21 MARCH 1941, Page 5

While British and South African troops converge on Addis Ababa

from every frontier of Abyssinia it is worth while remembering that guerilla warfare against the Italian con- querors has been perpetual for the past five years. It has been waged at times with strange weapons. One Italian garrison in a strong position proved difficult to dislodge by any obvious method, so the assailants had recourse to the less obvious. Honey is one of the great products of Abyssinia, and bee-hives are consequently numerous. One day every hive in a wide area round the Italian fort was collected and every one was dexterously pitched over the surrounding wall after nightfall. In the morning the position was deserted. * * * *