THE FALL OF KEREN
... And the Advance on Diredawa, in Abyssinia Further pictures on pages 20-21) HOW KEREN WAS CAPTURED ON MARCH 27 THE ALMOST IMPREGNABLE KEY POSITION IN ERITREA: Right in the heart of Italy's colony of Eritrea, and astride the railway from the port of Massawa to Agordat and beyond, Keren was garrisoned by some 40,000 men. The drawing above shows how the defences were penetrated. The British ...