ITALIANS ARE USING BAYONET.
WAR ON TRIBES IN NORTH AFRICA.
By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Reuter's Telegrams. (Received April 26, 2 p.m.) LONDON, April 25.
The Italian operations against the tribesmen in Gyrenaica, Italian Libya, were attended by successful results, the Italian casualties being few and the rebels hea\w. Two columns operating in Cyrenaica, after a five-hour march in the territory south of Jebele-Lakh-dar reached Abid, where they routed
the rebels after a bayonet charge. The rebels later remobilise'd. They were reinforced but were again routed. Six colonial troops were killed and twentyeight were wounded. The rebels had 150 killed.
The Italian progress north of Italian Somaliland in the Nogal territory led to the submission of the Omarmahmud tribe. The operations were carried out with naval support. It is semiofficially stated that the Italian losses were insignificant, and the rebels’ heav3 r . The Italians purpose is to occupy the w’hole Nogal territory as far as the frontiers of Abyssinia, and British Somaliland. Their object is to eradicate anarchy, which is stated to be rampant throughout the country.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17830, 26 April 1926, Page 1
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