Tommaso De Cristoforis
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Lieutenant-Colonel Tommaso De Cristoforis was an Italian military officer who served in the Sardinian and Italian armies. He participated in the Expedition of the Thousand and Third Italian War of Ind
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Painting of De Cristoforis (centre, wielding a sword) at the Battle of Dogali
The Italo-Ethiopian War of 1887–1889 was an undeclared war between the Kingdom of Italy and the Ethiopian Empire occurring during the Italian colonization of Eritrea, then a province of the Ethiopian
Tommaso De Cristoforis
…Italian armies. He participated in the Expedition of the Thousand and Third Italian War of Independence before being sent to East Africa to fight in the Italo-Ethiopian War of 1887–1889. De Cristoforis was killed in action at the Battle of Dogali leading an Italian force against Ethiopian troops. He was born in Casale Monferrato on 6…
Illustration of the Siege of Saati