The Quarterly Review, Volume 237William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1922 |
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Page 37
... force , de rétablir les anciennes frontières d'Ethiopie jusqu'à Khartoum et jusqu'au lac Nyanza avec les pays Gallas . ' The Italian alliance with Ras Mangasha in December , made with the view to detach Tigre from the Abyssinian Empire ...
... force , de rétablir les anciennes frontières d'Ethiopie jusqu'à Khartoum et jusqu'au lac Nyanza avec les pays Gallas . ' The Italian alliance with Ras Mangasha in December , made with the view to detach Tigre from the Abyssinian Empire ...
Page 38
... forces for a great and united effort against the foreign invaders , and at the end of the year appeared in Tigre at ... force to be seriously reckoned with and to be dealt with by direct negotiations . Menelik's court at Addis Abbaba at ...
... forces for a great and united effort against the foreign invaders , and at the end of the year appeared in Tigre at ... force to be seriously reckoned with and to be dealt with by direct negotiations . Menelik's court at Addis Abbaba at ...
Page 42
... force placed under his command . His son - in - law , Ras Mikael , was governor of the Wollo country , including the district of Magdala . The Semyen province belonged to his Empress Taitu and was adminis- tered by her representative ...
... force placed under his command . His son - in - law , Ras Mikael , was governor of the Wollo country , including the district of Magdala . The Semyen province belonged to his Empress Taitu and was adminis- tered by her representative ...
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... force , which after sundry defeats took refuge at Magdala . But Yasu was no warrior ; in August his courage failed him ; he deserted his army and fled ( August 1917 ) with a few followers to the Danakil country , where he remained ...
... force , which after sundry defeats took refuge at Magdala . But Yasu was no warrior ; in August his courage failed him ; he deserted his army and fled ( August 1917 ) with a few followers to the Danakil country , where he remained ...
Page 68
... forces of nature . It is related , perhaps untruly , of General Townshend that , when beleaguered in Kut , his heart sick with hope deferred , he signalled to the commander of the relieving force , Are you sure that you are on the right ...
... forces of nature . It is related , perhaps untruly , of General Townshend that , when beleaguered in Kut , his heart sick with hope deferred , he signalled to the commander of the relieving force , Are you sure that you are on the right ...
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