The British Expedition to Abyssinia was a rescue mission and punitive expedition carried out in 1868 by the armed forces of the British Empire against...
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Battle of Magdala (category British Expedition to Abyssinia)
Battle of Magdala was the conclusion of the British Expedition to Abyssinia fought in April 1868 between British and Abyssinian forces at Magdala, 390 miles...
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localized use until 1923. January 2 – British Expedition to Abyssinia: Robert Napier leads an expedition to free captive British officials and missionaries. January...
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Yohannes IV (section Rise to power)
regions and meetings with governors. He assisted the British in their British expedition to Abyssinia which ended in Tewodros' suicide, from which Yohannes...
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Tewodros II (section Rise to power)
Battle of Magdala, during the British Expedition to Abyssinia. In the first six years of his reign, the new ruler managed to put down these rebellions, and...
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Alexander Roberts Dunn (category British Army personnel of the Crimean War)
was promoted to the rank of colonel in 1866, the youngest colonel in the British Army. At the start of the British Expedition to Abyssinia in 1868, he...
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an end to the Zemene Mesafint, reunified the Empire and led it into the modern period before dying during the British Expedition to Abyssinia. His successor...
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of the United States to Taiwan. The 1868 British Expedition to Abyssinia (Ethiopia) was a rescue mission and punitive expedition against Emperor Tewodros...
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Flashman on the March (category British Expedition to Abyssinia)
in Mexico. Flashman then travels to Abyssinia (Ethiopia) and takes part in General Robert Napier's 1868 expedition. Having fled Mexico aboard the Austrian...
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Henry Morton Stanley (category Welsh emigrants to the United States)
damaged expedition equipment.: 71–73 In 1867, the emperor of Ethiopia, Tewodros II, held a British envoy and others hostage, and a force was sent to effect...
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200 mile journey took six months. Meanwhile the British expedition to Abyssinia was sent to free the captives, which resulted in the Battle of Magdala...
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The British expedition to Tibet, also known as the Younghusband expedition, began in December 1903 and lasted until September 1904. The expedition was...
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Henry Hozier (category British Life Guards officers)
Seven Weeks' War, on the 1866 conflict, and a History of the British Expedition to Abyssinia. He lived at Stonehouse in Lanarkshire and 26A North Audley...
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Abyssinian War Medal (category British Expedition to Abyssinia)
October 1867 and 19 April 1868 to those who participated in the 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia. This punitive expedition, led by Lieutenant-General Sir...
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royal material from Gondar and Magdala, Ethiopia following the British Expedition to Abyssinia, excavated objects from Great Zimbabwe (that includes a unique...
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patented by British hydrologist John Norton in the 1860s. Versions of his tubewells were used during the British expedition to Abyssinia in 1868 to provide...
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2011), p. 303. Richard Stephen Whiteway (1902). The Portuguese Expedition to Abyssinia in 1541-1543 as Narrated by Castanhoso. Hakluyt Society. p. 82...
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List of wars involving the United Kingdom (redirect from British wars)
in the various colonies of the British Empire. During its history, the United Kingdom's forces (or forces with a British mandate) have invaded, had some...
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Otago pack saddle (category British Expedition to Abyssinia)
to Emperor Tewodros II of Abyssinia to the free missionary and British government representatives held by him, the British Expedition to Abyssinia to...
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war would in turn contribute to Fascist Italy's desire to conquer Ethiopia in the 1930s. British Expedition to Abyssinia First Italo-Ethiopian War Battle...
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Prince Alemayehu (category Ethiopian emigrants to the United Kingdom)
suicide after his defeat by the British led by Sir Robert Napier, at the conclusion of the British Expedition to Abyssinia in 1868. After the Battle of Magdala...
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Dindar River (1738) Gobroon–Bardera War (late 18th century) British expedition to Abyssinia (1867–1868) Egyptian–Ethiopian War (1874–1876) Egyptian invasion...
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year to an April–March one to align with that of the British government. British Indian soldiers participate in the British Expedition to Abyssinia from...
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by geologist William Thomas Blanford, who accompanied the British Expedition to Abyssinia in 1868. In roadcuts, there are conspicuous outcrops of whitish...
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Association For the Return of the Magdala Ethiopian Treasures (category British Expedition to Abyssinia)
seeking the return of looted treasures to Ethiopia. After the Battle of Magdala in 1868, the victorious British expedition looted a great many books and artifacts...
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Invasion of Ethiopia (redirect from Invasion of Abyssinia)
Ethiopian–Adal War (1529–1543) Ottoman conquest of Habesh (1557–1589) British expedition to Abyssinia (1867–1868) Egyptian–Ethiopian War (1874–1876) Italo-Ethiopian...
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Magdala: Emperor Tewodros's capitol before his death during the British Expedition to Abyssinia. Amba Alagi: Site of three battles, in both Italo-Ethiopian...
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the British diplomat, Charles Duncan Cameron inside the fortress over a perceived insult from Queen Victoria. The British expedition to Abyssinia, led...
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of the 1868 British Expedition to Abyssinia reported its existence until the early 20th century, it was the only rock-hewn church known to the outside...
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Defense Force; the navy was eventually disbanded in 1996. 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia Battle of Dogali Ethiopian order of battle in the Second Italo-Ethiopian...
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