<sod>  |commander2=[[Oreste Baratieri]]
 |strength1=~120,000 (20,000 armed only with spears),<br/> Unknown number of artillery and machine guns
 |strength2=17,700,<br> 56 guns
|casualties1=11,000 (est.)
|casualties2=10,000
 }}
 The '''Battle of Adowa''' (also known as ''Adwa'' or sometimes by the Italian name ''Adua'') was fought on [[1 March]], [[1896]] between [[Ethiopia]] and [[Italy]] near the town of [[Adowa]], Ethiopia, in [[Tigray Region|Tigray]]. It was the climactic battle of the [[First Italo-Abyssinian War]]. 
 
 <eod> <sod> |commander2=[[Oreste Baratieri]]
 |strength1=~120,000 (20,000 armed only with spears),<br/> Unknown number of artillery and machine guns
 |strength2=17,700,<br> 56 guns
|casualties1=* 4,000-6,000 killed<br>* 8,000 wounded
|casualties2=* 7,000 killed<br>* 1,500 wounded<br>* 3,000 captured
 }}
 The '''Battle of Adowa''' (also known as ''Adwa'' or sometimes by the Italian name ''Adua'') was fought on [[1 March]], [[1896]] between [[Ethiopia]] and [[Italy]] near the town of [[Adowa]], Ethiopia, in [[Tigray Region|Tigray]]. It was the climactic battle of the [[First Italo-Abyssinian War]]. 
 
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