Nikeza lesi sigaba mayelana neMpi Yase-Adwa phakathi kwe-Ethiopia ne-Italy, eyayingabaholi ohlangothini lwase-Ethiopia.
Context:Izilinganiso zamabutho ase-Ethiopia ngaphansi kukaMenelik ziyahlukahluka kusuka kokuncane okungu-73,000 kuya kokukhulu okungaphezu kuka-100,000 okudlula inani lamaNtaliyane izikhathi ezinhlanu. Amabutho ahlukaniswa phakathi koMbusi uMenelik, uNdlovukazi uTaytu Betul, uRas Wale Betul, uRas Mengesha Atikem, uRas Mengesha Yohannes, uRas Alula Engida (Abba Nega), uRas Mikael waseWollo, uRas Makonnen Wolde Mikael, uFitawrari Habte Giyorgis, uFitawrari[nb 3] Gebeyyehu, kanye noNegus[nb 4] Tekle Haymanot Tessemma. Ngaphezu kwalokho, amabutho ayelandelwa inani elifanayo labalandeli bekamu ababehlomisa ibutho, njengoba kwakwenziwe amakhulu eminyaka. Iningi laleli butho lalakhiwa abacibisheli, ingxenye enkulu yabo yayiseqenjini likaMenelik; kodwa-ke, kwakukhona nenani elikhulu labagibeli bamahhashi nabagibeli ababehamba ngezinyawo ababehlome ngemicibisholo kuphela (labo ababenemicibisholo babebizwa ngokuthi "yizinceku zemikhonto"). Isikhulu sebutho leKuban Cossack uN. S. Leontiev owavakashela i-Ethiopia ngo-1895, ngokusho kweminye imithombo, wahola iqembu elincane labeluleki baseRussia namavolontiya. Eminye imithombo iqinisekisa ukuthi uLeontiev empeleni akazange abambe iqhaza empini, kunalokho wavakashela i-Ethiopia okokuqala ngokungekho emthethweni ngoJanuwari 1895, wabe esehambela ngokusemthethweni njengommeleli waseRussia ngo-Agasti 1895, kodwa wabe esehamba kamuva ngalowo nyaka, ebuya kuphela ngemuva kwe- Impi yase-Adwa
UMbusi uMenelik, uNdlovukazi uTaytu, uRas Makonnen, uRas Wale Betul, uTekle Haymanot Tessemma, uRas Mengesha Yohannes, uRas Mikael babeyizikhulu eziphezulu nabaholi.