FIERCE FIGHTING IN ABYSSINIA.

Northern Advocate, 11 July 1936, Page 7

FIERCE FIGHTING IN ABYSSINIA.

■ j (Received 10 a.m.) s LONDON, July 9. ! A message from Rome states | that an official communique adI mits that the Italians in Abyssinia i were engaged in fierce fighting | on Monday and Tuesday with j Abyssinian bands, who attempted I to loot food trains on the Djibouti [ railway between Akaki and [ Mojjo. i Detachments from the military garrison at Lasadda fought the Abyssinians all night and inflicted heavy losses until they retreated. Several battalions have been despatched to Mojjo from Addis

J Ababa, a Despatches from Paris state \ that the ambushing of Italians I has led the Press to ask if Italy i has really conquered Abyssinia, 1 and to declare the episode proves | that Italian control is precarious, > II Duce may find it harder to [ conclude his war in Abyssinia i than at Geneva. ! Madame Taboius, writing in [ “L’Ouvre,” states that an Abys- j [ sinian army, concentrated at Si- j dalno, is carrying on formidable i guerilla activities, while another | army, 45 miles from Addis Ababa, j is attacking the Italians. | An Italian column occupied i Collubi, in the Harrar region, j Mass submissions to Italians are j reported to be continuing j throughout Abyssinia. E The 30 Italians reported yester- I day to have been killed in an ■ ambush at Lekempti, Abyssinia, \ have proved to be only 14 in num- * ber. They were killed in their a sleep. The, soldiers' first night in J camp passed off without incident, s but raiders rushed the isolated i tents on the second night. Local \ natives did not participate in the J massacre. i I ■ BMHHnnaaniia»«aaHHaßHßaH»<