The Fall of Italian East AfricaTwo friends, one confident and the other timid, find their positions reversed when they must plot to escape kidnappers. |
Contents
CHAPTER | 7 |
THE LONG WATCH IN THE DESERT | 16 |
ARMIES BEGIN TO MOVE | 22 |
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