ABYSSINIAN WAR

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22356, 29 February 1936, Page 13

ABYSSINIAN WAR

1 ! , ITALIAN AIRMEN ACTIVE RAINS TO BE IGNORED ROME. Feb. 27 5 The Italian Commander-in-Chief in , Abyssinia, Marshal Badoglio, reports intense aerial activity on both the I Eritrean and Somali fronts. 5 Marshal Badoglio adheres to his inj tention not to suspend hia campaign [. during the rainy season. > RAS AYELU'S CLAIM INVADERS AMBUSHED POLISH DOCTOR'S RETRACTION ADDIS ABABA. Feb. 27 It. is stated that Ras Ayelu claims [ to have ambushed and defeated a large Italian force. s Ten Italian aeroplanes conducted a » gas-bomb raid on the northern front. * They did not hurt the Abyssinian 5 troops, but killed a number of civilians. The Polish doctor Maximilian Belau, who surrendered in a cavern hospital r when the Italians captured Mount 3 Aradam earlier this month, has res tracted his statement of December 7, - forwarded to the League of Nations, ' in which he declared that Italian aero- ! planes had bombed the Red Cross hosj pital at Dessye. j Dr. Belau now explains that he signed r this statement without reading it, 1 being forced to do so while performing • surgical operations and in the presence of the Emperor Haili Selassie.