Battle of Debra Ailà
1895 battle of the First Italo-Ethiopian War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Debra Ailà (Debre Ailat) took place during the First Italo-Ethiopian War on October 9, 1895, where under the combined efforts of Italian colonial troops and Askari troops defeated the rearguard of the Tigrayan army, which had withdrawn from Tigray's capital Mek'ele.
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Battle of Debra Ailà | |||||||
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Part of First Italo-Ethiopian War | |||||||
Depiction of the battle in L'Illustrazione Italiana | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Giuseppe Arimondi Giovanni Ameglio |
Mengesha Yohannes Ras Alula | ||||||
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1 Italian battalion 1 Askari battalion[1] | 1,300 men[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
11 dead Askari, about 30 wounded[1] | 20 dead, several wounded, some prisoners[1] |
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