Office of the Historian

765.84/5084: Telegram

The Minister Resident in Ethiopia (Engert) to the Secretary of State

Addis Ababa, October 20, 1936—10 p.m.
[Received October 21—6:20 p.m.]

600. According to Italian reports, a pitched battle has recently taken place in Sidamo between large Ethiopian forces and the Italian troops, which have been gradually advancing from the Sitka since my telegram 446, June 30, 8 p.m.53 After severe fighting which lasted the better part of a day, the Ethiopians are said to have been routed leaving several hundred in killed and wounded.

I shall endeavor to obtain more details.

Engert
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