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Kassala, on the Sudan-Eritrean border, is retaken by the British as Major General William Platt begins an offensive against Ita
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South African History Online. (2012, January 16). Kassala, on the Sudan-Eritrean border, is retaken by the British as Major General William Platt begins an offensive against Ita. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0072744
South African History Online (2012) 'Kassala, on the Sudan-Eritrean border, is retaken by the British as Major General William Platt begins an offensive against Ita', South African History Online, 16 January. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0072744 (Accessed: 28 September 2026).
South African History Online, Kassala, on the Sudan-Eritrean border, is retaken by the British as Major General William Platt begins an offensive against Ita [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0072744, (accessed 28 September 2026).
"Kassala, on the Sudan-Eritrean border, is retaken by the British as Major General William Platt begins an offensive against Ita." South African History Online, 16 Jan. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0072744. Accessed 28 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "Kassala, on the Sudan-Eritrean border, is retaken by the British as Major General William Platt begins an offensive against Ita." South African History Online. January 16, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0072744.
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