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VALUE OF BARENTU

! WHOLE CORNER OF COLONY OCCUPIED FORTITUDE OF INDIAN TROOPS. ITALIAN NATIVE TROOPS DESERTING. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright' j LONDON. February 2. * The capture of Barentu will mean! that a whole corner of the colony, comj prising one-fifth of the total area, will : have been occupied, says a special cor- ! respondent <>f "The Times” in Eritrea. Sudanese armoured units in Eritrea are scouring the plains between the hills and the Ogardai-Barcntu road seeking the Italians, but they have apparently withdrawn at least ’ll) miles. The British United Press correspondent on the Barentu front says'he is greatly impressed with the fortitude ofj the Indians, who have withstood three) Italian counter-attacks though lying on! the side of a hill while the Italians! have fired from protected positions! above. The "Daily Telegraph” reports! that the fighting near Barentu has supplied further evidence that the rot isi spreading throughout the Italian colonial army. Scores of unwilling Abyssinian conscripts have deserted.'

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 February 1941, Page 5

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VALUE OF BARENTU Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 February 1941, Page 5

VALUE OF BARENTU Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 February 1941, Page 5

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