Infobox Military Conflict image caption partof the conquest of Harar conflict Battle of Chelenqo date January 9, 1887 place Chelenqo , Ethiopia result Shewan victory combatant1 Shewa combatant2 Harar Emirate of Harar commander1 Menelik II of Ethiopia Menelik II commander2 Abd Allah II ibn Ali Abd ash Shakur strength1 several thousand strength2 200 400 infantry casualties1 Minimal casualties2 Substantial The Battle of Chelenqo was an engagement fought on 6 January 1887 between the army of Shewa under Negus Menelik II of Ethiopia Menelik II and Emir Abd Allah II ibn Ali Abd ash Shakur Abd Allah II of Harar . The Harari forces were routed, and Negus Menelik afterwards occupied and annexed the city of Harar. Negus Menelik, in response to Italy Italian control of parts of Eritrea and the port of Massawa , had begun to import firearms and munitions through the France French controlled ports of Djibouti City Djibouti . By 1886, Emir Abd Allah of Harar had blocked transport of these arms through his territories. Menelik had desired control of the city of Harar for some time. The massacre of the Italian explorer Count Pietro Porro and his entire party in April 1886, allegedly at the emir s command, gave the Negus an excuse to march on Harar. ref Harold G. Marcus, The Life and Times of Menelik II Ethiopia 1844 1913 , Lawrenceville Red Sea Press, 1995 , p. 91 ISBN 1 56902 010 8 ref Although the army of Shewa was a veteran force with contemporary rifles, and numbered in the thousands, Negus Menelik sought to avoid war, and in January 1887 , offered Abd Allah the same kind of autonomy that king Abba Jifar II Abba Jifar of Kingdom of Jimma Jimma enjoyed the emir refused this offer. Knowing that he was heavily outnumbered, and his troops had only obsolete matchlock s and a few cannon s, Emir Abd Allah decided to attack on early in the morning of Ethiopian Christmas January 9 , expecting ... Conflicts in 1887 fr Bataille de Chelenqo he ... more details
dablink This article is about combat. For other meanings, see Battle disambiguation . Generally, a battle ... force s, or combatants. In a battle, each combatant will seek to defeat the others, with defeat ... was the essence of strategy . Image Sadler, Battle of Waterloo.jpg thumb right 400px The Battle of Waterloo by William Sadler painter William Sadler II Etymology The definition of a battle cannot be arrived ... battle is a loanword in English from the Old French bataille , first attested in 1297, from Late Latin ... in Rome that may have numbered 10,000 individuals. Characteristics of battle history of war The defining characteristic of the battle as a concept in the Theory of combat ref pp.63 64, Dupuy ref has ... Sir John Keegan suggested an ideal definition of battle as something which happens between two army ... ref the origins and outcomes of battles can rarely be summarized so neatly. In general a battle ... of the battle is longer than a week, it is often for reasons of staff operational planning called an operation . Battles can be planned, encounter battle encountered , or forced by one force on the other when the latter is unable to Withdrawal military withdraw from combat. A battle always ..., Dupuy ref A victory in the battle is achieved when one of the opposing sides forces the other to abandon ... it to retreat or renders it militarily ineffective for further combat operation s. However, a battle ... in a battle, it can result in a stalemate . A conflict in which one side is unwilling to reach a decision by a direct battle using conventional military forces often becomes an insurgency . Until the 19th century the majority of battles were of short duration, many lasting a part of a day. The Battle of Nations 1813 and the Battle of Gettysburg 1863 were exceptional in lasting three days. This was mainly ... military night operations . The means of prolonging a battle was typically by employment of siege ... by the start of the World War II Second World War . The use of the term battle in military history has ... more details
Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians name In Battle image caption image size background group or band origin Sundsvall , Sweden genre Black metal , death metal , viking metal years ... instruments In Battle is an extreme metal band from Sundsvall , Sweden . The main lyrical themes of the band .... ref name In Battle biography Official Site http inbattle.se site index.php?p history&object biography In Battle biography Official Site ref H kan Sj din left the band early so that he could play with Setherial full time. The band s first album, titled In Battle album In Battle , was recorded ... In Battle Tartarean Desire http www.tartareandesire.com bands In Battle 828 In Battle Tartarean Desire ... Carlsson guitar of Diabolical band Diabolical to join the band. ref name In Battle biography Official ... user.viewprofile&friendID 49141630 In Battle Myspace ref The album was mixed and mastered ... redesign candle inbattle.htm In Battle Candlelight Records ref Rutan also donated a guitar solo to the album. ref http www.metalblade.com bands in battle index2005.html In Battle Metal Blade ... s release. In 2006, In Battle signed a contract with Nocturnal Art Productions and began working on their 4th full length album, which turned out to be Kingdom of Fear In Battle album Kingdom of Fear . The album was released on September 3, 2007. In Battle are currently working on a fifth studio album with a working title of Flames & Death . ref http inbattle.se site index.php?p news In Battle news Official Site ref Line up Current members ref name In Battle Tartarean Desire John Odhinn Sandin ... 1996 1997 Otto Wiklund drums vocals 1996 1998 Marcus Edvardsson bass 2003 Discography In Battle album In Battle full length, 1997 The Rage of the Northmen full length, 1999 Soul Metamorphosis EP, 2003 Welcome to the Battlefield full length, 2004 Kingdom of Fear In Battle album Kingdom of Fear full ... Viking metal musical groups de In Battle it In Battle pl In Battle pt In Battle ... more details
This is the page about the children s book. For the album by heavy metal music heavy metal band Brocas Helm , see Into Battle album . For the EP by avant garde band Art of Noise , see Into Battle with the Art of Noise . Infobox Book name Into Battle title orig translator image File Into Battle Garth Nix coverart.jpg image caption Into Battle book cover author Garth Nix illustrator Steve Rawlings cover artist Joan Moloney country Australian language English language English series The Seventh Tower genre Fantasy publisher Scholastic Corporation Scholastic release date July 2001 english release date media type Print Paperback pages 208 isbn preceded by Above the Veil followed by The Violet Keystone Into Battle is the fifth book in Garth Nix s The Seventh Tower series, published in 2001 by Scholastic Corporation Scholastic . In the book, the Icecarls are preparing to attack the Chosen s Castle to protect the Veil, which lies vulnerable as a mysterious force of evil begins to reveal itself. In this book, the Icecarls are fed up with the Chosen, and prepare to attack the Castle with War Chief Milla Talon Hand at the lead. Milla, trained with a Sunstone, and wielding a talon of Danir, is prepared to defend her army from anything, no matter what the cost. Milla s Icecarl army quickly destroys and conquers the Red and Orange levels, terrorizing all with a Violet Wave of Destruction, produced by her half of the Violet Keystone which she thinks is just a normal Sunstone at first, but slowly begins reconsidering. The cover design and art are by Joan Moloney and Steve Rawlings respectively. Category 2001 novels Category Children s fantasy novels Category Novels by Garth Nix Category 2000s fantasy novels child fantasy novel stub Garth Nix ... more details
infobox military conflict conflict Battle of An partof image File Huahill 2008 09 14.jpg 300px caption Location of the battle at Hua Hill, Jinan. date 589 B.C.E. place Hua Hill , Jinan coordinates coord 36 43 42.96 N 117 3 49.86 E type landmark region CN display inline map type latitude longitude map size map caption map label territory result victory of the State of Jin, alliance between Jin and Qi status combatant1 State of Qi combatant2 Jin Chinese state State of Jin commander1 Duke Qing of Qi commander2 Xi Ke strength1 strength2 casualties1 casualties2 notes The Battle of An zh c linktext p n zh Zh n was fought during the Spring and Autumn Period in 589 BC at Hua Hill in the area of the present day city of Jinan , Shandong between the states of State of Qi Qi and Jin Chinese state Jin . It ended in a victory for the state of Jin and eventually resulted in an alliance between the two states. Two of the three surviving commentaries on the Spring and Autumn Annals , the Zuo Zhuan and the Guliang Zhuan describe the event that led to the battle as an insult that an emissary of Jin suffered at the court of Qi ref name battleofan http www.ourorient.com the battle of an between jin and qi for hegemony.htm Jiang Yike, The Battle of An, Between Jin and Qi, For Hegemony ref , but the two accounts differ on the nature of the insult. According to the Zuo Zhuan , the duke of Qi allowed women to watch the emissary s visit from behind a screen, women who then insulted the emissary with their laughter. ref name battleofan ref name watson http books.google.com books?id UcYRpKmh W4C Burton Watson The Tso chuan selections from China s oldest narrative history, Columbia University Press, 1992 ref The Guliang Zhuan claims that the duke of Qi insulted the emissaries of four visiting states by assigning each of them a server who shared their respective physical defects. ref name battleofan References reflist china hist stub Category 589 BC Category 6th century BC conflicts Category ... more details
Infobox Military Conflict conflict Battle of Embabo partof image caption date June 6, 1882 place Embabo , Ethiopia result Shewa n victory combatant1 Shewa n army combatant2 Gojjam e army commander1 Negus Menelik II of Ethiopia Menelik II commander2 Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam Tekle Haymanot strength1 strength2 casualties1 913 killed and 1,648 wounded casualties2 More than half the Gojjame army The Battle of Embabo was fought 6 June 1882, between the Shewa n forces of Negus tag ref Roughly equivalent to Monarch King . group nb Menelik II of Ethiopia Menelik II and the Gojjam e forces of Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam Tekle Haymanot . The forces fought to gain control over the Oromia Region south of the Gibe River . ref Shinn, p. 67 ref The Gojjame forces under Tekle Haymanot were defeated. This is one of the three battles along with Battle of ChelenqoChelenqo and Battle of Adowa Adwa which Donald Donham lists that led to Shewan supremacy over the rest of Ethiopia . ref Donald Donham, Old Abyssinia and the new Ethiopian empire themes in social history in The Southern Marches of Imperial Ethiopia Oxford James Currey, 2002 , p. 23 ref Background South of Gojjam, across the Abay River , and southwest of Shewa, lay the fertile Gibe region and the gold deposits beyond. Both polities craved control of these resources in order to assert dominance over the rest of Ethiopia. Of the two, the Gojjame had the earlier start and better position as early as 1810, a large volume of luxury trade ... Press, 1995 , p. 69 ISBN 1 56902 010 8 ref The battle The battle began at 10 00 am with the Gojjame ... Marcus describes as a fierce day long battle of hand to hand combat, with both kings participating ... flank ended their resistance, and the battle was over. More than half the Gojjame force was lost during the battle. The Shewans suffered 913 killed and 1,648 wounded. ref Shinn, p. 67 ref In victory ... made before the two armies had clashed After the battle Ras Gobana will carry my mitad baking tray ... more details
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