RECENT RAIDS IN ABYSSINIA.
CHIEFS PUNISHED
Received March 6, 8.30 a.m. CAIRO. March 5. King Menelik, of Abyssinia, imprisoned the chiefs who were responsible for the recent raids, and appointed their successors.
Two thousand Abyssinians in the Lugh and Benadir hinterlands, in January last, raided Italian Somaliland, plundering and killing many merchants. Some of the local tribes sided with the Abyssinians and others with the Italians, and a battle was fought, in which the losses on both sides were very great.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9042, 7 March 1908, Page 5
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81RECENT RAIDS IN ABYSSINIA. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9042, 7 March 1908, Page 5
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