- The
Battle of
Gallabat, also
known as the
Battle of Metemma, was
fought on 9–10
March 1889
during the
Mahdist War
between the
Mahdist Sudanese and Ethiopian...
-
Gallabat (Arabic: القلابات) is a
village in the
Sudanese state of Al Qadarif. It lies at one of the country's
border crossing points with Ethiopia; on...
- Sudan–Ethiopia borders, the
Italian army
captured K****ala, on 4 July, then
Gallabat;
Karora was
occupied unopposed and
Kurmuk taken on 7 July. The possibility...
-
Sudanese Khalifah Abdullah's army
whilst leading his army in the
Battle of
Gallabat. Ethiopia, in
roughly its
current form,
began under the
reign of Menelik...
-
although at the time the
settlement was
better known as Suk ul-
Gallabat ("The
market of
Gallabat"). The town
traces its
origins to the 18th century, when a...
- of Al
Qadarif in Sudan. It lies on the road that
connects Khartoum with
Gallabat on the
Ethiopian border,
about 410
kilometres (250 mi) from the capital...
- a
defensive strategy.
After Italian operations in
Sudan at K****ala and
Gallabat in June,
Winston Churchill blamed Wavell for a "static policy". Anthony...
- was
Emperor of
Ethiopia from 1871 to his
death in 1889 at the
Battle of
Gallabat, and king of
Tigray from 1869 to 1871.
During his
reign he successfully...
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evacuating the
Egyptian garrisons of Amedeb, Algeden, Keren, Ghirra, and
Gallabat which had been
isolated by the Mahdists, and
because of
these successes...
- then
followed up on
their victory by
capturing and
sacking the town of
Gallabat.
After the
Hewett Treaty,
relations between the
Ethiopian Empire and Mahdist...
