"The Battle of Dogali " Topic
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| Tango01 | 12 Oct 2014 9:26 p.m. PST |
"…This was an early engagement during Italy's attempt to colonize Abyssinia, modern Eritrea and Ethiopia. The Italians had taken the coastline, modern Eritrea, and the Emperor Yohannes IV sent an army to push them back. After the Abyssinians unsuccessfully attacked an Italian fort, the 10,000 warriors ambushed an Italian relief column headed for the fort. The column consisted of 500 Italians, 50 native irregulars, and two machine guns. The machine guns soon jammed and the Italians were overrun…"
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Armand |
jurgenation  | 12 Oct 2014 10:27 p.m. PST |
I played this game a month ago…..my poor Italians were clobbered,and I just finished painting them. I love that painting. |
| Tango01 | 13 Oct 2014 10:25 a.m. PST |
Happy for you my friend. Amicalement
Armand |
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