Ethiopia’s Tigray disaster: How a soldier survived an 11-hour gun battle

I was in a camp near the city of Adigrat, near the border with Eritrea. On November 3rd around 11:30 pm I and other soldiers received text messages from our comrades at the base in the city of Agula – about 30 km northeast of the capital Tigray, Mekelle – with the words: “We are surrounded. If you can come and save us, come over. “