Kewaye Mekelle

Tun a watan Janairun shekarar 1896 ne aka yi wa garin Mekelle kawanya a lokacin yakin Italo da Habasha. Dakarun Italiya sun miƙa wuya ga sojojin Habasha wani katafaren  gini a Mekelle, wani birni a arewacin yankin Tigray na Habasha wanda suka mamaye tun a shekarar 1895.

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Italiyawa sun kai jami'ai 20, 13 marasa aikin yi, da kuma masu zaman kansu 150, an tallafa musu da Askari 1,000 da bindigogin tsaunuka guda biyu. Sojojin Habasha sun kai kimanin mutane 27,000.

Ras Makonnen ya kewaye katangar, kuma a safiyar ranar 7 ga watan Janairun 1896, masu kare katangar sun hango wata katuwar tanti mai ja a cikin mahara, wanda ke nuna cewa sarki ya iso. Bayan shafe makonni biyu ana kai hare-haren bama-bamai da manyan bindigogin Habasha da kuma hare-hare masu tsadar gaske a kan matsugunan Italiya, Habashan sun yi nasarar katse ruwan gadar, sannan suka yi yaki da yunkurin Italiya na kwato rijiyar.  A ranar 19 ga watan Janairu, 1896, kwamandan sansanin, Manjo Galliano, wanda mutanensa ke mutuwa saboda rashin ruwa, ya ɗaga tutar miƙa wuya.   An ƙyale Manjo Galliano da mutanensa su fita, suka ba da makamai kuma su tafi.  Menelik ya ce ya kyale Italiyawa su saki jiki domin su ba da hujjar imanina na Kiristanci, yana mai cewa rigimarsa tana da gwamnatin Italiya ta Firayim Minista Francesco Crispi da ke kokarin mamaye al'ummarsa ba sojojin Italiya na yau da kullun ba.

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