Amedeo: The True Story of an Italian’s War in Abyssinia. Sebastian O’Kelly
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AMEDEO
The True Story ofan Italian’s Warin Abyssinia
SEBASTIAN O’KELLY
To Emily and Anna
‘Le due figliole’
CONTENTS
7 Black Flames ZARAGOZA, SPAIN, MARCH 1938
The Honours Conferred Upon Amedeo Guillet
‘On 19 January the 4th and 5th Indian Divisions crossed the frontier north of the Blue Nile … they met little resistance, though at one point a force of local horsemen, the Amharic Cavalry Band led by an Italian officer on a white horse, attempted a death-or-glory charge against their machine-guns.’
John Keegan, The Second World War
Beatrice Gandolfo
Khadija, photographed by Amedeo before the Second world War
The invasion of Ethiopia, October 1935: Amedeo on Sandor with the Spahys di Libya
Uncle Amedeo
Sotto-Tenente Amedeo Guillet, newly commissioned at the Cavalleggeri di Monferrato, 1931
Amedeo, in full dress uniform, 1935
Amedeo jokingly reviews some splendidly attired fellow officers
Amedeo at the Military Academy at Modena, 1928
Amedeo rides down a steep hillside during a cavalry exercise at Pinerolo
Two views of Amedeo as a competitive rider, Genoa 1934
A horseman from the Spahys di Libya
Ethiopian irregulars confront their better-armed adversaries
Realising their position is hopeless, some Ethiopian warriors take flight
The Spahys di Libya completely surround the remaining