THE TEMBIEN RANGES
MOPPING-UP PROCESS
BOTH SIDES EXHAUSTED
(Received January 27, 11.30 a.m.)
ASMARA, January 26.
Askari columns assisted irregulars in carrying out the difficult enterprise of mopping up Tembien. The ranges are honeycombed with caves and hollows offering facilities for night-raiding by the defenders.
The recent battle in this area is believed to indicate rriore aggressive Abyssinian tactics in order to prevent the Italians reaching the stronghold at Amba Alagi before the rainy season. Both sides are exhausted, but Addis Ababa expects an early resumption of hostilities and declares that the Italians are bombing open towns in Southern Abyssinia, haying killed 500 civilians in twelve raids in Sidamo in the past few weeks.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 22, 27 January 1936, Page 9
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