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, Ethiopia began plotting an insurrection in Italian-held Eritrea to push back against Italian encroachment on the country and to liberate the people from Italian imperialism.

^ ^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.

[1]