Battle of Wofla
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battle-of-wofla-178-5682036
title:
Battle of Wofla
text:
The Battle of Wofla was fought on August 28, 1542, near Lake Ashenge in Wofla (Ofla) between the Portuguese under Cristóvão da Gama and the forces of Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi. Reinforced with a superiority not only in numbers but in firearms, Imam Ahmad was victorious and forced the Portuguese, along with Queen Seble Wongel and her retinue, to flee their fortified encampment and leave their weapons behind. Whilst fleeing the battlefield with 14 soldiers, da Gama, whose arm was broken from
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
1542 battle of the Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–57)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wofla
date created:
2005-11-27T23:46:00Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T10:54:15Z
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Ahmad_Gragn_vs_Portugeuse.png","width":2012,"height":1212}
fields total:
13
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