Thank you for visiting SNEWPapers!
Sign up free
Imperial Valley Press
El Centro, Imperial County, California
What is this article about?
In northern Ethiopia, warriors of the 1,000,000-strong army pleaded with commanders to attack the Italian-held Adigrat-Aduwa-Aksum line. Emperor Haile Selassie weighs ordering the offensive, a high-stakes gamble in the war. Italian forces under General Ruggierc Santini advance near Adigrat amid arms shipments to Ethiopia.
Clipping
OCR Quality
Full Text
Paramount war moves in Ethiopia are recorded on this all-embracing map. With General Ruggierc Santini's forward line about fifteen miles south by southwest of Adigrat, great activity was developing in that sector. Heavy shipments of arms and ammunition were pouring into Ethiopia with the raising of the embargo thereon by the League of Nations.
TRIBES PLEAD
TO ATTACK
FOE
Ethiopian Warriors Beg
Commander
For Order to Launch Battle
(Copyright, 1935, By United Press)
ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 23. UP—Warriors of the northern Ethiopian armies, estimated by Ethiopian sources at perhaps 1,000,000 men, pleaded with their commanders today to let them storm the Adigrat-Aduwa-Aksum line, held by 180,000 invading Italians.
Emperor Haile Selassie it reported to be reserving decision on whether to give the order for his troops to take the offensive in a battle which might determine the fate of the entire northern half of his empire.
He realized an attempt to drive the Italians back into Eritrea would be a stupendous military gamble, perhaps the decisive gamble of the war with his country's future as the stake.
But his fighting men clamored for him to take the risk, and some of the more hot headed chieftains added their pleas.
What sub-type of article is it?
What keywords are associated?
What entities or persons were involved?
Where did it happen?
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Northern Ethiopia
Event Date
Oct. 23, 1935
Key Persons
Event Details
Warriors of the northern Ethiopian armies, estimated at 1,000,000 men, pleaded with commanders to storm the Adigrat-Aduwa-Aksum line held by 180,000 invading Italians. Emperor Haile Selassie reserves decision on ordering the offensive, recognizing it as a stupendous military gamble that could decide the northern half of the empire. Italian forward line under General Ruggierc Santini is fifteen miles south by southwest of Adigrat with great activity; heavy arms shipments to Ethiopia after League of Nations embargo lift.