Battle of Halai

Battle of Halai
	; Contemporary heroization in an Italian magazine
Date	15–18 December 1894
Location	Halai, Italian Eritrea
Result	Italian victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Italy	Eritrean rebels
Commanders and leaders
Pietro Toselli	Bahta Hagos †
Strength
1,500 men; 2 guns; (under Pietro Toselli); 220 men; (the fort in Halai)	1,600
Casualties and losses
11 killed; 22 wounded	unknown

The Battle of Halai, or the Battle of Halay, which took place in December 1894 was a battle between an Eritrean rebel force under Bahta Hagos and the Italian army.

In the 1890s, the government of Ethiopia began plotting an insurrection in Eritrean to push back against Italian encroachment on their country.

^ ^a ^b ^c McLachlan, Sean (September 20, 2011). Armies of the Adowa Campaign 1896: The Italian Disaster in Ethiopia. Oxford: Osprey. p. 9.

[McLachlan-1] McLachlan, Sean (September 20, 2011). Armies of the Adowa Campaign 1896: The Italian Disaster in Ethiopia. Oxford: Osprey. p. 9.

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