Second Battle of Agordat
The Second Battle of Agordat was fought in late December 1893, between Italian colonial troops and Mahdists from the Sudan. Emir Ahmed Ali campaigned against the Italian forces in eastern Sudan and led about 10–12,000 men east from Kassala. This force encountered 2,400 Italians and their Eritrean askaris at Agordat, west of Asmara, commanded by Colonel Arimondi. Over 1,000 Dervishes, including the Emir, were killed in severe fighting. The outcome of the battle constituted: "...the first decisive victory yet won by Europeans against the Sudanese revolutionaries,..."
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Second Battle of Agordat
The Second Battle of Agordat was fought in late December 1893, between Italian colonial troops and Mahdists from the Sudan. Emir Ahmed Ali campaigned against the Italian forces in eastern Sudan and led about 10–12,000 men east from Kassala. This force encountered 2,400 Italians and their Eritrean askaris at Agordat, west of Asmara, commanded by Colonel Arimondi. Over 1,000 Dervishes, including the Emir, were killed in severe fighting. The outcome of the battle constituted: "...the first decisive victory yet won by Europeans against the Sudanese revolutionaries,..."
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La seconda battaglia di Agorda ...... ahdisti provenienti dal Sudan.
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The Second Battle of Agordat w ...... olonial forces seized Kassala.
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معركة أغوردات الثانية وقعت في ...... ستولت مملكة إيطاليا على كسلا .
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108 killed124 wounded
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1893-12-21
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Colonial Italian victory
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Italian troops:42 Italian offi ...... 318Askaritroops8 mountain guns
Mahdi troops:10,000–12,000 Mahdists6,000 armed with rifles
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Colonel Giuseppe Arimondi
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Emir Ahmed Ali
Giuseppe Arimondi
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La seconda battaglia di Agorda ...... ahdisti provenienti dal Sudan.
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The Second Battle of Agordat w ...... Sudanese revolutionaries,..."
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معركة أغوردات الثانية وقعت في ...... ستولت مملكة إيطاليا على كسلا .
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Second Battle of Agordat
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معركة أغوردات الثانية
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Second Battle of Agordat
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