ኢትዮጵያ በመከባበርና በጋራ ጥቅም ላይ የተመሰረተ የውጭ ግንኙነት ፖሊሲ እንደምታራምድ የውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስቴር ገለጸ፡፡
ኢትዮጵያ ከጎረቤት እና ከሌሎችም አገሮች ጋር በመከባበርና በጋራ ጥቅም ላይ የተመሰረተ ፖሊሲ በጽናት ስታራምድ መቆየቷ ሚኒስቴር መስርያ ቤቱ አስታውቋል፡፡
በመሆኑም በህዳሴ ግድብ ዙሪያ በግብጽ ዘንድ ሰፍኖ የቆየውን ጥርጣሬ ለማስወገድ ግድቡ ግብጽንም ሆነ ማንኛውንም የታችኛውን ተፋሰስ አገር እንዳይጎዳ የሚያረጋግጥ የግብጽ፣ የሱዳን፣ የኢትዮጵያ እና አለም አቀፍ ባለሙያዎች የሚገኙበት አጣሪ ቡድን እንዲቋቋምና ሪፖርት እንዲያቀርብ ሃሳብ አቅርባ ስራው ሲሰራ ቆይቷል፡፡
የአጣሪ ቡድኑ ስራውን ሰርቶ ግድቡ በታችኛው ተፋሰስ አገሮች ላይ የሚፈጥረው ችግር እንደሌለ ባረጋገጠበት ማግስት አንዳንድ የግብጽ ባለስልጣናትና የፖለቲካ ድርጅቶች ተቀባይነት የሌለውና በሁለቱ አገሮች መካከል ተጀምሮ የነበረውን መልካም ግንኙነት የሚያሻክር ፕሮፓጋንዳና ቅስቀሳ ማድረጋቸው የኢትዮጵያን ህዝብና መንግስት ኣሳዝኗል፡፡
ባለፉት ጥቂት ቀናት የኢትዮጵያ መንግስት ችግሩ ወደተባባሰ ሁኔታ እንዳይገባ በትእግስት ለማለፍ ቢሞክርም ይህ ገንቢ ያልሆነ የፕሮፓጋንዳ ዘመቻ አሁንም ቀጥሏል፡፡ በመሆኑም በትላንትናው ግንቦት 27 / 2005 ዓ.ም የግብጽ አምባሳደር ወደ ውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስቴር ተጠርተው ስለዚህ ሁኔታ በአስቸኳይ የመንግስታቸውን አቋም ጠይቀው እንዲሰጡ ተነግሯቸው ምላሽ በመጠበቅ ላይ ነው፡፡
አገራችን አሁንም ዋነኛ ትኩረቷ ድህነትን ማሸነፍ እና ለዚሁ አመቺ ሁኔታ የሚፈጥር ከሩቅና ቅርብ አገሮች የወዳጅነት ግንኙነት መፍጠር በመሆኑ ከግብጽ ጋር የተጀመረውን የትብብር ግንኙነት በዚሁ መርህ መሰረት አጠናክራ መቀጠል ትሻለች፡፡ኢትዮጵያ የህዳሴ ግድቡ ለአገራችን እድገት መፋጠን ከሚያደርገው አስተዋጽኦ በተጨማሪ ግብጽንም ጨምሮ ለሌሎች ጎረቤት አገሮች ያለውን ጠቀሜታ አሁንም በድጋሚ ማስታወስ ትፈልጋለች፡፡
ምንጭ፡- ውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስቴር
Wow, that’s ᴡhat I was searching fοr, wɦat ɑ
stuff! present hеrе ɑt this website, tɦanks admin օf tһіѕ web site.
the epyptian politicians are thinking as in the 1st century. Although war is not important in the 21st century, we have enough force to keep our benefits on Nile.
Try and we will see what happens!!!!
The only and only option for Egypt and Egyptians is peaceful utilization of the Nile river with the source country, Ethiopia. But if hey need to have any forceful action, for we Ethiopian it is the easiest war. We don’t want to have war but if it must, the consequence will be harsh for Egypt.
River Nile and its major tributaries are in our hand we can do whatever we want. We can definitely destroy the Aswan dam. NO ONE WILL STOP BUILDING THE DAM!!
please watch the following and pass to Ethiopians youtube video
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/06/with-cameras-rolling-egyptian-politicians-threaten-ethiopia-over-dam/
Enough Is Enougn we kicked Nile off its natural course what you gona do ? for your information nile is our blood if you try to sabotage it you are peeing laying on your back you know what i mean
if you want to get wet with your own pee try it then u will see what it looks like
መምሪ በተባለው የግብጽ ቴሌቪዥን የቀጥታ ስርጭት የተደረገ ውይይት)
የነጻነትና ዲሞክራሲ ፓርቲ ሊቀመንበር እንዲህ አሉ፤
«ድምጼን አሰምቼ በግልጽ መናገር የምፈልገው ነገር ሁሉም አማራጮች ለእኛ አስፈላጊዎች መሆናቸውን ነው። እናም ሁሉንም አማራጮች እንደግፋለን፤ ነገር ግን ሂደቱ በየደረጃው መሆን ይገባዋል። የንግግር ግንኙነታችን ሂደቱን መቀየር ካልቻለ ወደዓለም ዐቀፉ የግልግል አካል እናቀርበዋለን። ይህም ካልተሳካ ማንም ሊገምተው እንደሚችለው የውሃ ደኅንነታችንን ለመከላከል ወደሌላ አማራጭ እንገባለን። ምክንያቱም የውሃ ደኅንነት ጉዳይ ለእኛ የሞት ወይም የሕይወት ጉዳይ ነውና።
የአልኑር ፓርቲ ፓርቲ ሊቀመንበር በተራቸው እንዲህ አሉ፤
አሁን እየተካሄደ ባለው የዐባይ ማዕቀፍ ላይ ግብጽ ከተስማማች አደገኛ ስትራቴጂካዊ ስህተት መፈጸሟ ነው። ምክንያቱም በዚህ ጉዳይ ላይ አሜሪካ፤ እስራኤልና ኢትዮጵያ ከጉዳዩ ኋላ አሉና። ምክንያቱም በዚህ ስምምነት ግብጽን በመጉዳት ርካሽ የፖለቲካ ጫና ለማሳረፍ ሲሉ ነው። እኛም እንደእነሱ ለማድረግ ከኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ ውስጥ 35% ኦሮሞ ስለሆነና ኦሮሞም ለመገንጠል የሚዋጋለት ኦነግ የሚባል ድርጅት ስላለው ለእሱ ሁለመናዊ ድጋፍ ማቅረብ አለብን። በሀገር ቤት ያለው ፖለቲካዊ የተቃውሞ መድረክ ደካማና ልፍስፍስ ስለሆነ ለመገንጠል በሚዋጉት እንደኦጋዴን ነጻነት ግንባር ያሉትንም መደገፍ ይገባናል። ይህም በኢትዮጵያ መንግስት ላይ የተቀናጀ ጫና እንድናሳርፍ ያስችለናል። ይህ ሁሉ ተደርጎ ውጤት ካላስገኘልን ሌላው አማራጭ ለግብጽ ኅልውና አደገኛ የሆነ ማንኛውንም ግድብ ለማውደም የምንችልበት ሁኔታ መፍጠር ነው። ለዚህም አስተማማኝ የደኅንነት መረጃ መኖር አለበት። ምክንያቱም አንዳንድ ጠበብቶች ግድቡን መጀመር በራሱ አደገኛና ጦርነት የማወጅ ያህል እንድንቆጥር በቂ ማስረጃ ነው እያሉን ነውና።
የአል አዝሃር ዩኒቨርሲቲ የሃይማኖት መምህር የሆኑት ደግሞ በተራቸው፤
አስታውሳለሁ፤ የኢትዮጵያ የውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስትር ግብጽ በመጣበት ወቅት በግብጽ ሕዝብ ላይ አላግጦ ነው የሄደው። ዐባይ ክንፍ የለውም፤ ወደእስራኤልም አይበርም አለ፤ ነገር ግን ማንኛውም ህዝብ እንደሚያውቀው የግብጽ ሕዝብም ያውቃል። የዓባይ ወንዝ በቀይባህር ስር የሚሄድበት የራሱ የቧንቧ መስመር ስውር ክንፍ አለው። ማንም ሀገር በቧንቧ መስመር ውሃ ወደሀገሩ እንደሚያስገባ ይታወቃል፤ ሲሉ የኢትዮጵያ ውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስትሩን በመቃወም ዐባይ ክንፍ አለው ብለዋል።
የገድ አልተውራ ፓርቲ ሊቀመንበር ደግሞ ተራቸውን ጠብቀው እንዲህ አሉ፤
እንደዚህ ይባል ወይም አይባል እንደሆነ አላውቅም፤ ነገር ግን አንዱ ጓደኛዬ ቅድም እንዳለው ኢትዮጵያ ብዙ ተቃዋሚዎች እንዳሏት ይታወቃል፤ እዚያም የተለየ እንቅስቃሴ እያየን ነው። የግብጽ ኤምባሲ ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ መኖሩ ምን ያደርግልናል? አስፈላጊ ነገር አሁን የፖለቲካና የመረጃ ክፍሎቻችን ብቻ ናቸው። በኢትዮጵያ ወቅታዊ ተጨባጭ ሁኔታ ላይ ተመርኩዘን ሚና መጫወት አለብን። ይህንን ማስኬድ መቻል በትንሽ ወጪ ብዙ መስራት የሚያስችለን ሲሆን አጸፋዊ አደጋውም የቀነሰ ነው። በደንብ አድርገን በውስጥ ጉዳያቸው ብዙ መስራት ከቻልን የመንግስታቸውን ዐቅም ማዳከም ይቻለናል። አንድ የኢትዮጵያ ጋዜጣ እንዳለው ግብጽ የጦርነት ሃሳብ የላትም። ይህንን የማድረግ ብቃት የላትም፤ ሚሳይል የላትም፤ አውሮፕላን የላትም፤ ቢኖራትም ሱዳን በክልሏ ላይ ይህ እንዲደረግ አትፈቅድም ብሏል። በእርግጥም የሱዳኖች ሁኔታ በጣም የሚያሳምም ነው። ሁኔታዋ ማድረግ ከሚገባት አንጻር በጣም ደካማ ነው። ይሁን በእኛም በኩል መረጃ የማፍሰስ ችግር አለ። ግብጽ የጦር አውሮፕላን ልትገዛ ነው፤ በአየር ላይ ነዳጅ መሙላት የሚችል አውሮፕላን አላት ወዘተ የሚሉት መረጃዎች መውጣት አለባቸው፤ በእርግጥ ባይሆንም መረጃው በዲፕሎማሲያዊ ጥረታችን ላይ ራሱ ተጽዕኖ ሊያመጣ ይችላል።
የሪፎርምና ደቨሎፕመንት ፓርቲ ሊቀመንበር ደግሞ ተራውን ተረክበው እንዲህ ዶለቱ፤
እኛ ባለን ግንዛቤ የብሔራዊ ቡድናችን ኢትዮጵያ ሄዶ ባደረገው ጫወታ ተጽእኖ በመፍጠር ማሸነፍ መቻሉን ነው። ብሔራዊ ቡድናችን የአፍሪካ ሻምፒዮን መሆኑና እጅግ በአመርቂ ውጤት ጫና መፍጠር መቻሉ በራሱ የሚያሳየው እውነትም ግብጻውያን ጫና የመፍጠር ጥበብ እንዳለን ነው። ትልቅም ተጽዕኖ የመፍጠር አቅም አለን። የግብጽን ቤተክርስቲያንና የአልሃዛር ስኮላሮችን መጠቀም እንችላለን። አንዳንዶች የጦርነት አማራጮች ሊኖር እንደሚችል ያወራሉ። የሚወራው ነገር በተግባር አስቸጋሪ ነው። እንደዚህ ዓይነቱን እሳቤ መነቀፍ ይገባዋል። ከዚህ ይልቅ የግንኙነት ምህዋራችንን ከኤርትራ፤ ከሶማሊያና ከጅቡቲ ጋር ብናደርግ ለደኅንነታችን ክፍሎች ትልቅ መስክ ነው። ዙሪያቸውን መስራት አለብን። ይህንን ማድረግ ጥሩ ከመሆኑም ባሻገር ግንኙነት የማድረግ መብታችንም ስለሆነ ተገቢ ነው። ተስፋችን ሲጨልም ደግሞ ሃሳባችንን መፈጸም የምንችልባቸው በተዘዋዋሪ አንድ መቶ መንገዶች አሉን። ሁሉንም እንሞክር።
የኢስላሚክ ሌበር ፓርቲ ሊቀመንበር ደግሞ ምኞታቸውን ከፍ አድርገው ተናገሩ፤
እኔ ከጠላቶቻችን ጋር ጦርነት የምናደርግበት ቀን ናፍቆኛል፤ በእርግጥም ከእስራኤልና ከአሜሪካ ጋር። ጦርነቱ ከፍተኛ ዋጋ አስከፍሎ ተገቢውን ፍትህና እርጋታ የሚያመጣ መሆን አለበት። ምንም እንኳን ይህ ውይይት ምስጢራዊ ውይይት እንደመሆኑ ሁሉንም ነገር በምስጢር መያዝ ይገባናል። ውይይታችን ወደሚዲያ ሾልኮ መውጣት የለበትም። በእህታችን በባኪናም በኩል በግልጽ ከሚወጣው በስተቀር። ሕዝባዊ የሀገራዊ ደኅንነት እቅድ በግልጽ እንዲኖር እንፈልጋለን። እኛ እንዲህ ቢሆንም እንኳን………. እሺ…..መልካም………እኔ የማነሳቸው ነጥቦች አግባብ ከመሆናቸው ጀርባ በእርግጥም ምንም ምስጢርነት የላቸውም። ውጊያችን ከአሜሪካና ከእስራኤል ጋር እንጂ ከኢትዮጵያ ጋር አይደለም። ስለዚህ ውጊያችንን ለማስኬድ ፤ ይህ የኔ ሃሳብ ነው……….( ፕሬዚዳንት ሙርሲ ጣልቃ ገቡና፤ ይህ ውይይት እኮ በቀጥታ ስርጭት ላይ ነው ያለው! አሉ) የኢስላሚክ ፓርቲው ሊቀመንበርም፤ እኔም የምስጢር እቅድ ወይም ፕላን ማብራሪያ እየሰጠሁ አይደለም! ሲሉ በጉባዔው ሳቅ ሆነ። ቀጥለውም «እኔ ያልኩትን እኮ ማንም ሀገር የሚያደርገው ነው፤ በሌሎችም ሲባል የቆየ ነው» አሉ። (የጉባዔው ረጅም ሳቅ!!)
ማንም ሀገር ለከባቢያዊ ጥቅሙ የሚያደርገው ነው። እኔ ለግብጽ ሕዝብ የምለው ማንም ተነስቶ የውሃ አቅርቦትህን ሊዘጋ አይችልም ነው። የግብጽን ሕዝብ የዓለም አደገኛው የጽንፈኝነት መንገድ እንዲገባ ካልፈለጉ በስተቀር ይህን አያደርጉም። እስኪ አስቡት 80 ሚሊዮን ግብጻዊ ውሃ ሲዘጋበት በአሜሪካና በእስራኤል ላይ ምን የሚያደርግ ይመስላችኋል?
ፕሬዚዳንት ሙርሲ፤ የልባቸውን በልባቸው ይዘው፤ በዲፕሎማሲያዊ ቋንቋ ደስ የተሰኙበትን ገታራ ውይይት አለዝበው እንዲህ ሲሉ ደመደሙ።
«እኛ ለሰሜንና ደቡብ ሱዳናውያን የከበረና የተትረፈረፈ አክብሮት አለን» አሉና የሱዳንን ዳተኝነት ሸነገሉ። «ውሳኔዎቻቸውን ሁሉ እናከብራለን» ሲሉ በማሞካሸት ጠላት ማፍራት እንደማይገባ በውሰጠ ታዋቂ ጠቆሙ። እንደዚሁም ሁሉ «ለኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብም ያለን አክብሮት ተመሳሳይ ነው!» አሉና ዙሪያ ገባህን እሳት እንለኩሳለን ሲል ለቆየው ጉባዔ ማለስለሻ ቫዝሊን ቀቡት። እኛ የትኛውንም ጀብደንነት ጀማሪዎችና በማንም ላይ አሳቢዎችም አይደለንም አሉ። ነገር ግን አሉ ፕሬዚዳንት ሞርሲ፤ ነገር ግን መታወቅ ያለበት እያንዳንዷን የዐባይ ውሃ ጠብታ ለመከላከል እጅግ የጠነከረ እርምጃ የምንወስድ መሆናችን ነው። ለእያንዳንዷ ጠብታ ውሃ!http://dejebirhan.blogspot.com/2013/06/blog-post_6.html
The world is our teacher, and we are all on this planet to learn life lessons and live accordingly. But, it seems some populations are not capable of learning as they stubbornly refuse to grow up by exhibiting willful ignorance and bullying behaviors.
The original Egyptians are not Arabs, but the dominant Egyptians of today, just like Libyans, Tunisians, Algerians and Moroccans, are a transplanted Arab population who occupied African lands. Arabs don’t belong in Africa! Historically speaking, Arabs brought more pain and suffering to the African continent than the Europeans. The Arabs have been enslaving Africans since prehistoric times, and the slave trade in Saudi Arabia wasn’t abolished until the 1960s. An underground traffic in slaves continues to this day, particularly in Sudan, Mauritania, Sudan, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. African men were often killed and boys were castrated. Many of them died as a result. The women were used and discarded. They disappeared and another generation, fresh from Africa, replaced them as though they had never been. The atrocities continue to this days.
Egypt – which exists at the mercy of Ethiopia because of the river Nile – repeatedly demonstrates its ungratefulness by insulting Ethiopia and treating Ethiopian refugees in a cruel and inhuman way. Please read this heartbreaking report. Even the Ottoman Turks who occupied Northern Africa, the Middle East and the Balkan didn’t force their culture and language on the native populations. After 500 years of Turkish presence, the native populations of those countries were spared to speak the Turkish language. On the other hand, the Arabs force on others their unculture, religion and language. Even Ghaddafi acknowledged Arab atrocities against Africans two years before he was brutally killed by the same Arabs I am talking about:
„I regret the behavior of the Arabs… They brought African children to North Africa, they made them slaves, they sold them like animals, and they took them as slaves and traded them in a shameful way. I regret and I am ashamed when we remember these practices. I apologize for this.“
Three days ago, Egyptian Politicians meeting with Egypt’s president proposed hostile acts against Ethiopia, including backing rebels and carrying out sabotage, to stop it from building a massive dam on the Nile River upstream.
Yesterday, Dr. Amr Hamzawy, a political science professor said the following, in an interview with the Doha-based media channel Al-Arabiya.
“Egypt should not even consider entering into negotiations with Ethiopia until the Ethiopians halt all construction on the dam,, “Egypt should not be forced to sacrifice even one drop of water. Ethiopia must respect Egypt’s interests.”
When I study the history of Egypt since the arrival of Arab Muslims in the country during the 7th century, when I think of how much Misery Egyptian leaders brought to the Ethiopian nation the past 1000 years, when I observe the current generation of Arab Egyptian leaders displaying so much hatred and ignorance towards the country and people of Ethiopia, I am forced to ask myself, what has changed with the mentality and behavior of Arab and arabized people since Samuel Johnson characterized them in his book, ‘Rasselas‘ back in the year 1759? Nothing!
I am personally quite convinced that if Egyptians and Ethiopians switched countries and Egypt had become the source of the river Nile, Egyptians would have exterminated Ethiopians long time ago by waters of the Nile.
Let’s ask the Egyptians what they would do if the source of the Nile came from Egypt. source http://addisabram.wordpress.com/
The International Court of Justice rules based on International Law and Precedents. Nile is not the only trans national river, there are over a hundred such rivers whose regime is governed either by amicable agreements among riparian states or by existing norms and precedents. These norms, be it codified or in the form of precedent, do allow a fair and equitable share of each nation along the course of any given river. Ethiopia as it stands hasn’t been allocated a drop of water by the Colonial treaties or bilateral ones signed by Egypt and Sudan. It is contrary to the spirit of International Law. Assuming the Court will set aside certain quota to Ethiopia, we can do whatever our heart desires with it. Judging by history, the Court of Justice in the Hague is fair and not a kangaroo court and pruned to assign us certain quota. The illegal quota of Egypt is the real problem and is unprecedented in the history of the World and will be doomed once the Justices examine it carefully. Please don’t mix apples and oranges for the Algiers agreement has nothing to do with the Court of Justice in Holland. Justice and public opinion will weigh in our favor and the ICJ will assign us, at minimum, 10 billion cubic water, a fifth of that of Egypt. This is the amount alleged to be lost in the worst case scenario once our Dam is commissioned. Egypt will have to abide by this rule and dare not intervene in our affairs or attempt to invade us or more practically prohibit a normal flow of our goods through its Sues Canal . Ethiopia has nothing to fear from this sort of calculated move. As some in Cairo have already contemplated to take their’ case’ to the Justices, we should do for we are righteous.
If the Egiptians’ mind cannot function to understand that the Ethiopian Dam does not affect the water flow (if not usefull to them) – and choose war, we Ethiopians are ready in the way they wish. Not only protecting our renaissance dam but we attack the Egiptian Aswan dam and flood will take them to the see. You , ill-minded, Egiptians have not any moral and potential to threaten the historic great nation, Ethiopia in all measurements.
The Ethiopian- Egyptian War: 1874 –1876
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Egypt emerged as a powerful force in Africa during the latter stages of the decline of the Ottoman (Turkish) Empire. In the second half of the 19th century, an ambitious and energetic new Khedive negotiated with the Ottomans to take control of Egypt. He intended to create an Egyptian African empire by swallowing up Sudan and Ethiopia.
For this purpose he recruited a large army staffed with European officers and Confederate officers from the American Civil War which had ended 10 years earlier. These officers were sent to Ethiopia, and the following accounts of the Battles of Gundet and Gura are drawn in large part from their diaries and other notes. The accounts are extracted from an article published in the Journal African Affairs in 193x by A.E. Robinson This account is useful as it presents a different perspective on the Ethiopia-Egypt conflict. Other accounts of these battles from Ethiopian and other sources can be found in the biography of Ras Alula and in general histories of Ethiopia.
Note: The battle sites of Gundet and Gura are both located within present-day Eritrea. Eritrea did not exist at the time. It is currently the fashion in Eritrea to hack out a separate Eritrean identity from the broader current of Ethiopian history. Therefore this period of history is ignored or deliberately twisted by Eritrean historians, and most of the younger Eritreans have no idea about it.
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Gundet: 1875
Note: Colonel Kirkham was a British officer who was contracted to help train the Ethiopian soldiers. Munzinger was a Swiss adventurer who was in the service of Egypt.
In December 1874, a force of 1,200 [Egyptian] troops from Kassala, under the command of Munzinger, occupied Keren, but as protests were lodged, he withdrew. A skeleton garrison was however, left for the protection of the Roman Catholic mission (so it was said), although for nearly forty years, they had managed without such measures.
Owing to the presence of Turco-Egyptian troops within what he regarded as the Ethiopian frontier, Colonel Kirkham entrenched a force of Ethiopians at Ginda.
During the month of October, Colonel Arendup with an Egyptian force occupied Ginda without resistance. Arendup then hoisted the Turkish ensign. Colonel Arendup sent the Naib Muhammad of Arkiko to King John of Ethiopia with a message (which in reality constituted an ultimatum), whereby the immediate delimitation of the frontier was demanded. King John imprisoned the messenger, who occupied the unenviable position of being tributary to both the Turks and Ethiopians in respect to all custom duties he collected on imports and exports.
Meantime, reports reached the Ethiopians that the Gallabat garrison had been reinforced by the Egyptians, and had crossed the frontier into Ethiopian territory en-route to Gondar. This force was probably that of Munzinger Pasha, which marched from Kassala to Danakil country. It consisted of about 2,000 men, and would pass through Agordat and via the Mereb, near to Adowa. This force was ambushed, and Munzinger and nearly all his followers were killed on November 7th by Danakil tribesmen. There were practically no survivors reported.
On November 14th , Colonel Arendup’s force was attacked at Gundet, to which place it had advanced on the road to Adowa. His column consisted of 2,500 infantry, armed with Remington rifles, and 12 mountain guns. There were a number of European and American officers under his command.
Possibly due to overconfidence at the occupation of Ginda without any resistance, Colonel Arendup was unprepared for an attack, and the fact that the Ethiopians commenced firing with rifles was a complete surprise. His force was practically annihilated, despite the personal bravery of its commander. Among those killed were Colonel Arendup, Arakel Bey Nubar (nephew of the Egyptian Prime Minister), Count Zichy, and Rustem Bey. An American officer collected the survivors, and with Rauf Bey and Major Dornholtz, managed to reach Massowah.
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For comparison, Haggai Erlich provides the following, more detailed description of the Battle of Gundet, based largely on a Ge’ez biography of Ras Alula written over 100 years ago.
“On 14 November, Alula crossed the Mereb river and immediately engaged forward Egyptian posts. The main Ethiopian army under the emperor (Yohannis IV) crossed the river on the night of 15-16 November. Meanwhile, Shalaqa Alula had disengaged his forces; he had completed a flanking action from the west against troops advancing from Addi Quala; and had appeared in the Egyptian rear, blocking their line of retreat. “
“On the morning of 16 November 1875, the Egyptians found themselves surrounded in a steep valley, and the battle soon turned into a massacre from which only a few of the 3,000 Egyptians managed to escape. Two thousand two hundred Remington rifles and sixteen cannons were captured by the Ethiopians, who lost some 550 dead and 400 wounded. Among the latter of whom was Alula’s brother Basha Tessema, whose wound remained unhealed for a long period.”
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Gura: 1876
Note: After the defeat at Gundet, the Egyptians sent another, much larger force to attack Ethiopia in 1876. The Egyptians advanced to Gura and built a fort there.
On November 6th and 7th, the Egyptians were attacked by the Ethiopian army, (which was estimated at 60,000 men) and surrounded. Most of the Ethiopians were armed with firearms, and although they had only one field-gun, it is said to have had no effect in deciding the action.
The accounts of the American officers are silent on the point; but it is said that Rateb Pasha allowed his views to be overruled by Loring Pasha, who insisted on the ramps of the trenches which had been erected being razed, so that the artillery could have a clear zone of fire.
The gunners and infantry were enfiladed by the Ethiopians from higher ground, and the slaughter was so great that several regiments became completely demoralized. Those officers who attempted to rally their men and the survivors, were accused generally of joining in the panic, and of cowardice in the field.
The Egyptian troops and officers were called upon to fight under conditions hitherto unknown to them, and without the benefit of tried and skilled leaders. The result was inevitable. The regiment of Ismail Pasha Kamel stampeded during the action and could not be rallied.
The Ethiopians followed up their success, and closely invested Fort Gura, which they attacked in force on the 8th and 9th of March.
On March 10th, Rashid Pasha and Osman Bey Neghib led an attack on the Ethiopians which was repulsed with loss, and both officers were killed while leading their men. From one of the accounts, this attack would appear to have been a sortie from the fort of 5,000 picked troops and artillery (Loring, p. 413).
The Ethiopians then withdrew to loot the dead and collect the rifles, etc. which the panic-stricken Egyptian troops had abandoned. Most of the artillery was lost, as well as considerable quantities of rifle ammunition.
After the withdrawal of the Ethiopians, the Egyptian troops got entirely out of hand, and burnt the dead and wounded enemies. The Ethiopians retaliated by a cold-blooded massacre of about 600 prisoners whom they had taken. Among these prisoners killed were Dr. Muhammad Ali Pasha and Neghib Bey Muhammad. Dr. Badr (who had been educated in Edinburgh) escaped by the assistance of an Ethiopian girl who discovered him, wounded.
On March 12th, an amnesty was arranged, and Monsieur Sarzac (the French consul at Massowah) went over the battlefield… the survivors of the Egyptian army were collected, and reached Massowah in May.
[Note: The battle of Gura ended Egypt’s ambitions against Ethiopia. Two of the captured Egyptian cannon can still be seen at Aksum]
ኢሳ19;1፤ ስለ ግብጽ የተነገረ ሸክም።…2.ግብጻውያንን በግብጻውያን ላይ አስነሣለሁ፤ ወንድምም ወንድሙን፥ ሰውም ባልንጀራውን፥ ከተማም ከተማን፥ መንግሥትም መንግሥትን ይወጋል።
3፤ የግብጽም መንፈስ በውስጥዋ ባዶ ይሆናል፥ ምክራቸውንም አጠፋለሁ፤ እነርሱም ጣዖቶቻቸውን በድግምት የሚጠነቍሉትንም መናፍስት ጠሪዎቻቸውንም ጠንቋዮቻቸውንም ይጠይቃሉ።
4፤ ግብጻውያንንም በጨካኝ ጌታ እጅ አሳልፌ እሰጣለሁ፤ ጨካኝ ንጉሥም ይገዛቸዋል ይላል የሠራዊት ጌታ እግዚአብሔር።
5፤ ውኆችም ከባሕር ይደርቃሉ፥ ወንዙም ያንሳል ደረቅም ይሆናል።
6፤ ወንዞቹም ይገማሉ፥ የግብጽም መስኖች ያንሳሉ ይደርቃሉም፤ ደንገልና ቄጤማ ይጠወልጋሉ።
7፤ በዓባይ ወንዝ ዳር ያለው መስክ በዓባይም ወንዝ አጠገብ የተዘራ እርሻ ሁሉ ይደርቃል፥ ይበተንማል፥ አይገኝምም።
8፤ ዓሣ አጥማጆቹ ያዝናሉ፥ በዓባይም ወንዝ መቃጥን የሚጥሉት ሁሉ ያለቅሳሉ፥ በውኆችም ላይ መረብ የሚዘረጉት ይዝላሉ።
9፤ የተበጠረውንም የተልባ እግር የሚሠሩ፥ ነጩንም ልብስ የሚሠሩ ሸማኔዎች ያፍራሉ።
10፤ ደገፋዎችዋም ሁሉ ይሰባበራሉ፥ የደመወዘኞችም ነፍስ ትተክዛለች።
11፤ የጣኔዎስ አለቆች ፍጹም ሰነፎች ናቸው፤ ፈርዖንን የሚመክሩ ጥበበኞች ምክራቸው ድንቍርና ሆነች። ፈርዖንን። እኛ የጥበበኞች ልጆች የቀደሙም ነገሥታት ልጆች ነን እንዴት ትሉታላችሁ?
12፤ አሁንሳ ጥበበኞችህ የት አሉ? አሁን ይንገሩህ፤ የሠራዊት ጌታ እግዚአብሔር በግብጽ ላይ ያሰበውን ይወቁ።
13፤ የጣኔዎስ አለቆች ሰነፎች ሆነዋል፥ የሜምፎስም አለቆች ተሸንግለዋል፤ የነገዶችዋ የማዕዘን ድንጋዮች የሆኑ ግብጽን አሳቱ።
14፤ እግዚአብሔር የጠማምነትን መንፈስ በውስጥዋ ደባልቆአል፤ ሰካር በትፋቱ እንዲስት እንዲሁ ግብጽን በሥራዋ ሁሉ አሳቱ።
15፤ ራስ ወይም ጅራት የሰሌን ቅርንጫፍ ወይም እንግጫ ቢሆን ሊሠራ የሚችል ሥራ ለግብጽ አይሆንላትም።
16፤ በዚያ ቀን ግብጻውያን እንደ ሴቶች ይሆናሉ፥ የሠራዊት ጌታ እግዚአብሔርም በእነርሱ ላይ ከሚያንቀሳቅሳት ከእጁ መንቀሳቀስ የተነሣ ይሸበራሉ ይፈሩማል። – የሚለው ትንቢት ሊደገም ይሆን?እንጃ የነቢይ ያለህ-?
ግብፆች እንደመሚጮህ ውሻ ናቸው የፈፍራቻ ምልክት ማፈግፈግ ካሳየከው ያሳድካል ። እነሱም ወደ ጦርነት ይገበባሉ ብዬ አለላምንም አገራቸው ካለችበት የአኢኮኖሚ አዝቅት ውስጥ ለመውጣት ይህ መፈፍትሄ እንዳልሆነ ያውቁታል ። ምናልባት አልባት ሙርሲ የአገሩ የውሰጥ ችግርን ሀሳብ ለማስቀየር ይሆናል ይህን የፈጠረው።
Do not trust that Court
Do trust that Court at all. We know what happened in that Court few years back. No mistake again. We can’t fool again. We are capable to defend our self. If the worst comes, we will make it clear to Egypt that we will send enough water to Sudanese brothers then we will divert the remaining to Afar desert.
A Saudi Gazette. Com published a biased article written by Egyptian writer. Ethiopian Embassy in Saudi or the Foreign M.has to send Ethiopian position to the news paper.
The latest report from Cairo suggests that Egypt has all but demanded a halt of any construction on the Nile. More over, in a hostile move has sent senior military personnel to Mogadisho allegedly to set up a military base. Our case should be referred to the Court of Justice in the Hague, without delay.