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    Oreste Baratieri (né Oreste Baratter, 13 November 1841 – 7 August 1901) was an Italian military officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor...
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    War. Ethiopia managed to defeat the invading Italian force led by Oreste Baratieri on Sunday, March 1, 1896 near the town of Adwa. The decisive victory...
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    Units of General Oreste Baratieri's army under Major Pietro Toselli crushed the rebellion and killed Bahta at the Battle of Halai. Baratieri suspected that...
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    Sudanese forces. Governor Oreste Baratieri sought to capture Kassala, to forestall Mahdist attacks on Eritrea. In July 1894, Baratieri saw his moment when the...
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    ordered the main Italian commander, General Oreste Baratieri, to finish off the "barbarians". As Baratieri dithered, Menelik was forced to pull back on...
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    disorder that followed the 1889 death of Emperor Yohannes IV, General Oreste Baratieri occupied the Ethiopian Highlands along the Eritrean coast, and Italy...
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    Oreste Baratieri, the ruler of Tigray, Ras Mengesha Yohannes invaded Italian Eritrea. In the Battle of Coatit, however, he was repulsed by Baratieri on...
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    Battle of Gallabat against the Mahdists on 10/11 March 1889, General Oreste Baratieri occupied the highlands along the Eritrean coast and Italy proclaimed...
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  • Italian footballer Oreste Baratieri (1841–1901), Italian general and governor of Eritrea Oreste Benatti (1909–??), Italian footballer Oreste Baldini (born...
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    In the disorder that followed the 1889 death of Yohannes IV, Gen. Oreste Baratieri occupied the highlands along the Eritrean coast and Italy proclaimed...
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    the vacuum that followed the 1889 death of Emperor Yohannes IV, Gen. Oreste Baratieri occupied the highlands along the Eritrean coast and Italy proclaimed...
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    to Eritrea to augment the four deployed brigades under command of Oreste Baratieri. The battalions' first engagement was on March 1, 1896, during the...
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    1895, all of Tigray was occupied; the Governor of Eritrea, General Oreste Baratieri returned to Massaua. A few weeks later, Negus Menelik II denounced...
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    the vacuum that followed the 1889 death of Emperor Yohannes IV, Gen. Oreste Baratieri occupied the highlands along the Eritrean coast and Italy proclaimed...
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    Abyssinia broke out in 1895 the then Governor of the colony, General Oreste Baratieri, did not enjoy the confidence of the Italian government, which decided...
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    4th Askari Battalion at the Battle of Coatit under the command of Oreste Baratieri. After the Ethiopian retreat Toselli, and the 4th Askari Battalion...
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    Ethiopian Empire led by Menelik and Kingdom of Italy led by General Oreste Baratieri, involving respective 100,000 and 17,700 troops, where Ethiopian armies...
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    Pasha Hassan Ismail Pasha Yohannes IV † Alula Engida Tekle Haimanot Oreste Baratieri Giuseppe Arimondi Louis-Napoléon Chaltin Muhammad Ahmad (WIA) Abdallahi...
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    ally himself with them and their General, later provincial governor Oreste Baratieri. This was done in the hope that Eritreans would be able to maintain...
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    Ethiopian emperor, Menelik II, drove out the Italian forces of General Oreste Baratieri. After the defeat, the Italians withdrew from Imba Alaje to their half-finished...
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    during the Mahdist War. After the death of Yohannes, Italian General Oreste Baratieri occupied the highlands along with the Eritrean coast, and proclaimed...
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    broke out in 1895, with Italian troops under the command of General Oreste Baratieri having initial success until Ethiopian troops counterattacked Italian...
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    from the Negus for their dealings with the colonial governor, General Oreste Baratieri. Menelik forgave them and offered Mengesha the crown of Tigray in exchange...
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  • played a decisive role in developing Benito Mussolini's air force Oreste Baratieri (1841–1901), general and governor of Italian Eritrea Cesare Battisti...
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    Antonio Gandolfi, Commandant 28 February 1892 to 22 February 1896 Oreste Baratieri, Commandant Commander of the Royal Italian Army in the Battle of Adwa...
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    (L'Illustrazione Italiana) Italian advance on Mek'ele (L'Illustrazione Italiana) Oreste Baratieri on the advance on Mek'ele (Il Secolo Illustrato) Ras Mengesha then...
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    men at the town of Hawzen for an attack on Adigrat. Italian General Oreste Baratieri reacted by gathering 3,144 soldiers near Senafe, then marched to the...
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    the disorder that followed the death of Yohannes IV, Italian General Oreste Baratieri occupied the highlands along the Eritrean coast and Italy proclaimed...
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    general. In 1894 he commanded the 2nd Operational Corps under General Oreste Baratieri, fighting the Battle of Kassala and the Battle of Coatit. Arimondi...
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    at Fort Sam Houston near San Antonio, Texas (d. 1981) Died: General Oreste Baratieri, 61, who had commanded Italian troops in their defeat by Ethiopian...
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