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On Sat. 22 Mar 1941 British and Indian troops continued to hold Fort D.....

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British and Indian troops continued to hold Fort Dologorodoc in Eritrea, Italian East Africa despite repeated Italian counterattacks and shelling. Elsewhere, in Abyssinia, Italian troops declared Harar an open city.

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