Rounding up Italians in Abyssinia
(British Official Wireless.) Received Thursday, 9.20 p.m. RUGBY, May 7. A Middle East communique dealing with the Abyssinian front spates: “Our converging movement upon Am!ba Alagi is progressing satisfactorily. While pressure from the north is increasing the Imperial troops have occupied (Quorum which is only 30 miles south ox the main Italian position. In this operation a number of prisoners have been taken, including one general. “In the southern area our troops engaged tiie enemy holding a strong position at Warara, 30 mries south of Neghelli. This operation is also continuing favourably. “On the north-east coastal sector of Italian Somaliland wo o-ccupied Bender Kassin, capturing a hundred Italian prisoners and a quantity of war material.”
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Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 109, 9 May 1941, Page 7
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