Rome, Nov. 24 Reports. that Abyssinian troops had recaptured Gorrahe and that Italian native troops had revelled during the advance toward Daggabur, killing 32 Htalian soldiers, were denied here yesterday by the Ministry of Press Propaganda.
Twenty-five hundred fierce Ogaden warriors, according to an official com-unique, had submitted to the invaders, asking to be permitted to Aght on the side of Italy.
All southern and central Ogaden, fan area which has been under Abys: sinian rule only since 1691, has now submitted to the Italians.
According to the communique, yesterday Bisson Haile, chieftain of the Rerdalal Husha tribe, defected to the Mahan side at the head of the 2500 warriors. Chieftains of the Makshil, Rerelmi and Scekal Awashan tribes, together with their warriors, also submitted to the enemy.
Chieftain Abdel Kerim Mohammed ce-operating with Ttalian authorities at Gabredarre in the reorganiza-ton of the Ogaden Bagheri tribe and thas delivered over to the Italians 1,000 rifles, On the Tigre front, the communique added, native detachments of the Second Army Corps drove Ethiopian troops back beyond the Takkaz?
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