MORE FIGHTING
UNREST IN ABYSSINIA
OFFICERS MASSACRED
ITALIAN REPRISALS
(United i'ress .Association— By Eleclrlt
Tele;ra[ili— Copyright.) (Received January 27, ]1 a.m.) LO.NDON, January 26.
The Abyssinian Legation in London issued a s-tatement that violent opposition against the Italian rule, with fighting, prevails in North and North-west Abyssinia. Attempts by Italian motorised flying columns to'recapture lost positrons met at most with only temporary success. f Three battalions of Eritreau troops have deserted, and 5993 Italians and : askaris have been killed in engage* : merits in the past two months, and the Abyssinian losses have been equally great- The Abyssinians are masters , of the situation in many districts.
The statement alleges that follow* ing the non-observance of x certain pledges, eighteen Italian officers wert massacred at Debra Markos. the capital of Gojam Province, and that be> tween 30 and 40 Italian planes since then have bombed towns and villages of the province daily : as a reprisal.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 22, 27 January 1938, Page 9
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153MORE FIGHTING Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 22, 27 January 1938, Page 9
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