Cairo, Mar. 6.
The British General Headquarters announced here yesterday that Abyssinian Insurgents on Tuesday wore harassing an Ttalian column which was withdrawing toward Debra Marcos, The communique said tht in this urea this week, 1,500 Tlalian irreulars and 200 Ttollan colonial troops had deserted with their weapons join the Abyssinian patriots, The headquarters of the nounced that their bombers on day attacked enemy warships off Himare, Engaging a large formation of enemy fighters escorting a warship, nine of the enemy were reported to Have been shot down and others damaged, Another attack was reported to have been made by RAP, bombers, fon enemy warships off Vaiona, From all these operations, the communique concluded, only two British aircraft falled to relurn—United Press,
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