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Battle of Dogali
The Battle of Dogali was fought on 26 January 1887 between Italy and Ethiopia in Dogali near Massawa, in present-day Eritrea.
History.
The Italians, after their unification in 1861, wanted to establish a colonial empire to cement their great power status. Their occupation of coastal Eritrea brought Italian interests into direct conflict with those of Ethiopia (Abyssinia).
As soon as the Italians considered they were strong enough to advance into Abyssinia, they seized the town of Sahati, in modern-
: the commanders "Blatta" Gebru and Aselafi Hagos were killed, and "Ras" Alula himself was wounded.
Battle of Dogali.
However events beyond Tigray or the Horn of Africa gave "Ras" Alula very little time to recover from the battle. As part the European Scramble for Africa, at this time the Italians took control of the Red Sea coasts, occupying Massawa and Sahatit with the tacit approval of the British, which was a violation of the Hewett Treaty.
Although he had collaborated with the