ITALIAN OPERATIONS
SOMALILAND CAMPAIGN SUPPRESSION OF ANARCHY. GOOD PROGRESS REPORTED. (Aust. & IM.Z. Cable Assn.) (Received 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, April 25. Italian operations against tribesmen in Cyreniaca, and Italian Somaliland have been attended by successful results, Italian casualties being few and the rebels heavy-. Two columns operating !:i Cyrenaica, after a Ave hour march In territory south of Jebel-el-Akhdar, reached Abid, where they routed tho. rebels after a bayonet charge. The rebels later remobilised and reinforced, but were again routed. Six Colonial troops Were killed and 28 were wounded. The rebels had 150 killed. Italian progress north of Italian Somaliland, In the Nogal territory led to the submission of the Omarmahmud tribe. Operations were carried out with naval support. It Is semi-officlally stated that Italian losses were Insignificant and the rebels' heavy. Th'e Italians' purpose is to occupy the whole of the Nogal territory as far as the frontiers of Abyssinia and British Somaliland, the object being the eradication of the anarchy, which Is stated to be rampant throughout the country.
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Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16781, 26 April 1926, Page 7
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