AOSTA AND STAFF

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 22 May 1941, Page 5

AOSTA AND STAFF

PRISONERS TOTAL ABOUT 19,000 BATTLE OF LAKES PROCEEDING t A communique issued by Gent eral Headquarters at Cairo ’ states:— * “Abyssinia: The Duke of Aosta accompanied by five generals - and a number of senior staff " officers formally surrendered \ yesterday, following the handing l over of all equipment in the - Amba Alagi area. The total 1 number of prisoners taken dur--1 ing and since the battle in this . area amount to about 19,000. In the battle of the Lakes south of Addis Ababa which is now proceeding, q our troops are rapidly closing in on “ the enemy force consisting of the remnants of two divisions. Yesterday our B forward troops advancing from the B south after a sharp engagement with t the enemy rearguard captured an _ Italian brigader and a number of 2 prisoners. In the north-east corner of Somaliland some hundreds of Italr ians who had taken refuge in a town had been captured. REMNANTS OF ITALIAN ARMY . j (Rec. 11.10 a.m.) Rugby, May 21. In Abyssinia, British troops are in c touch with the enemy 45 miles north i of Soddu, in the Jimma area.