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	Defenceindia : Special Feature : BALL OF FIRE MUSEUM - A JOURNEY DOWN MEMORY LANE
		It was here that the division was baptised by fire, and fought the Battle of Gallabat, seeing action in Sudan and Abyssinia.
		A bloody battle followed, and the enemy launched eight counter attacks to dislodge the attackers.
		The battle broke the myth of Japanese invincibility as jungle fighter and converted allied defeat into victory, paving a way for the ultimate rout of Japanese in Burma.
	www.defenceindia.com /defenceind/feature1.html (1210 words)

	History of Ethiopia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Be that as it may, a Portuguese fleet, under the command of Christovão da Gama, was sent from India and arrived at Massawa in February 1541.
		On February 21, 1543, however, Ahmad was shot and killed in the Battle of Wayna Daga and his forces totally routed.
		Meanwhile Yohannes had not been idle with regard to the dervishes, who had in the meantime become masters of the Egyptian Sudan, continued, and in 1887 a great battle ensued at Gallabat, in which the dervishes, under Zeki Tumal, were beaten.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Ethiopia (3814 words)

	The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia - Chapter XX (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The principal trade of Gallabat, which is the market-place for all commerce between Abyssinia and the Egyptian provinces, is in cotton, coffee, bees'-wax, and hides.
		In a pitched battle, the Tokrooris were defeated with great loss, and Jemma, with the greater portion of the population, sought the assistance of Theodore, the king of Abyssinia.
		The greater portion of the cotton exhibited in the market of Gallabat is produced by the Tokrooris; it is uncleaned, and simply packed in mat bales of a hundred pounds weight, which at that date (April 1862) sold for one dollar each.
	www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/geo/travel/TheNileTributariesofAbyssinia/chap21.html (4586 words)

	Menelek II of Ethiopia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ras Araya Selassie died in May 1888 without any issue by Zauditu of Shoa, and the Emperor Yohannes IV was killed in a war against the dervishes at the battle of Gallabat (Matemma) on May 10, 1889.
		The succession now lay between the late emperor’s natural son, the Ras Mangasha, and Menelek of Shoa, but the latter was able to obtain the aliegance of a large majority of the nobility on November 4, and consecrated and Crowned as Emperor Menelik II shortly afterwards.
		After defeating the Italians at Amba-Alagi and Mekele, he inflicted an even greater defeat on them, in the battle of Adowa on March 1, 1896, forcing them to capitulate.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Menelik_II_of_Ethiopia (1251 words)

	GI -- World War II Commemoration
		After the Battle of Bedafomm in February 1941, the bulk of the British forces in the Western Desert were withdrawn in preparation for the expedition to Greece.
		By November 5, the battle had turned in favor of the British, and Rommel began to withdraw, pursued by the British 30th Corps (the 1st and 7th armored divisions and the New Zealand 2d Division).
		The battle began on May 11, but it was not until the morning of May 18 that the Poles were able to occupy the abbey of Monte Cassino.
	gi.grolier.com /wwii/wwii_8.html (12575 words)

	Anthony Brett-James. Ball of Fire. Fifth Indian Division in the Second World War. 1951.Chapters 2-3. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Gallabat fort, too, stood out prominently in the landscape, surrounded by an outer thorn hedge, by belts of barbed wire, and by low defence emplacements.
		The surface of the road to Gallabat was marked as suitable for all weathers, and composed of the heavy fl cotton soil characteristic of these parts.
		After the battle it was learned that the enemy machines, which were armed with cannons, had recently received a new type of incendiary bullet which proved.
	www.ku.edu /carrie/specoll/AFS/library/4-ww2/Ball/fire02.html (9810 words)

	Battle of Gallabat (1889 AD) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The battle of Gallabat fought on the Abyssinian border (the border of modern Ethiopia and the Sudan) between the forces of the Khalifa Abdullah of the Dervish Empire and King John of Abyssinia was the last major battle to be fought between forces using almost exclusively edged weapons.
		In March 1889, a large Dervish force commanded by the general, Zaki Tamal, stood on the defensive at the border town of Gallabat to face a huge Abyssinian army under the command of King John himself.
		The body of King John was found after the battle and was displayed without its head from the public gallows in the Khalifa¹s capital, Omdurman.
	www.fanaticus.org /DBA/battles/gallabat.html (468 words)

	ABYSSINIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		In an ensuing battle (in January 1831), both Sabagadis and Marie were killed, and Ubie retired to watch events from his own province.
		Later in the year Theodore became more civil, and the British party on arrival at the king's camp in Damot, on the 25th of January 1866, were received with all honour, and were afterwards sent to Kwarata, on Lake Tsana, there to await the arrival of the captives.
		A great battle ensued at Gallabat, in which the dervishes, under Zeki Tumal, were beaten.
	simplestartpage.com /2301_ABYSSINIA.HTML (15314 words)

	History of Ethiopia Article, HistoryEthiopia Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		In April 1888 the Italian forces, numbering over 20,000 men, came into touch with theEthiopian army; but negotiations took the place of fighting, with the result that both forces retired, the Italians only leavingsome 5000 troops in Eritrea, as their colony was now called.
		Meanwhile Johannes had not been idle with regard to the dervishes, who had in themeantime become masters of the Egyptian Sudan, continued, and in 1887 a great battle ensued at Gallabat, in which the dervishes, under Zeki Tumal, were beaten.
		On October 26, 1896 a provisional treaty of peace was concluded at Adis Ababa, recognizing the absoluteindependence of Ethiopia.
	www.anoca.org /he/country/history_of_ethiopia.html (2810 words)

	Menelik II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Ras ArayaSelassie died in May 1888 without any issue by Zauditu of Shoa, and the Emperor Yohannes IVwas killed in a war against the dervishes at the battle of Gallabat (Matemma)on the May 10, 1889.
		The succession now laybetween the late emperor’s natural son, the Ras Mangasha, and Menelek of Shoa, but the latter was able to obtain the aliegance of a large majority of thenobility on November 4, and consecrated and Crowned as Emperor Menelik IIshortly afterwards.
		After defeating the Italians at Amba-Alagi and Mekele, heinflicted an even greater defeat on them forcing them to capitulate in the battle of Adowa on March 1, 1896.
	www.therfcc.org /menelik-ii-86112.html (1039 words)

	Italy Abyssinia (Ethiopia) War 1887-1889
		Desirous of exploiting more than the coastline area, they made a pact with the chieftain of Shewa (who later became Ethiopia's Emperor Menelik II [1844-1913] in 1889) and began, with British encouragement, to penetrate the Eritrean hinterland.
		Ethiopian forces of Emperor Yohannes (John) IV (18131-89) marched against the Italians, some 500 of who were surrounded and nearly all killed at the Battle of Dogali on January 26, 1887.
		Yohannes became preoccuped fighting the invading Mahdists in northern Ethiopia and died at the Battle of Metemma (Gallabat) on March 12, 1889.
	www.onwar.com /aced/data/india/italyethiopia1887.htm (213 words)

	Society Fresh : Article 'Battle of Inkerman' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Battle of Inkermann, a battle of the Crimean War, was fought on November 5, 1854 and resulted in a British and French victory under General Bosquet against the Russian forces under General Menshikov.
		The battle was eventually won by a counter-offensive by the French soldiers under General Bosquet.
		The Russian plan for the battle of November 5 was most excellent in conception; and, as far as mere orders can go, nothing seemed wanting to insure success, and drive the English partly over the steep borders of the plateau into the open arms of Gortschakoff, partly into the sea, and the rest to Kamiesch.
	www.society-fresh.net /DisplayArticle252082.html (1211 words)

	Ethiopia 1887-1895
		In 1885 Italy embarked on a colonial enterprise to conquer Abyssinia (Ethiopia).
		The next four deal with incidents during the reign of Menelik II up to the Battle of Adowa, and the last three portray different portions of the Italian disaster at Adowa.
		The battles range in size from a low of about 120 figures to a high of about twice that.
	www.principlesofwar.com /col/ethiopia.htm (620 words)

	Comando Supremo: Events of 1940
		The guns were piled around with empty cases where men had fired to the very last.
		But Italian forces under Graziani are quickly losing battles and did not posses the transport for an effective strategic withdrawel.
		Within 2 weeks of combat, the Italians are forced back 200 miles to Tobruk and lose 115,000 Italian and African colonials who had surrendered or been captured by February of 1941.
	www.comandosupremo.com /1940.html (2555 words)

	Gallabat information - Search.com
		Gallabat is a village in the Sudanese state of Al Qadarif.
		Lying on the main trade route from Sennar to Gondar (some 90 miles to the east by south), Gallabat grew into a trade center of some importance.
		From Gallabat a raiding party penetrated to Gondar, which they looted.
	domainhelp.search.com /reference/Gallabat (161 words)

	Comando Supremo: Events of 1941
		In this battle, all 5 merchant ships were sunk as well as 2 of the Italian destroyers, the Luca Tarigo and Baleno.
		In the 3 day battle of the seas, the Italo-German forces were able to sink 2 cruisers, 4 destroyers and one battleship.
		The Italian Carabinieri Parachute battalion joins the battle against the Commonwealth forces with the other Italo-German forces and charged to protect the "Ariete" Division, which was withdrawing after a successful attack of British armored forces.
	www.comandosupremo.com /1941.html (4875 words)

	The Ethiopian- Egyptian War: 1874 —1876
		These officers were sent to Ethiopia, and the following accounts of the Battles of Gundet and Gura are drawn in large part from their diaries and other notes.
		Other accounts of these battles from Ethiopian and other sources can be found in the biography of Ras Alula and in general histories of Ethiopia.
		Meantime, reports reached the Ethiopians that the Gallabat garrison had been reinforced by the Egyptians, and had crossed the frontier into Ethiopian territory en-route to Gondar.
	www.geocities.com /~dagmawi/History/Ethiopia-Egypt-War.html (1239 words)

	afrikakorps
		In the very midst of the Battle of Britain, when her every resource was pressed to the limit, he dispatched a large convoy carrying abundant munitions, artillery, aircraft, and 150 tanks to his beleaguered forces in North Africa.
		The resultant clouds of sand were so great, the enemy were fooled into believing that they were opposed by a gigantic Panzer army, and called off their attack.
		Rommel’s daring was exampled in the Battle of Knightsbridge, between June 11 and 13, when his 124 Panzers audaciously attacked 248 British tanks, trapping and destroying most of them.
	www.third-reich-books.com /afrikakorps.htm (3152 words)

	Chap
		It was here that the Division was baptised by fire and fought the Battle of Gallabat, seeing action in Sudan and Abyssinia.
		A bloody battle followed and the enemy launched eight counter-attacks to dislodge the attackers.
		The battle blasted the myth of Japanese invincibility as jungle fighter and converted Allied's defeat into victory, paving a way for the ultimate rout of the Japanese in Burma.
	mod.nic.in /samachar/march01-04/html/ch4.htm (766 words)

	Battle of Gallabat (1889 AD) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The battle of Gallabat fought on the Abyssinian border (the border of modern Ethiopia and the Sudan) between the forces of the Khalifa Abdullah of the Dervish Empire and King John of Abyssinia was the last major battle to be fought between forces using almost exclusively edged weapons.
		Details of the actual battle are sketchy but it appears that the Abyssinian attack was fiercely launched and had penetrated the Dervish defences.
		The body of King John was found after the battle and was displayed without its head from the public gallows in the Khalifa¹s capital, Omdurman.
	fanaticus.org /DBA/battles/gallabat.html (468 words)

	Emperor Menelik of Ethiopia :: by Nazret.com.
		Ras Araya Selassie died in May 1888 without any issue by Zauditu of Shoa, and the Emperor Yohannes IV was killed in a war against the dervishes at the battle of Gallabat (Matemma) on May 10, 1889.
		The succession now lay between the late emperor.s natural son, the Ras Mangasha, and Menelek of Shoa, but the latter was able to obtain the aliegance of a large majority of the nobility on November 4, and consecrated and Crowned as Emperor Menelik II shortly afterwards.
		After defeating the Italians at Amba-Alagi and Mekele, he inflicted an even greater defeat on them, in the battle of Adowa on March 1, 1896, forcing them to capitulate.
	www.nazret.com /history/menelik.php (1183 words)

	tecolahagos.com - ethiopian related issues and commentary
		The following are the four major battles fought by Emperor Yohannes IV and his illustrious Commander, Ras Alula in defense of Ethiopia.
		Yohannes was brave in battle and merciful to those whom he vanquished.
		As he was consolidating his power in Tygrei, Yohannes fought several battles with formidable enemies, and after winning the battle he never, not a single time, executed a captured enemy commander.
	www.tecolahagos.com /emperor_yohannes.htm (7081 words)

	Bruce International - History of The Bruce
		As a result, the nobles spent almost as much time and energy battling for position with their king as they did in preparation for battling The Bruce.
		Given the fact that the Templars were extremely wealthy, had a great cache of arms, and the means to transport them, it is not a great stretch of imagination to suppose that they provided the necessary assistance.
		His men and horses were blocked to the rear and to their right by water and the land they occupied became a muddy bog.
	www.brucefamily.com /history.htm (10106 words)

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		Despite the lack of heavy bombers, by September 1940, Luftwaffe had the measure of RAF and was beginning to win the battle for command of the air.
		Air power deployed in the Pacific was both sea-based (carrier task forces) and land-based, it was a battle between the two opposing carrier groups attempting to wrest sea control and command of the air from each other.
		Bangladesh Armed Forces is organised, equipped and trained to fight a defensive battle in combination with guerrilla warfare along with irregular and para-military forces in case of a total war.
	www.defencejournal.com /2002/march/airpower.htm (13928 words)

	DBA Battle Scenarios
		If you have a write-up of a special DBA scenario (with or without battle report) that you'd like to submit to the DBA Resource Page, just drop it in an e-mail to Chris Brantley at brant@erols.com.
		Don't forget to name the battle and identify the year in which it was fought (even if fictional or speculative).
		Here is a Battle Template that you can download for use; just make sure to open and edit the file in a Courier or other non-proportional type font.
	www.fanaticus.org /DBA/battles (1463 words)

	The War Memoirs of Alec James Barthorpe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		This position lasted for the rest of the summer and through the Battle of Britain until October 1940, when we were stood down and told that we would be granted 48 hr embarkation leave, prior to our departure for overseas service.
		The battle of Keren is better described in the official books of W.W.2, so I will not even attempt to do so, but I will try and describe what occurred in our particular area especially on our gun and to me, in particular.
		In front of them was a higher ridge, which was plainly visible from our gun position, and which was to prove invaluable in the coming battle, as the Camerons had dug in, of course, on our side of their lower ridge.
	www.warlinks.com /memories/barthorpe.html (20488 words)

	Books at On Military Matters
		A5, this issue is devoted to the various battles during the 1884-85 early Mhadi period, (2) color battle maps, o/b's.
		A5, this issue is devoted to the events during the Battle Of Rorke's Drift; also the Spanish in No Africa and Germans in South-West Africa.
		The crucial battle that was England's revenge for Gordons death, maps, b/w illust, biblio, index.
	www.onmilitarymatters.com /wcat1880.htm (1972 words)

	Italian biplane fighter aces - Mario Visintini
		Four battles were fought over this place during the day but no details have been found.
		The Wellesleys were first into action bombing Gallabat, with the Gladiators requested to over fly the area in large formations.
		Two more victories were claimed by the Italians to raise their total for the day to six, two or three of which were credited to Tenente Visintini, who claimed two destroyed and one probable enemy aircraft in the Gondar area during the day.
	surfcity.kund.dalnet.se /italy_visintini.htm (2961 words)

	Books at On Military Matters
		9th book in the series; 1827 and Hervey is back in England and his friend Captain Peto is on his way to the Agean and the battle of Navaron Bay 1 vol, 339 pgs 2007 UK, BANTAM PRESS
		A work of fiction about how we played wargames as 'youngsters' both young & old, a witty & charming memoir and gloriously hilarious account of the fun of playing wargames.
		TO THE LAST CARTRIDGE:South America 1879-1884 V1 V1 covers the Naval and Tarapaca Campaigns, the Army of Bolivia, the Army & Navy of Chile & Peru, Battles of Calama, Iquique, Angamos and more.
	www.onmilitarymatters.com /rcntnew.htm (1868 words)

	Ball of Fire - Preview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The southern was held by AFI infantry all during the scenario.
		The battle was bloody with heavy casualties on both sides.
		The final battle in the harbor was nail biter.
	www.wargamer.com /pg2campaigns/steve/indian-aar-damgaard/Ball_of_Fire.htm (8718 words)

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