AFRICAN CAMPAIGN
IMPORTANT FORT OCCUPIED IN ABYSSINIA PATRIOT FORCES HARASSING ITALIANS. LARGE NUMBER DESERT. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 9.30 a.m.) RUGBY, March 5. A Cairo headquarters communique states: "In Libya, Eritrea and Italian Somaliland there is nothing important to report. "In Abyssinia, Gojjam patriot forces yesterday occupied the important Fort Buyre and now are harassing an Italian column withdrawing towards Debramarcos. In this area 1500 Italian irregulars and 200 colonial troops deserted to join the patriots.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 March 1941, Page 5
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78AFRICAN CAMPAIGN Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 March 1941, Page 5
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