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Abyssinian Addis Ababa Adjutant advance afternoon appeared Arbo armoured cars army arrived askaris attack Banda Bardera Battalion Battalion Headquarters Battery bivvy Borana Brigade British Buna bush camp column Company Commander dark defences desert dust East African enemy Ethiopia eyes fairly Fellowes-Carey fire force forest front Garissa Gelib grey gunners guns heard Henrikson hundred yards infantry Isiolo Italian position Italian Somaliland Juba Kenya Kimpton King's African Rifles Lake Abaya later light looked lorries Lugh Ferrandi machine-gun Marsden McFarlane mess miles morning Mount Kenya moved Nairobi Nanyuki Neghelli Nigerians night o'clock officers Oliphant Oliphant's Omo River orderly patrol platoon rain reached ridge rifle river road round sand Sandy Sappers scrub section posts Sergeant-Major Shifta side slope Somali Somaliland South African Stevens stretched subaltern thorn scrub told track trees troop-carriers troops truck Uadara vehicles Wajir wounded