Word: wahib
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Dates: during 1935-1935
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...head of a body of troops which has already been named "The Doomed Battalion" by newshawks. All are sworn to die for their country. General Haptemikael himself is a veteran of Adowa. Already in Ogaden province was one of Ethiopia's most effective generals, the former Turkish Commander Wahib Pasha. Long exiled by Turkey's Dictator Kemal, "Old Eagle Beak," as he is known? to U. S. correspondents, still clings to his Ottoman fez and grey-green World War uniform. In his charge was one of Ethiopia's prides, a fleet of 20 U. S. motor trucks used to transport...
...This convoy," said General Wahib, "is an example of the tactics of the guerrillas in bush terrain where the effectiveness of poison gas and airplanes is minimized. We concede the menace of enemy starshells but the Ethiopians are masters of bayonet and sabre tactics. They are born artists with those weapons...
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