Baratieri, Oreste
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Name (Latin)
Baratieri, Oreste
Other forms of name
Baratieri, O. (Oreste)
Date of birth
1841-11-13
Date of death
1901-08-07
Place of birth
Condino, Italy
Place of death
Vipiteno (Italy)
Associated country
Italy
Other associated place
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Occupation
Generals Governors Colonial administrators
Associated Language
ita
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- His Memorie d'Africa (1892-1896), 1898:t.p. (Oreste Baratieri)
- Wikipedia, March 6, 2020(Oreste Baratieri; born Oreste Baratter; born in Condino (County of Tyrol, now Trentino), 13 November 1841; began his career as a volunteer for Garibaldi's Redshirts, serving in the Sicilian-Neapolitan campaign 1860-1861; jointed the regular Italian Army; fought at the Battle of Custoza in 1866; rose to the rank of general by 1891, appointed commander of Italian forces in colonial Africa; became governor of Eritrea the following her; fought with Ethiopian forces along the border 1893-1895, winning several battles over the Mahdists, particularly at the Battle of Kassala, 17 July 1894; in February 1896, the government of Francesco Crispi ordered Baratieri to engage the Ethiopians; on 29 February Baratieri marched on the Ethiopians at Adowa; each side lost close to 7,000 but that was 2/3 of the Italian-Eritrean force; Italy was forced to sign the Treaty of Addis Ababa guaranteeing Ethiopian sovereignty, and Baratieri was court-martialed at Asmara, acquitted but forced to resign his post the next year; spent his retirement in the Austrian Tyrol; died 7 August 1901, Sterzing [Vipiteno])
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