Word: ebalgumei
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Dates: during 1935-1935
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...time the Italian advance was straightened out three separate battles were going on at once without coordination or contact. By 11 a. m. March i the Italians were in full rout, their dead piled high around their guns. Bugle calls for retreat were drowned amid savage cries of "EbalgumeI Ebalgume!" Behind the fanatic black warriors came their women brandishing long knives to mutilate the wounded. Killed were two of the five Generals, 4,600 Italian officers and soldiers. Two thousand were wounded, 2,000 taken prisoner. General Baratieri was court-martialed, finally acquitted. Premier Crispi resigned. The peace treaty returned...
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