FIGHT IN ABYSSINIA
EX-EMPEROR'S ARMY ROUTED.
Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.
Australian and N.Z. Cable Association ADIS ABABA, September 7. A correspondent states that after a fierce battle near Dessie, Lij Yasu's army was routed and his best generals killed. The report that Lij Yasu was shot while escaping is not confirmed.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17105, 10 September 1917, Page 5
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