Second Battle of Agordat

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| image = Alfred Pearse - Second Battle of Agordat (Battles of the nineteenth century, 1901).jpg

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| caption = Alfred Pearse: Second Battle of Agordat (Battles of the nineteenth century, 1901)

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| conflict = Second Battle of Agordat

| partof = the Mahdist War

| date = 21 December 1893{{cite book|title=Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A-E |first=Tony |last=Jaques |year=2007 |place=Westport}}

| place = Agordat, Eritrea

| result = Italian victory{{cite book|title=Modern Abyssinia |url=https://archive.org/details/modernabyssinia00wyld |first=Augustus Blandy |last=Wylde |year=1900 |place=London}}{{cite EB1911|wstitle= Abyssinia |volume= 01 | pages= 82–95 see page 94, para (24) see last sentence |quote= A fine action by Colonel Arimondi gained Agordat for Italy (21st December 1893), and a brilliant march by Colonel Baratieri resulted in the acquisition of Kassala (17th July 1894)."|last1= Cana |first1= Frank Richardson }}

| combatant1 = 25px Kingdom of Italy

| combatant2 = {{flagicon image|Flag_of_the_Mahdi_movement_in_Sudan.svg}} Mahdist State

| commander1 = {{flagicon|Kingdom of Italy}} Col.Giuseppe Arimondi

| commander2 = {{flagicon image|Flag_of_the_Mahdi_movement_in_Sudan.svg}} Emir Ahmed Ali{{KIA}}
{{cite book|title=Life of Lord Kitchener: Vol.1 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.151498 |first=Sir George |last=Arthur |year=1920 |place=New York}}{{cite book|title=A biographical dictionary of the Sudan |first=Richard Leslie |last=Hill |year=1951 |place=Oxford}}

| strength1 = Eritrean Askaris; 400 of which were equipped with swords, spears, and shields

| strength2 = 10,000–12,000 Mahdists
6,000 armed with rifles {{cite book|title=The Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society: Vol.9–10 |last=Manchester Geographical Society |year=1893 |place=Manchester}}

| casualties1 = 108 killed{{cite book|title=Armies of the Adowa Campaign 1896 |first=Sean |last=McLachlan |year=2011 |place=Colchester}}{{cite book|title=The Nakfa documents: Aethiopistische Forschungen 53 |last=Anthony D'Avray, Richard Pankhurst |year=2000 |place=Wiesbaden}}
124 wounded

| casualties2 = 1,000+ killed
hundreds wounded
180 men, 700 rifles and
72 flags captured

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{{Campaignbox Sudanese Mahdist Revolt}}

The Second Battle of Agordat was fought in late December 1893, between Italian colonial troops and Mahdists from Sudan. Emir Ahmed Ali campaigned against the Italian forces in eastern Sudan and led about 10,000–12,000 men east from Kassala. This force encountered 2,400 Italians and their Eritrean askaris at Agordat, west of Asmara, commanded by Colonel Arimondi. Over 1,000 Dervishes, including the Emir, were killed in severe fighting. The outcome of the battle constituted "...the first decisive victory yet won by Europeans against the Sudanese revolutionaries,..."{{cite book|title=The rise and fall of the new Roman empire: Italy's bid for world power, 1890–1943 |url=https://archive.org/details/risefallof00barc |url-access=registration |first=Glen St John |last=Barclay |year=1973 |isbn=9780283978623 |place=London}}

A year later, Italian colonial forces seized Kassala.