Addis Ababa, Sept. 1 Ethiopia expects the ' Italians to attack on five fronts simultaneously, was Tearned here to-day.
The sectors in which hostilities are expected {0 originate are: firstly, the northwest from Gendar, secondly, the north, from Asmara; thirdly, the east from Assab, with the Italian troops probably" accompanied by; aeroplanes; fourthly, the south from 'Wal Wal, the location of the frontier incident' which precipitated the the Lalo-Ethiopian dispute at_ the: end of 1984, and fifthly, north from Somaliland, along the' Webbeshill ver toward Addis Aba The Ethiopians, on the other hand, prepared to-day'to triple their defences on the five fronts and possibly, fo start a counter-offensive into Somaliland—United Press.
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