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By the first days of January, Emperor Menelik, accompanied by his Queen Taytu Betul, had led large forces into Tigray, and besieged the Italians for 15 days ( 6 – 21 January 1896 ), trying in vain to storm the fort on several occasions, until the Italians surrendered with permission from the Italian Headquarters.
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