The Battle of Ansaba took place in autumn of 1963, and was part of the
Eritrean War of Independence
The Eritrean War of Independence was a war for independence which Eritrean independence fighters waged against successive Ethiopian governments from 1 September 1961 to 24 May 1991.
Eritrea was an Italian colony from the 1880s until the ...
. It was fought in
Jengeren, North of
Keren, In
Anseba Region
Anseba Region (Tigrinya: ዞባ ዓንሰባ, it, Regione dell'Anseba) is an administrative region of Eritrea, located in northern Eritrea. The capital and the most populous city in the region is Keren. The region is named after Anseba River ...
.
In the battle, the
Eritrean Liberation Front
ar, جبهة التحرير الإريترية it, Fronte di Liberazione Eritreo
, war = the Ethiopian Civil War, Eritrean War of Independence and the Eritrean Civil Wars
, image =
, caption = Flag of the ELF ...
successfully ambushed an enemy convoy heading from
Keren to
Halhal. In the battle, the ELF captured 23 guns, including a
Bren light machine gun
The Bren gun was a series of light machine guns (LMG) made by Britain in the 1930s and used in various roles until 1992. While best known for its role as the British and Commonwealth forces' primary infantry LMG in World War II, it was also used ...
, as well as ammunitions. The ambush was led by
Mohammed Idris Haj, who died of wounds he had received in the confrontation.
References
Battles of the Eritrean War of Independence
1963 in Ethiopia
Battles in 1963
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