BRITISH HEADWAY
IN ABYSSINIA & ERITREA. THE ITALIAN FLIGHT FROM BARENTU. 1 By Telegraph—Press Association—-Copyright > LONDON. February 4. British troops are now between 40 and 50 miles across the Sudanese border with Abyssinia. Though the Italians have not yet met any major defeats, this advance has enabled the British to establish direct communication with the Abyssinian;;. which means that they can be reinforced at will.
It is stated in Cairo that the occupation of Barentu following the fall of organised resistance in Eritrea is now completely broken. Most of the Italians escaped from Barentu by a "bolthole" under cover of darkness and they arc now in full retreat along a narrow, winding mule track which joins the main Addis Ababa-Asmara road some 40 miles to the south of Asmara. ITALIAN CLAIMS (Received This Dav, 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, February 4. An Italian communique states that native troops on the southern front in East Africa forced the enemy to retire, inflicting notable losses. The communique adds: "The enemy carried out air raids in several localities of Eritrea, At Mogadishu there was some damage and casualties.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 February 1941, Page 5
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