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  2. Battle of Magdala - Wikipedia

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    The 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 (630 km) from the Red Sea coast. The British were led by Robert Napier , while the Abyssinians were led by Emperor Tewodros II .

  3. British expedition to Abyssinia - Wikipedia

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    The first European to cross Tewodros' path after this lack of a response happened to be Henry Stern, a British missionary.Stern had also mentioned the Emperor's humble origins in a book he had published; although the reference was not intended to be insulting ("the eventful and romantic history of the man, who, from a poor boy, in a reed-built convent became...the conqueror of numerous ...

  4. Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala - Wikipedia

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    Field Marshal Robert Cornelis Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala GCB GCSI FRS (6 December 1810 – 14 January 1890) was a British Indian Army officer. He fought in the First Anglo-Sikh War and the Second Anglo-Sikh War before seeing action as chief engineer during the second relief of Lucknow in March 1858 during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

  5. Army of the Ethiopian Empire - Wikipedia

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    The British sent an army, equipped with modern military supplies and artillery, under the leadership of Robert Napier to free Cameron. On 10 April 1868, Ethiopian infantry armed with rifles and spears met the British at the Battle of Magdala and were easily defeated. Tewodros II later committed suicide after negotiations with the British had ...

  6. Abyssinia (battle honour) - Wikipedia

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    Face and obverse side of the 1868 Abyssinian Campaign Medal. Abyssinia is a battle honour awarded to units of the British Indian Army and the British Army which participated in the 1868 campaign to free Europeans held hostage in Abyssinia (now known as Ethiopia) by Emperor Tewodros II (known at that time to the British as Theodore).

  7. Amba Mariam - Wikipedia

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    Abandoned by the nobility and his followers, and after his remaining troops engaged the British forces at the Battle of Magdala, Tewodros withdrew into the fortress on Amba Mariam and killed himself with a pistol a few days later as the final assault began. Amba Mariam is the exact location where Emperor Tewodros II died

  8. 1868 in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    9–13 April – expedition to Abyssinia: At the Battle of Magdala, Robert Napier decisively defeats the emperor Tewodros II. 25 April – HMS Repulse, the last wooden battleship constructed for the Royal Navy, is launched as an ironclad (with auxiliary steam propulsion) at Woolwich Dockyard.

  9. William Gordon Cameron - Wikipedia

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    In 1854 he was deployed to the Crimean War and took part in the Battle of Alma. [1] He was appointed Commanding Officer of 3rd Regiment of the British German Legion in 1855. [1] In 1867 he became Commanding Officer of 1st Battalion 4th King's Own Royal Regiment and led the capture of Magdala during the British Expedition to Abyssinia. [1]