ;WIPED OUT
DESCENT BY ENEMY
LONDON, December 5. The Hargeisa correspondent of the "Daily Mail" says it is reported that an Italian reconnoitring column of 400 askaris and eight armoured cars and tanks, in attempting to strike the Abyssinian line of communications east of Sasa Baneh, was attacked by 2000 Abyssinians with anti-tank guns, which disabled the armoured vehicles. The whole force was wiped out, with the exception of a few who escaped in a motor-lorry.
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 138, 7 December 1935, Page 9
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79ITALIANS SURPRISED Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 138, 7 December 1935, Page 9
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