Show ALT AL Y REPORTS GREAT BATTLE I f l ROME ROM Feb 2 29 A R-A great t. t battle tittle was raging in the thc ectOr of the northern front today between the third thir army corps of ofie the ie Italian forces and the Ethiopian warriors of ot Ras Kassa Marshal Marsha Pietro Badoglio reported Ine advancing fascists encountered encountered tied resistance as their their- senti res Counted guard over h historic Amba which for several months to toc tome may nay be the high water watermark mark markI come me I c Italian invasion the cf tit Victory Reported Badoglio's said While troops of the first army rca reached hed Amba Araba troops ci f th the the- third army array corps and those of the army corps attacked tr from m tho north and south the tho forces of Ras RU Kassa From dawn yesterday February 38 28 28 i a big battle is raging Reports were circulated Emperor Hails Halle Selassie was hurrying from De northward in an effort to he k th the fascist advance which b has penetrated 37 miles since start Cf the thc February 10 advance k Italy Celebrates t The m capture of Amba scene ef et of i crushing defeat for for- foran an Italian pr army by Ethiopians 40 years ago occurred just three months after Badoglio assumed corn corn- nd After tho the rains are over oine lomo 35 miles from Amba Aruba presumably will be the next objective tive of the soldiery Even ven with favorable weather the intervening terrain presents consid- consid stably more difficulty than the in- in have yet et encountered V News of the occupation of or Amba Araba touched off oct celebrations in inions ions orne sections of Italy but Rome took it quietly Fascists tomorrow Will ifill vent ent their joy at ceremonies In I in tho the Piazza Venezia commemorating lilt ing the tho fortieth anniversary of the Italian rout at The Thc Ethiopians first decisively de def defeated de- de f two weeks ago in the six-day six offensive against ridge half balf way between Makale and Amba were reported by Italian outing planes to be retreating toward Dessye ADDIS ABABA Feb 29 UP PJ- PJ the ie Ethiopian government today announced suppression of a revolt i Ja In northwestern province VA A said the uprising was put down by Miriam minister minister- of the in inferior in- in who will return to Addis Ababa with the army ho lie led into the affected province |