PROGRESS IN ABYSSINIA
(Bee. 12.80 p.m.) JR'GBV. .May 15. A Middle Fast communique states: On May 12 South African troops, with the co-operation of patriots, captured some further important positions covering Amba Alagi. The prisoners taken during the day number 24 Italian officers and ;}","> Italian other ranks; •'32 colonial and other ranks. The advance is continuing. Further south, operations are proceeding successfully at all points. As the result of'engagements in the lakes area south of Addis Ababa on May 13. nine light tanks were captured.
ITALIAN ADMISSION. (Bee. 11.40 a.m.) LONDON. May 13. An Italian communique slates that enemy pressure in Abyssinia continues in all sectors, particularly at Amba Alagi. where the Italians are resisting fiercely.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 141, 16 May 1941, Page 5
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