Siege of Mekelle

Siege of Mekelle
	Part of the First Italo-Ethiopian War
	; Ethiopian troops attacking the besieged Italians
Date	7-21 January 1896
Location	Mek'ele, Ethiopia
Result	Ethiopian victory
Belligerents
Italy	Ethiopia
Commanders and leaders
Giuseppe Galliano	Menelik II
Strength
1,306 (1,114 Askari & 192 Italians); 2 mountain guns	27,000
Casualties and losses
35 killed; 78 wounded	~600 killed

The Siege of Mekelle, sometimes known as the battle of Mekelle, took place in January 1896 during the First Italo-Ethiopian War. Italian forces surrendered a partially completed fort at Mekelle, a city in the northern Tigray Region of Ethiopia which they had occupied since 1895, to Ethiopian forces.

^ ^a ^b ^c Caulk, Richard (2002). "Between the Jaws of Hyenas": A Diplomatic History of Ethiopia (1876-1896). Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden. pp. 519, 522.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[JHY-1] Caulk, Richard (2002). "Between the Jaws of Hyenas": A Diplomatic History of Ethiopia (1876-1896). Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden. pp. 519, 522.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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Siege of Mekelle

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