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Show carried the Roman-eagle half way to the Ethiopian capital. The biggest headlines since the beginning begin-ning of the war acclaimed this achievement. The southernmost wing of Gen. Graziani's army has captured Uadara, only 75 miles from Allata and the southern lakes region. Uadara was occupied on Jan. 23 and is 45 miles northwest of Ne-ghelli Ne-ghelli and nearly 250 miles northwest north-west of Dolo, starting point for the ch'ive from Italian Somaliland. ETHIOPIANS LOSE 25,000 SAY ITALIANS Fascist Armies Pave Way For Possible Advance On Addis Ababa ROME, Jan. 28 (U.R) Italy cheered a smashing offensive of her southern African armies arm-ies today, which, according to native reports from Neghelli, Ethiopia, has destroyed the Ethiopian army of 25,000 men and paved the way for a possible advance on Addis Ababa. The Neghelli advices indicated Ras Desta Demtu, son-in-law of Emperor Haile Selassie, is convinced con-vinced his country has lost and plans to retire to a Coptic convent for life. Of his great army of Ethiopian warriors, barely a thousand thou-sand men are left, the report said. This remnant has retired to Irgal-len, Irgal-len, capital of the Sidamo district. Killed On Southern Front Official communiques issued here said 10,000 Ethiopians have been killed or wounded on Vnk southern front in the battle for possession of the strategic Ganale Dorya river valley. Italian losses, the communiques said, were limited to several hundred hun-dred Italian native soldiers killed or wounded and an unspecified number of white troops. Italians here were jubilant over the series of spectacular victories vic-tories on the southern front. Since Gen. Rodolfo Graziani started his mechanized war machine rolling on Jan. 12 in the major offensive of the war, Italian troops have |