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PHOTO TAKEN AT WALCHEFIT PASS, WHERE THE ITALIANS FOUGHT A REARGUARD ACTION, THE FORCE OF ITALIANS WAS MANY THOUSANDS STRONG AND HAD BEEN COMPLETELY OUT OFF FROM GONDAR BY THE ABYSSINIAN TROOPS. THE ITALIANS, AS AT AMBA ALAGI WERE SURROUNDED. A PATROL OF THE SUDAN DEFENCE FORCE CUT IN THE HILLS BELOW THE ITALIAN POSITION AT WALCHEFIT PASS 80 MILES NORTH OF GONDAR.
PHOTO TAKEN AT WALCHEFIT PASS, WHERE THE ITALIANS FOUGHT A REARGUARD ACTION, THE FORCE OF ITALIANS WAS MANY THOUSANDS STRONG AND HAD BEEN COMPLETELY OUT OFF FROM GONDAR BY THE ABYSSINIAN TROOPS. THE I
WALCHEFIT PASS, WHERE THE ITALIANS FOUGHT A REARGUARD ACTION, THE FORCE OF ITALIANS WAS MANY THOUSANDS STRONG AND HAD BEEN COMPLETELY CUT OFF FROM GONDAR BY THE ABYSSINIAN TROOPS. THE ITALIANS AT AMBA
SURRENDER OF ITALIAN FORCE AT WALCHEFIT PASS. ON SUNDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 1941, THE ITALIAN FORCE AT WALCHEFIT PASS, 80 MILES NORTH OF GONDAR SURRENDERED UNDER ARMS AND RECEIVED THE HONOURS OF WAR.
SURRENDER OF ITALIAN FORCE AT WALCHEFIT PASS. COLONEL CONELLE WHO HEADED THE SURRENDERING ITALIAN FORCE TALKING WITH (THIRD FROM LEFT) BRIGADIER W. JAMES, COMM. OF INFANTRY BDE.
View of 'Till Trench', near Thilloy, on the Somme, in May 1917, where the Germans fought a strong rearguard action, during their retreat in February 1917. The defence of the rearguard, though it resul
DERNA, LIBYA. 1941-01. TROOPS OF 2/11TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION MOVE ACROSS THE FLAT BARE PLAIN DURING THE ADVANCE ON THE ITALIAN HELD TOWN OF DERNA. THEY WERE EXPOSED TO HEAVY FIRE FROM A STRON
