Addis Ababa, Nov. 21.
Many reasons for reassurance con: cerning the position on his armies in the south were brought back by the Emperor Haile Selassie when he re-tured here from a flying visit to Jijiga, where he held a council of war with Gen. Nasibu, "Ethiopian Commander-in-Chief in Ogaden, and the Turkish general, Wahib P The Emperor denies Italian reports of an enormous advance in Ogaden and of the desertion of Ethiopian jehiettains. He says that the people have not been impressed by Italian als raids, The Emperor's entourage retail a vivid account by eyenwitnesses the capture of four "two-men" tanks Jambushed by a force of Ethiopians, Six members of the crew were killed, a seventh escaped on a motorcycle,' while the eighth took retire inside one of the tanks and, with a blazing revolver, defied all attempts to capture him.
An Abyssinian attacker, who was shot in the eye, was so enraged that plunged his through the spyhole, seized the Ttalian by the hair, drew his head through the open-{ing and whisked it off with a single stroke of his sword.
The tanks were then ransacked by the Abyssinians, who, unused to hand-grenades, handled them eazeessly. They dropped one, which exploded, killed one of their number and wounded two others,—Reuter.
Smashing Victory for Ethiopia Ambushed while marching from Makale in a north-westerly direction, an Italian force were severely defeated by Ethiopian irregulars, Jaccording to a communique issued in Addis Ababa, says Router 'The communique claims that, after the Italian troops had walked into the trap, a fierce fire was poured into their midst by the Ethiopians who later sprang up from their places of concealment behind bouldfers and shrubs and fell' en the Hand-to-hand fighting ensued, but, fatter the Ttalian commander and a umber of his men had been killed, the remainder fled in the direction lof Makale, the communique adds.
White Soldiers of Fortune Warned White soldiers of fortune fighting in Ethiopia cannot expect mercy feom the Italians, it was announced at army headquarters at Asmara. it has been reported that numerous foreigners are' leading bands of warriors against the Italian troops The Asmara correspondent "Tribuna" (Rome) asserts that the Crown Prince of Ethiopia, Asfaou Wosan, has been killed in an air crash.
Tealian occupation of the Takkaze zone is said to be driving Dedjasmsteh Ayelu's men to. desperation because of their inability to provide themselves and their animals with water. communique issued later, however, declared that only the central and southern parts of Ogaden had submitted to Taly.
The communique states that the chiefs of these portions of the province, including Hussen Haile with 2500 followers, submitted to Italy and put their men at the disposal of the Italian military authorities Reuter's correspondent with the Italian forces on the northern front, in a message from Asmara, describes the Italian preparations os a forthcoming race between "Gen, Badoglio (new Commander-in-Chief of the Italian forees in East "Africa) and sanctions."
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