Ethiopian raids on Lugh drove Italy to press for frontier definition

Evidence

In 1905, an Ethiopian force descended down the valley of the Shebelle, raiding and pillaging as far south as Balad near the coast which was then not yet occupied by the Italians. Two years later, after an Ethiopian military party had been forced by the Dervishes to retreat in the Ogaden, a second and stronger expedition was sent out, which, failing to engage its elusive foes, turned south to descend on Lugh, raiding livestock and annihilating the Italian garrison. Seriously alarmed at the situation, the Italian government requested reparations, which were duly made, and then took advantage of the position to press the Ethiopians for a definition of the frontier. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 254

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Italian infiltration of Ethiopian territory foreshadowed the 1935 Walwal crisis — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 257; Ethiopia and Italy deadlocked over legalism versus ethnic factors in the frontier. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 457

Related

• Italian infiltration of Ethiopian territory foreshadowed the 1935 Walwal crisis (similarity 0.86)
• Ethiopia and Italy deadlocked over legalism versus ethnic factors in the frontier. (similarity 0.85)
• The Walwal episode triggered Italy’s invasion and conquest of Ethiopia (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• Ethiopia and Italy deadlocked over legalism versus ethnic factors in the frontier. #expands (0.60) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 457