Port Said, Aug. 5.
A furious battle between Ethiopian sands led by Dejatch Wandbawassan, second son of Ras Kassa, the famous Abyssinian General, andthe Italians, is raging round Lake Tana, according to an authoritative The fighting Is said to be especially fierce near Gendar, north of the lake.
'Meanwhile, Takla Hawarlat, former Ethiopian Minister in Paris, is reported to be commanding an' Ethiopian column which has entrenched itself on the railway near Addis Ababa.
An army of 40,000 Ethiopians, commanded by Ras Imru, who led. the Abyssinians on the north-west front prior to the flight from the country of the Negus, is reported to be ad-vaneing on Dassic and Addis Ababa.
Imru is stated to have ro-organized an army of 60,000, and it is claimed that his troops have attack: ed and destroyed many Italian outposts during the past few days, It's also reported that the Ethiopians captured a large quantity of ammunition as well as rifles and mach-guns during the recent attack on Addis Ababa Reuter,
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