The Life and Times of Menelik II: Ethiopia, 1844-1913 |
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... Egyptian monarch announced that he was sending a new force , and urged Menelik to link up with the Egyptian army at Adwa . After the joint victory , arrangements would be made about the disposition of northern Ethiopia . Ismail's letter ...
... Egyptian monarch announced that he was sending a new force , and urged Menelik to link up with the Egyptian army at Adwa . After the joint victory , arrangements would be made about the disposition of northern Ethiopia . Ismail's letter ...
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... Egyptian leadership and generally unreliable soldiers allowed the Ethiopians to break through the Egyptian line with few casualties , whereupon the Egyptian effort collapsed , and only 400 soldiers and officers managed to escape to the ...
... Egyptian leadership and generally unreliable soldiers allowed the Ethiopians to break through the Egyptian line with few casualties , whereupon the Egyptian effort collapsed , and only 400 soldiers and officers managed to escape to the ...
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... Egyptian Government , [ he did ] not think that it would be desirable to insist on the cession'.1 Another experienced and interested person , General Valentine Baker , believed that since the Egyptian defeats of 1875-6 the Ethio- pian ...
... Egyptian Government , [ he did ] not think that it would be desirable to insist on the cession'.1 Another experienced and interested person , General Valentine Baker , believed that since the Egyptian defeats of 1875-6 the Ethio- pian ...
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Abyssinia Addis Ababa Adwa Africa agreement Alula Amharic Ankober Antonelli to Crispi army Article XVII Asmara Assab Baldissera Baratieri Battle of Adwa Begemder Brice to Minister British Colli to Minister colony Dajatch Debra defeat Egyptian emperor empire Entotto Eritrea Ethiopia Éthiopie European Fitawrari force Foreign France French Archives frontier Galla gebbi Gebra Sellasie Gojjam Gondar governor Habta Giyorgis Haile Harar ibid imperial injera Italian Archives Italian government Italy Jibuti June Kasa king Lagarde letter Libre verde XV Lij Iyasu makwanent March Massawa Mémoires Menelik Mengesha Menilek Meshesha mission Muslim negotiations negus Nile Obok officials Orero palace political Politique province railway Ras Alula Ras Makonnen Ras Wolda rifles Rodd Rome Salimbeni Sept Shoa Shoan soldiers Tafari Taitu talers Tekla Haymanot territory Tesemma Tewodros Thesiger to Grey Tigre Traversi treaty troops Wichale Wolda Giyorgis Wollo Yejju Yohannes Yohannes's Zaghi Zeila