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Battle of Amba Alagi
1895
7 December 1895
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war or event

1st Italo-Ethiopian War

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location

modern country

With Ethiopian rebels defeated by the Italians at Halai and Coatit, Emperor Menelik gathered an army, and his commander Ras Makonnen surprised an advance column under Major Pietro Toselli at Amba Alagi. Toselli was overwhelmed and killed and, following another unit loss at Makale, the main Italian army was utterly destroyed further north in March 1896 at Adowa.


   
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