Editing Battle of Maychew (section)

===Imperial Guard sent in===
Haile Selassie now played his trump card. The Imperial Guard, under the command of ''Ras'' Getachew Abate, was sent in against the Eritreans.<ref name="Mockler, p. 117"/> The training and discipline of this elite force was apparent in the methodical mode of their advance over the open ground. For three hours they struggled to roll up the Italian flank. The X Battalion of the [[Italian 2nd Eritrean Division|2nd Eritrean Division]] was virtually annihilated. In the end, the Italian commander of the unit called down concentrated artillery fire onto his own overrun positions and saved the day.<ref name=Barker97/>