ABYSSINIAN ARMY UNDER MENELEK ON ITS MARCH TOWARD ADOWAH.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVI, Issue XXII, 30 May 1896, Page 630

ABYSSINIAN ARMY UNDER MENELEK ON ITS MARCH TOWARD ADOWAH.

This picture, which is reproduced from a wood engraving in the literary supplement of Le Petit Parisien of Paris, gives a good idea of the marching of the Abyssinian army which recently at Adowah gained the last of a series of sensational victories over the Italian troops The Abyssinians are armed with rifles, long formidable lances and short swords, which they use with deadly effect in the hand-to-hand encounters that always follow one of their charges. They may not be proficient in European military tactics, but they have proved beyond dispute that they are excellent fighters and that with small practice they have become good marksmen with the rifle.