MAKALE ISOLATED.
SECOND EDITION
ABYSSINIAN’S GREATEST SUCCESS
ITALIANS’ SERIOUS REVERSE
United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright-. LONDON. January 27.
Though the Italians reiterate that they remain in undisputed possession of the battlefield, the Times’ Dessie correspondent records the greatest Ethiopian success yet achieved The Daily Mail's Addis Ababa correspondent says the Abyssinian * persist in claiming the victory and assert that they have severed the Italian communications with Alakale. The News-Chronicle’s Dessie correspondent says Marsha] Bndogliu not only failed to relievo the relentless enemy pressure at Alakale. but was driven back to a fortified position at Gherata in a clash of primitive barbaric strength against the deathdealing mechanism of modern science.
The Daily Telegraph's Addis Ababa correspondent sav.s the Italian* were routed though numerically superior.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13167, 28 January 1936, Page 5
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