Talk:Battle of Dogali

Eritrean views of Ras Alula

The article concludes, "Since Alula fought for the Empire and not for Tigray itself, he is viewed as a traitor on the Eritrean side of the border, a hero on the Ethiopian side." Are we sure that the destruction of this monument was an act against the Ras, & not against Mengistu, who both idolized Ras Alula & was detested by the Eritreans? (After Emperor Yohannes' death, Ras Alula was hostile to the Shewan Emperor Menelik, almost to the point of being in revolt against him.) I think we need a cite here to prove this is what Eritreans actually think. -- llywrch (talk) 17:01, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

The original citation is a dead link now, but the essay can still be read at http://web.archive.org/web/20070625145854/http://www.unhcr.org/publ/RSDCOI/3ae6a6b74.html Consuelo D'Guiche (talk) 18:19, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

That essay is interesting (& does offers some insights on the Ethiopian-Eritrean relationship), but I would be far more convinced if it was drawn from actual Eritrean statements, rather than from a single document on which the author's name fails to appear. (I checked, using the search function in my browser.) And accepting that this is written by Prunier, I regret to point out that there is nothing in his Wikipedia article to indicate that he is an expert on Eritrea, & can speak with authority on the subject. -- llywrch (talk) 20:22, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Battle of Gundet

For some reason the phrase "Battle of Gundet" redirects here, although Gundet (1875, Abyssinia vs Egypt) is a distinct engagement. Since its virtually impossible to undo other editors' redirects, it'd be great if the editor responsible could possibly update this so as to either remove the redirect, or, if Dogali actually is also known as Gundet (as there are two Battles of Adwa), modify it to read Gundet (1887). Mikedash (talk) 12:23, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

have tagged Battle of Gundet for deletion. Once deleted, hopefully a real article for that topic will one day be created once Ethiopian–Egyptian War has been expanded.አቤል ዳዊት (Janweh) (talk) 04:02, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Ethiopian casualties

I have a book on Italian small arms in which the number of Eritrean casualties is mentioned (All in connection with the issue of ammunition supply).

The book, "Italian Small Arms of the First and Second World Wars" by Raplh Riccio states that "some 1500 Eritreans were accounted for by the Italians before they were overwhelmed". Thom430 (talk) 14:09, 14 November 2016 (UTC)