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teeth tue ims aes fae Me ole tly Yael Stl zeke, ai SaaS Brit cut ack care areas coat Oficial despatches received in Addis Ababa on Friday from Dire-awa, the main station on the Dji-Douti-Addis Ababa Railway, indicate that an offensive has been launched on the south-eastern front by the Abyssinians who, it is claimed, have captured Wal Wal and Wardair, in Ogaden province. The Italian troops, in northern Ethiopia are consolidate ing their positions in the Tigre region, and another advance in this Sector will not be made for another fortnight. A lull in the fighting has set in-on the north-eastern corner of Ethiopia, where the Italians, since their recent capture of MI. Musso Ah, have not attempted to push their advance any further.
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