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	Adowa - LoveToKnow 1911
		ADOWA (properly ADUA), the capital of Tigre, northern Abyssinia, 145 m.
		Adowa is built on the slope of a hill at an elevation of 650o ft., in the midst of a rich agricultural district.
		On the 1st of March 1896, in the hills north of the town, was fought the battle of Adowa, in which the Abyssinians inflicted a crushing defeat on the Italian forces (see ITALY, History, and ABYSSINIA, History).
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Adowa (183 words)

	Learn more about List of battles (alphabetical) in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /l/li/list_of_battles__alphabetical_.html (4758 words)

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		ADOWA (properly ADUA), the capital of Tigre, northern Abyssinia, 145 M. of Gondar and 17 M. by N. of Axum, the ancient capital of Abyssinia.
		Adowa is built on the slope of a hill at an elevation of 65oo ft., in the midst of a rich agricultural district.
		On a hill about 22 M. north-west of Adowa are the ruins of Fremona, the headquarters of the Portuguese Jesuits who lived in Abyssinil during the 16th and 17th centuries.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?locale=en&content_id=933 (213 words)

	Adowa - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Adowa (also spelled Aduwa, Adwa or Adua) is a highland town in Ethiopia.
		Adowa is now in the Tigray region and was in earlier times the capital of ancient Ethiopia.
		The town is known for being the site of the Battle of Adowa in 1896, the final battle of the First Italo-Abyssinian War, where Shewa ruler Menelik II fought for Ethiopia's independence against Italy.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Adowa (257 words)

	Adowa - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Adowa (also spelled Aduwa, Adwa or Adua) is a highland town in the Tigray region of Ethiopia.
		It is best known as the community closest to the decisive Battle of Adowa in 1896.
		According to Richard Pankhurst, Adowa derives its name from Adi Awa (or Wa), "Village of the Awa"; the Awa are an ethnic group mentioned in the anonymous inscription that once stood at Adulis.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Adwa (348 words)

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		The Battle of Caldera Bay occurred during the civil war in Chile in 1891 and was fought between the Congressionalist ironclad Blanco Encalada and the Balmacedist torpedo gunboats Almirante Lynch and Almirante Condell who torpedoed the ironclad amidships and sank her in two minutes.
		The Battle of Culloden was a defeat in 1746 of the Jacobite rebel army of the British prince Charles Edward Stuart (the 'Young Pretender') by the Duke of Cumberland on a stretch of moorland in Inverness‑shire, Scotland.
		The Battle of Navas de Tolosa was fought in 1212 between Yakub Almansur of the Almohades and the kings of Aragon, Castile and Navarre.
	www.israelect.com /reference/WillieMartin/Famous_Battles.htm (14064 words)

	The Battle of Adowa - Uncyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Battle of Adowa is an obscure article they wouldn't let me edit on wikipedia so I had to come here.
		The Battle of Adowa never actually happened, it was just an amusing story Ethiopians like to tell when they have nothing better to do.
		Aproximetly pie people died in the battle and there is now a memorial statue for them that is cleverly conceiled as a hot dog stand.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/The_Battle_of_Adowa (183 words)

	Battle Of Adowa info here at en.27of100d.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Battle of Adowa (also down pat as Adwa or recurrently by the Italian pseudonym Adua) was fought on 1 March 1896 mid Ethiopia und Italy near faux pas the metropolis of Adwa, Ethiopia, in Tigray.
		As the twentieth century approached, Africa had obsolescent carved up mid the multitudinous European powers, with the reservation of the tiny republic of Liberia on the west of the continent und the ancient, newly landlocked kingdom of Ethiopia in the cardinal Horn of Africa.
		As a oration turkey fruition of the battle, Italy suggestioned the Treaty of Addis Ababa, recognizing Ethiopia as an state.
	en.27of100d.info /Battle_of_Adowa (1844 words)

	THE BATTLE OF ADOWA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He captured Adigrat, Adowa and Makalle from the Ethiopians and was feted as a hero in Italy.
		At the end of the battle 289 Italian officers, 2 918 European soldiers and about 2 000 askari (Eritreans fighting for the Italians) were dead.
		The battle of Adowa not only saved Ethiopia from colonization by Rome but raised the status of an African country to an equal partner in the world community.
	rastaites.com /Ethiopia/adowa.html (916 words)

	ADOWA (properly ADUA) - Online Information article about ADOWA (properly ADUA)
		Adowa is built on the slope of a See also:
		wars between the Italians and Abyssinia (1887-0) Adowa was on three or four occasions looted and burnt; but the churches escaped destruction.
		battle of Adowa; in which the Abyssinians inflicted a crushing defeat on the See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /ADA_AIZ/ADOWA_properly_ADUA_.html (393 words)

	Ethiopia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The battle at Adowa was, at the time, the greatest defeat inflicted upon a European army by an African army since the time of Hannibal, and its consequences were felt well into the 20th century.
		In a battle more reminiscent of the medieval Crusades than the later part of the 19th century, Yohannes was killed and his army fled.
		Adowa saved Ethiopia from Italian colonization and raised its status from that of an isolated nation whose institutions, heritage and people where held in contempt to that of an equal partner in the world community of nations.
	home.comcast.net /~glennwatson550/stories/ethiopia.html (4640 words)

	Battle of Adowa
		The invasion of Ethiopia in 1935 is actually preceded by another symbolic event of historical import in the epic memory of Pan-African Nationalism known as the Battle of Adowa (1896).
		The outcome of the battle, the greatest victory of an African over a European army since the time of Hannibal, was of major significance in the history of Europe’s relations with Africa.
		The Battle of Adowa and the struggle to maintain and regain independence in the Gold Coast must have figured into the epic memory of those that were Nkrumah’s first educators.
	www.lincoln.edu /history/his304/Battles-of-Adowa-Abyssinia-Asante.htm (8501 words)

	List of battles 1801-1900
		1812 Battle of Aslanduz[?] Oct 31 The Russians defeat the Persian army of Abbas Mirza.
		1813 Battle of Leipzig Oct. 16-19 - (Battle of the Nations) Napoleon's army is decisively defeated by the allies in Germany
		1828 Battle of Praia Bay[?] August 28 - The Miguelite fleet in Portugal is defeated by the loyalists of Queen Maria in the Azores.
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	Adowa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Adowa, also known as Aduwa, Adwa or Adua, is a town in Ethiopia.
		Adowa is now in the Tigray region and was formerly the capital of ancient Abyssinia.
		Located in northern Abyssinia, south of Asmara, Eritrea and between Axum and Adigrat, Adowa is a center for agricultural markets.
	www.askfactmaster.com /Adowa (102 words)

	Tezeta: 1896
		The battle of Adowa ensured in a word that independent Ethiopia would remain on the map of Africa, while European imperialism would itself disinte- grate.
		Ethiopia was fortunate, too, in that the Italians attacked in 1896 before they had fully modernised their forces and that they acted with such abruptness that they could not avail themselves of the British Government's promise to open the Somali port of Zeila for a diversionist attack on Harar.
		The chapters which follow are devoted to the events of 1896, to their diplomatic causes and effects, to the plan of campaign, to the organisation of the opposing armies and to the attitude of the principal powers.
	tezeta.org /29/1896 (508 words)

	Informat.io on Battle Of Adowa
		The Battle of Adowa (also known as Adwa or sometimes by the Italian name Adua) was fought on 1 March, 1896 between Ethiopia and Italy near the town of Adwa, Ethiopia, in Tigray.
		As the twentieth century approached, Africa had been carved up between the various European powers, with the exception of the tiny republic of Liberia on the west coast of the continent and the ancient, newly landlocked kingdom of Ethiopia in the strategic Horn of Africa.
		The Ethiopian forces positioned themselves on the hills overlooking the Adowa valley, in perfect position to receive the Italians, who were exposed and vulnerable to crossfire.
	www.informat.io /?title=battle-of-adowa (1799 words)

	WHKMLA : Italian Invasion of Abyssinia, 1896
		At ADOWA (Adua, Adwa) the Italian army was routed on February 28th to March 1st.
		The battle of Adowa had destroyed the myth, that white armies, in Africa, were invincible.
		Sketch of the Battle of Adowa, from awtarnet
	www.zum.de /whkmla/military/imperialism/adowa.html (388 words)

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		Baratieri began the Battle of Adowa on March 1, 1896 at around 5:30 in the morning.
		After the battle in a telegram back to Italy the most successful general Italy had ever seen, described his men fleeing the battlefield ‘as if mad,’ and throwing down their rifles ‘to avoid emasculation.’ Over 4,000 Italians dead, over 2,000 captured, and thousands wounded.
		Baratieri was made the scapegoat for the Battle of Adowa.
	www.wku.edu /~brian.strow/ch26p.doc (985 words)

	Adowa - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Adwa (also spelled Adowa, Aduwa, or Adua) is a market town in northern Ethiopia, and best known as the community closest to the decisive Battle of Adowa fought in 1896.
		Located in the Mehakelegnaw Zone of the Tigray Region, Adwa has a longitude and latitude of 14°10'N 38°54'E.
		Its geographical importance also led to Adwa being the site of the final battle of the First Italo-Abyssinian War, where Shewa ruler Menelik II fought for Ethiopia's independence against Italy.
	www.timesharetalk.co.uk /wiki.asp?k=Adowa (375 words)

	rhino
		"Adowa saved Ethiopia from Italian colonisation and raised its status from that of an isolated nation whose institutions, heritage and people were held in contempt to that of an equal partner in the world community of nations."
		The Scenario is set in the late 19th Century during the 'African colonisation' spree, where the various European powers 'divvied' up 'The Dark Continent'.
		The European tribes had different agendas for pursuing Colonisation, and some did not count on the extent of opposition that was to be faced by the natives - as clearly seen in the Battle of Adowa - where the Italians endured a brutal and humiliating defeat at the hands of the independent Ethiopian kingdom.
	csc.apolyton.net /scenarios/rhino.shtml (162 words)

	Battle of Adowa - part1 -netscape
		Herbert Taylor Ussher, Adminstrator, declared the arrest and treatment of the confederate leaders to be erroneous, illegal, imprudent, offensive, unjustifiable and irritating; but the oppressive deed had been done,.
		The British responded first by joining the battle between the Kommenda and Elmina by attacking Elmina. Meanwhile, the British continued negotiations with the Asante, which included a swap of prisoners, Europeans held in captivity in Kumasi for an Asante chief of Akyempon who had been expelled from Elmina and held at Cape Coast.
		The British marched to Kumasi in 1896 and deported the Asantehene, first to Sierra Leone, and then to Seychelles in 1900 (Gueye and Boahen 1985, 132). Were it not for the durable structure that the Asante built around the Queen Mother, the Asante might have perished.
	www.lincoln.edu /history/his304/ntscp1.htm (1468 words)

	Total War Center Forums - Guess the battle
		Battle of the Orient, Naval battle between France and the Royal navy
		No, it was a land battle and it didn't involve the British or the French.
		For the lack of anything better I'll go for the Battle of Adowa, also known as Adwa or the Italian Adua.
	www.twcenter.net /forums/showthread.php?p=587014 (823 words)

	Patriots Remember Adowa Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Culture and Science on the occasion of the 104th anniversary of the historic Battle of Adwa.
		By defaulting Italy at the Battle of Adowa in 1896 Ethiopia had thus proved to be a beacon of hope to all concerned, he added.
		He concluded by saying that Ethiopia was ready to make all necessary sacrifices to thwart all forms of aggression directed at it in violation its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
	www.addistribune.com /Archives/2000/03/03-03-00/Patri.htm (222 words)

	Battle of Adowa
		The Italian army was encircled and routed; including the heavy skirmishing as the Italians retreated to their bases the Italians took 11,000 casualties, while the Ethiopians had about 10,000.
		As direct result of the battle, Italy signed the Treaty of Addis Abeba[?], recognizing Ethiopia as independent state.
		See also: History -- Military history -- List of battles
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ba/Battle_of_Adowa.html (123 words)

	Gleeful Gecko » Blog Archive » Today In History: Battle of Adowa
		March 2nd: Today in 1896 Eithiopia won a crucial battle at Adowa against the Italian army trying to take over their country.
		This battle ended the Italian attempts until 1935 when the Italians briefly conquered the country.
		This meant that at the end of the 19th century Eithiopia was the only African nation not under European control.
	www.gleefulgecko.com /archives/697 (162 words)

	Nazret.com EthioBlog - 110 th Anniversary of The Battle of Adowa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The battle of Adwa is not just a memory of the past.
		To begin with it was his own action of selling out Ethiopian territory and people to the Italians in exchange for money and weapon that gave the Italians a beachhead to launch their war of aggression and expansion that led to the battle of Adowa.
		Menelik II was one of the greatest leaders/warriors ever walked the face of the earth for me. He amazes me not because he won such a great war but he went to war against such a greater power.
	nazret.com /blog/index.php?title=110_th_anniversary_of_the_battle_of_adow&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 (5250 words)

	Ethiopia: Can We Leave the Past Where
		When she was invaded by a European (Italian) army in 1896, the heroic people of Ethiopia untterly defeated and humiliated the Italians at the battle of Adowa, thus destroying the then prevailing myth of the white man’s invincibility, and consequently effecting farreaching consequences throughout the world.
		One cannot overemphasize the importance of the Ethiopian victory: it marks the beginning of a new era for Africa.”
		Many Europeans were shocked at the outcome of the Battle of Adowa.
	www.addistribune.com /Archives/2004/12/31-12-04/Ethiopia.htm (1139 words)

	Centennial Celebrations Around the World - Lansing, MI
		is preparing to celebrate the centennial of the victory of Ethiopia over colonialist Italy at the Battle of Adowa.
		In our attempt to accomplish this modest task, we members of EMPUD are organizing two days long events for March 1 and 2, 1996.
		We hope that Ethiopians in different parts of the world will do all their best to make this national day an international event by organizing some sort of activities reflecting the spirit of the Victory of the Battle of Adowa.
	www.ethiopians.com /ad-c-lan.html (760 words)

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