FIERCE FIGHT.
ABYSSINIAN PRINCES AT WAR. THREE THOUSAND MEN KILLED. 'Jnited freaa Association—Uy Eleotric Telegraph Copyright. Received November 12, 8.25 a.m. BERLIN, November 11. The "Cologne Gazette'' publishes details of a fight between two minor Abyssinian princes—A brase and Abete.
The battle lasted three days, and three thousand men were killed on both sides.
The Empress of Tiatu aided Abete, the victor, in devastating his rival's country.
The reported death of Emperor Menelik is contradicted.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9648, 13 November 1909, Page 5
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75FIERCE FIGHT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9648, 13 November 1909, Page 5
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