Show Duce Puce Sends Workers To Conquered Africa Lands LandsB n B Br tb the Associated Pre Press rea Premier Mussolini told his council of ministers today he had bolstered Italian troops in East Africa by sending new workers behind the lines From Addis Ababa came an official report of Ethiopian Ethiopian- victory victory vic vie tory when 19 sharpshooters from the ranks of General Shale surprised surprised sur sur- a fascist detachment kill killed d 35 Italian soldiers and seized four foux motor trucks Ras Has native chieftain on the northern front declared an t Italian plane had been shot down during bombardment of the city of oC Addi Abba January 20 and its three occupants killed in the crash At Rome the Italian ministers moved swiftly to requisition wool for military ry supplies register the physical status and military traIning training training train traIn- ing of all citizens and revise organization I of ot Internal defense units The Ethiopian government re reported reported reported re- re ported at Addis Ababa General Rudolfo Rudolfo Ru- Ru dolfo Graziani's troops were retreatIng retreating retreating retreat retreat- ing toward after an engagement engagement engagement en en- with defending forces The fascist commander feared an attack the g government declared after aCter Ethiopian patrols began moving moving moving ing in from the west Fifteen tho thousand thousand thou thou- I Isa sa sand d Italian native troops were re reported reported reported re- re ported in the dangerous s position Tho The fascist high command re receIved received re- re the report of Marshal Pietro Badoglio commander of ot the invaders ers in the north that his air forces were bombing Ethiopian troop concentrations concentrations con con- south of Makale Marshal Badoglio declared the defenders de- de fenders tende lost Jost more than men Inthe in inthe inthe the fighting January 20 to 24 in including including in- in eluding many chiefs and lesser leSer chieftains There is nothing new on the So- So southern front Badoglio lio ho added A review of existing positions of oC troops on the battlefields based on accounts from official and Associated Press correspondents correspond correspond- showed Northern front Italian front Italian forces halting their advance through the mountainous region around Makale are digging in ap apparently apparently ap- ap determined to hold their present lines throughout the approaching approaching approaching ap ap- ap- ap rainy season Road build building ing southward continues Northeastern front Fascists have abandoned Mount Mussa AH AU near the desert Southwestern front front lo location location location lo- lo cation of Ras Dasta defending defending de de- de- de fending columns fell to General Rudolfo Graziani after the Italian Italian Italian Ital Ital- ian swiftly moving troops swept toward the Ethiopian interior Ethi- Ethi sources declared re retreat retreat re- re treat was sas not to lo be considered an Italian victory but merely withdrawal withdrawal withdrawal with with- into rugged country where the defenders could pursue better their mode of guerilla warfare Southeastern front Opposing armies are strongly with only slight activity between the lines reported |