Word: ababa
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week Haile Selassie, who began to think he might soon again be Negus (Emperor of Ethiopia) in fact as well as name, set up field headquarters at Burie, 150 miles from Addis Ababa. Next day he issued a proclamation to his native troops which was a bald-faced misrepresentation even if issued for laudable ends...
...hard. It was likely that most of the Italians who had been in British Somaliland had fallen back into this area. The Italians would probably put up a stanch fight here because here-and at Cheren in Eritrea-were the last chances for strong stand: before Addis Ababa. If the British could crack the old town of Harar, they could cut the rail line, just north of Harar, from Addis Ababa...
...southern Ethiopian road junction of Neghelli, 300 miles from Addis Ababa, fell at week's end, the British began laying pounds, shillings and pence on the line as to which of the several drives on Addis Ababa would win, place and show...
...British forces are striking upon Harar in a determined drive to cut the vital Addis Ababa-Djihouti railroad...
...again in British hands, it did mean that the column advancing on Harar was comparatively free to go ahead without fear of being hit on the flank. The Italians were expected to resist at Harar. If the British could break that resistance, they could probably go on to Addis Ababa without taking Cheren. But now they will have to hurry, for in about a month the dreadful Ethiopian rains...