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    Agordat, ኣቑርደት (also spelled Akordat or Ak'ordat) is a city in Gash-Barka, Eritrea. It was the capital of the former Barka Province, which was situated...
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  • Battle of Agordat may refer to: First Battle of Agordat (1890) Second Battle of Agordat (1893) Battle of Agordat (1941) This disambiguation page lists...
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  • Agordat Airport (IATA: HHAG) is an airstrip serving Agordat, Eritrea. Transport in Eritrea Eritrea portal Aviation portal Aviation portal Google Maps...
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    The Battle of Agordat was fought near Agordat in Eritrea from 26 to 31 January 1941, by the Italian army and Royal Corps of Colonial Troops against British...
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  • The Agordat Operation was part of the Eritrean War of Independence, and took place on 12 July 1962. It was intended to kill the Ethiopia's Representative...
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    The Second Battle of Agordat was fought in late December 1893, between Italian colonial troops and Mahdists from Sudan. Emir Ahmed Ali campaigned against...
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  • The First Battle of Agordat, which took place on 27 June 1890 was the first battle between Italy and the Mahdist State. Fighting began when a force of...
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    for two years; in 1890, he was sent again to Eritrea. In the battle of Agordat (1893) Captain Giuseppe Galliano commanded a Battalion of Colonial Eritreans...
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    conquering Equatoria, and in 1893, the Italians repelled an Ansar attack at Agordat (in Eritrea) and forced the Ansar to withdraw from Ethiopia. In the 1890s...
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    Eritrea were the first to inhabit these areas. Excavations in and near Agordat in central Eritrea yielded the remains of an ancient pre-Aksumite civilization...
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    conquer Ethiopia and create the Italian Empire stopped the enlargement to Agordat and Bishia. After damage suffered by the railway during World War II, the...
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    Agordat was a torpedo cruiser of the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) built in the late 1890s. She was the lead ship of the Agordat class, which had one...
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    final class, which comprised Agordat and Coatit, was built in the late 1890s to be fleet scouts. Like Pietro Micca, the Agordat class was too slow for its...
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    to the south. The capital of Gash-Barka is Barentu. Other towns include Agordat (the former capital), Molki, Sebderat and Teseney. As of 2005, the region...
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    The Agordat class was a pair of torpedo cruisers built by the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) in the late 1890s. The two ships, Agordat and Coatit,...
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    the First Battle of Agordat. In December 1893, Italian colonial troops and Mahdists fought again in the Second Battle of Agordat; Ahmed Ali campaigned...
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    along the Eritrea–Sudan border and hold the mountain passes on the Kassala–Agordat and Metemma–Gondar roads. Frusci chose not to withdraw from the lowlands...
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    the Mahdists before Kitchener's Expedition, soundly defeating them at Agordat in 1893. After a long and successful colonial service, he died in combat...
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    and Dekemhare. Similarly, the ELF seized control of Omhajer, Teseney, Agordat, Mendefera, and Adi Quala. All of Eritrea was liberated with the exception...
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    Barentu (Tigrinya: ባረንቱ) is a town in north-western Eritrea, lying south of Agordat, and is the capital of Gash-Barka Region. The town is integrated with different...
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    the First Battle of Agordat. In December 1893, Italian colonial troops and Mahdists fought again in the Second Battle of Agordat; Ahmed Ali campaigned...
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    Partenope Minerva Euridice Urania Iride Aretusa Caprera Calatafimi Agordat class Agordat (1899) - Stricken 1923 Coatit (1899) - Stricken 1920, BU Aquila-class...
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    Africa 1915–17 The Second World War: Dunkirk 1940, North-West Europe 1940, Agordat, Keren, Syria 1941, Sidi Barrani, Djebel Tebaga, Peter's Corner, North...
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    British/Australian and Free French victory in Libya over Italy Battle of Agordat 26–31 January The UK defeats Italy in Eritrea Battle of Keren 3 February—1...
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    in 1895/9. The Eritrean ascaris fought with distinction at Serobeti, Agordat, Kassala, Coatit and Adwa and subsequently served in Libya and Ethiopia...
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    Sikh Afghanistan 1919, 2 Sikh Palestine 1921, 5 Sikh Second World War Agordat 1940-41, 4 Sikh Keren 1941, 4 Sikh El Alamein 1940-43, 4 Sikh Omars 1941...
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  • (administrative regions) called Akele Guzay (its capital, Adikeyh), Barka (Agordat), Denkalia (Assab), Hamasien (Asmara), Sahel (Nakfa), Semhar (Massawa)...
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    Desert campaign African Front 1941-01-24  United Kingdom  Italy Allies Agordat East African campaign African Front 1941-01-26 1941-01-31  United Kingdom...
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    defeat at Serobeti and the preceding First Battle of Agordat (1890). The First Battle of Agordat made Muhammad Ahmad's followers more cautious. The Emir...
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    Anseba 3 Teseney 52,531 64,889 Gash-Barka 4 Mendefera 22,184 63,492 Debub 5 Agordat 15,948 47,482 Gash-Barka 6 Assab 31,037 39,656 Southern Red Sea 7 Massawa...
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