

hiins*if *'< h 



.,,.. 



iw>wi^ri who waa at Asmara* decided to inter* 

 rn * gap MMBJMOBB at CoeUt before he could 

 etUrththighlai h he gained 



Htion on both sides of the n>ad th 



would ha- .. t., force* 



of whom 4.146 were native 



by Italians, On then. 

 II. IHtt. the two armfce came into cof 

 IWoa. TWltaliansopeoe.1 J\rv.,thtl,r,r*n,l- 



; -, . . \- ,...-; nd bj a .... 



crWl advtjM*, Oea. Baratieri was comneUed to 

 brin< all his reserves into action to repel a flank 

 allark on the K hi.-h the .rrvinilan 



posted there gave way. endangering the line of 

 Ooatil Arigorottsconnuriitt,, 



vsintans across a ravine and 

 while the line wa- 

 on the left The Tigrin 



fattit droV the A 



to UM attack on UM Italian nnsiiion repeat,-lly 

 till night Ml. and were repelled every time with 



Tbe 



Italian oosunender bad disposed his 

 for a general attack on the following 



brofc .; 2 



The entire Italian 



forai follow^ in parmit, and overt. 



01? in the etrtoiaf at Senafa, oocapring the 



before the Abyssinian* were a 

 form for attack. Two detachments took posi- 

 tion on the right and the i flank 

 tbe guns poured shot and -h.-Il 

 i '- MB ng heavy 

 The Abyssinian* were seued with ter- 

 the night the whole army fled, 

 arms, ammunition. f-l. tranitpoit 

 furnttnr.. In the first 



Afmttof tb Ftalians lost about 400 men. 

 indorfioff 5Baropean oOoen: in the second 



bttttie (hey kt ni a 

 to the wath. and 

 Tt 



in the 

 Ras Mangaecia fled 



d his army broke op completely. 

 and priesU of the country offered 

 and submission to Gen. Bara- 



tieri, who retained aft. r a few day* to Asmara 



: , : - -d 



the smOitia, leaving smaU detadbmeoU of regu- 

 lars to garrison %fnf^ and Coatiu 



Tlw Italian Government consented, after thin 

 victory, to tbe continued occupation of a part of 

 Tigre, and sent out 5 battalions of infantry and 

 eovndrons of cavalry, adroonuhii 



' "* * e * t * od operat ions or to occupy 



tolMtaJ^wereMfttothedMoretionof 



'-., 



arrirfd. *t .^it with a trong force to occupy as 

 murh of Tier* as he considered necessarr to 

 hold the coloay against a combined attack of 



t/. %s)sBfla^ssa^heJ^ &*v^l \f^..l M L> tl I* 



ftsip mm**ifmm*m mm* MeDrif k. n< COOK pOMW* 



ite of Adiirrat on March .and fortinedthe 



the role of a protector of Abyssinian in.l 

 enceon tne groun 1 *>f tin- |>riinn<-y <>f \\. 

 Him, < the head, aiming 



of the Alexandrian m 

 .1 tin* Italian |n>l by 



mlmif Mi. Uu^ m h.-iiiit t.. 



h.-iiity 



alliance. She denies e>. 

 Ham 



by an agreement with England tin- mi 

 and inv 



illy that. 



Inviolability of Harrar was atln 



ml interests demand that. 

 udependenoe be preserved. I > 

 ires were nm-l.- l.y th- l-'n-nrh ;.. \.-rniin-nt 

 toward a recognition <>f th.- Italian inllu< ncc 

 and protectorate nv.-rthr whole -f A I 



llarrar with the exn-pti.-n --f Lake Assal 

 ami th<> HI- hi.-h th-- ' 



ri^ed to concede oe sub- 



ject to cert.- > uns regarding fn.,i,,t n ..f 



tnwlo in the salt coining f'-' : '\'\\\* 



arrangcinriit came to naught, as 



France broke off neg- n a..unt ..f th<- 



.il of the triplr nlliam-. 

 an<l thf Kussians sustained tin- claim <>f 

 l.-k that he abrogated in lu.- f-.nn t: 

 Ucciali. in which he accept<-l an Italian pntwt- 

 ocate, by denouncing it on . )>efore 



\|.irati..n 'f tin- flip.. "<1. 



treaty arranged between M n, ], , 

 Count Anti.n-lli i-ntain-l n> cstab- 



ili.- full protectorate asserted by Italy 



and recognized by England an ! The 



Italian ai-1 that If enelek should 



-n powers through th- incdinin 



of tlio Itali -iii-nt. but tin- Anmrictext 



\byssinia inigh' 



of th.- Ital 'in-lit as an iiit<Tin-liary. 



When after he had been seated on tho 



throne with th.- assistance of Italy. HIM disputed 

 the significance at in I .in,, 1 to th.' treaty o4 alli- 

 ance by Italy. Antondli was sent to arran 

 matter. A new -, was agr. 



lating the boundary between Krythn.. 

 Tigre. Tho clause pn.viding for an I 



'orate Mem- Irk would i,,,t accept, and An- 



tonrlli broke oif diplomatic n-ln- 



In January. 1805, a RUP-. \pedi- 



' t.-r-burg. 

 was Li 1 trav- 



! r. Th- party was accom pan .ussian 

 an-himaiidrit<>.'who was charged with' a religious 

 mission by the ecclesiastical author 



I ling by way o, and 



through Harrar. the H ussian emissaries 

 'a capital. 



n -onliaI W.-I.-I.IIH-. Th- P j ;- n.i'-ion was, 

 the Abyssinians of th. 



town. Later he 



wm 



aid of 



cvpiedAdowe, tbe chief 

 Ras Mangasda retired sontb- 



_ Italy ^rrral thousand rifles with 

 which to arm native allies. 



rnational eUtJMIt.-Tbe Rusjrfan 

 Ooverasisnt is the only one that has constanUy 



doctrinal affiliation of the Ku-'ian 



al n H- 

 * of the two countries into onununica- 



tend ih.- ; 

 ganda of the Roman -. who have en- 



dravor-d to r,, t mnce the nati\.- Chri-tiari- that 



'reed was idcntin 

 sential points M /..the 



to the 



aints. When the Russians 



f Mtomedtotl untry. in Jane, the Negus 



Italian Protectorate sent with them an Abyssinian embassy to the 

 n Ciar has assumed Gear, consisting of bis cousin Damto as en- 





