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== External Links ==
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[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/africancampaigns/campabyssinia.htm Abyssinian Campaign] The British Empire<br>
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/africancampaigns/campabyssinia.htm Abyssinian Campaign] The British Empire<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1868_Expedition_to_Abyssinia Abyssinian Campaign] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1868_Expedition_to_Abyssinia Abyssinian Campaign] Wikipedia<br>
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/africancampaigns/campabyssiniahostages.htm The hostages] The British Empire<br>
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/africancampaigns/campabyssiniahostages.htm The hostages] The British Empire<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:British_military_personnel_of_the_Abyssinian_War British Military Personnel] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:British_military_personnel_of_the_Abyssinian_War British Military Personnel] Wikipedia
 
*[http://distantwriting.co.uk/telegraphwar.html Telegraph at War 1854–1868] (distantwriting.co.uk)  Scroll down for "British India & Abyssinia 1867-1868" including
==== Historical Books on-line ====
**an image of [http://distantwriting.co.uk/Documents/Zula%20March%201868.jpg  Zula in Abyssinia on the Red Sea, April 1868] A British Indian military base built in a few months, with a new pier and railways, as well as a telegraph into the interior.
[http://books.google.com/books?id=uqEoAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false ''The British Expedition to Abyssinia''] by Capt Henry Montague Hozier 1869 (Google Books)<br />
==== Historical Books online ====
''History of the Corps of Royal Engineers Vol II by Maj-Gen Whitworth Porter 1889'' [http://www.archive.org/stream/historycorpsroy00watsgoog#page/n18/mode/1up The Abyssinian Campaign] archive.org<br />
*[https://archive.org/stream/historyofbritishmap13fort#page/n17/mode/1up Map: The Abyssinian Expedition 1867-1868] from ''A History of the British Army'' by Sir John William Fortescue.  Maps and Plans for Volume 13.  1930 Archive.org.
[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas06indi#page/64/mode/2up  ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI - Abyssinian Campaign 1868''] archive.org<br />
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=PipcAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP5 ''Abyssinian Expedition''] Volume XLIII ''House of Commons : Accounts and Papers 1867-68'' Google Books
''Forty-one Years in India from Subaltern to Commander-in-Chief'' by Field Marshal Lord Roberts of Kandahar 1900 [http://www.archive.org/stream/fortyoneyearsin00robe#page/298/mode/2up Abyssinian Campaign] archive.org<br />
**[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=PipcAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 Contents], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=PipcAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR3  Contents of the Papers (first 495 pages)], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=PipcAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA499 Further Papers Contents (next 184 pages)] In addition, there are more Papers which are not indexed.
''Minutes of proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution, Volume 6 1870, pages 167-202''  by Lieutenant E F Chapman (Google Books)
*[https://archive.org/details/RoutesAbyssinia00Cook ''Routes in Abyssinia''] by  Anthony Charles  Cooke, as presented to the House of Commons November 1867. HMSO 1867 Archive.org. Original version, probably incorporated into the House of Commons report [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_00000005BECC British Library digital file] 1867.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=DypcAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP5 ''State Papers: Abyssinia''] Volume LXXII ''Accounts and papers of the House of Commons'' 1868  [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=DypcAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 Contents] Google Books
*[https://archive.org/details/allensindianmail1868july/page/641/mode/2up "The Abyssinian Expedition. Despatch from Sir R Napier"]  page 641 ''Allen’s Indian Mail and Official Gazette for 1868 (2 July 1868)'' Archive.org.
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=uqEoAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false ''The British Expedition to Abyssinia''] by Capt Henry Montague Hozier 1869 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=8zE_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PR2 ''A History of the Abyssinian Expedition''] by Clements Robert Markham 1869 Google Books
*''Record of the Expedition to Abyssinia'' by Major Trevenen Holland, Bombay Staff Corps, and Captain Henry Hozier, 3rd Dragoon Guards. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office 1870 [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=5ZNDAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP7 Volume I], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=9pNDAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR1 ‪  Volume II]  Google Books
*[http://archive.org/stream/marchtomagdala00hentgoog#page/n9/mode/1up  ''The March to Magdala''] by George Alfred Henty 1868 archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/coomassiemagdala00stan ''Coomassie and Magdala : the story of two British campaigns in Africa''] by Henry M Stanley, Special Correspondent  of the ''New York Herald''. 1876 Archive.org
*''History of the Corps of Royal Engineers Vol II by Maj-Gen Whitworth Porter 1889'' [http://www.archive.org/stream/historycorpsroy00watsgoog#page/n18/mode/1up The Abyssinian Campaign] archive.org<br />
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas06indi#page/64/mode/2up  ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI - Abyssinian Campaign 1868''] archive.org<br />
*''Forty-one Years in India from Subaltern to Commander-in-Chief'' by Field Marshal Lord Roberts of Kandahar 1900 [http://www.archive.org/stream/fortyoneyearsin00robe#page/298/mode/2up Abyssinian Campaign] archive.org<br />
*''Minutes of proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution, Volume 6 1870, pages 167-202''  by Lieutenant E F Chapman. Google Books
:*[http://books.google.com/books?id=rncDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA167 "The Abyssinian Expedition"]
:*[http://books.google.com/books?id=rncDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA167 "The Abyssinian Expedition"]
:*[http://books.google.com/books?id=rncDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA191 "Notes on elephant carriage and steel mountain batteries employed in Abyssinia"]
:*[http://books.google.com/books?id=rncDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA191 "Notes on elephant carriage and steel mountain batteries employed in Abyssinia"]
   
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3097/page/30/mode/1up Abyssinia] mentions the limited role of the only Indian Mountain Battery, but also mentions the British Mountain Batteries. Page 30, ''The History of the Indian Mountain Artillery'' by Brigadier-General C A L Graham 1957 Archive.org.
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=nXVDAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA506  "Abyssinia"] by Mansfield Parkyns, page 506, ''Journal of the Royal United Service Institution Volume 12'' 1869 Google Books<br />
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=MvkRAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA140  "Abyssinian Expedition"] by Lieut- Colonel St. Clair Wilkins RE, Commanding Engineer AEF page 140 ''Papers on subjects connected with the duties of the Corps of Royal Engineers Volume 17''  1869 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=MvkRAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA150 "Sketch of Magdala and the Surrounding Country"]  by Lieutenant T J Willans RE page 150 ''Papers on subjects connected with the duties of the Corps of Royal Engineers Volume 17''  1869 Google Books
 
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Latest revision as of 06:40, 2 August 2023

Abyssinian Campaign
Oct 1867-Jun 1868
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
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Location: Abyssinia
Combatants:
British and Indian forces Abyssinian regular forces
Result: British victory. Magdala looted and burned.
Medals: Abyssinia
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Category: Abyssinian Campaign
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Abyssinian Campaign
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Summary

The Abyssinian Campaign of 1868 was a punitive expedition following the imprisonment of missionaries and British representatives by Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia (Theodore). Lt-Gen Sir Robert Napier, Commander -in-Chief of the Bombay Army, led a force of 13,000 British and Indian troops which took 3 months to reach the Emperor's capital at Magdala a 380 mile march through mountainous country. The Ethiopians were defeated at the Battles of Arroghee and Magdala. Theodore was killed and the British took away large amounts of treasure when they returned to the coast.

Biographies

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906

Robert Baigrie (18??-1877)]
John Field (1821-1899)
Charles Goodfellow (1836-915)]
George Malcolm (1818-1897)
William Merewether (1825-1880)
Robert Napier (1810-1890)
Robert Phayre (1820-1897)
John Schneider (1822-1903)
Charles Staveley (1817-1896)
Donald Stewart (1828-1896)
Henry Wilkins (1824-1900)

Reconnoitring party

  • Lt-Col Sir William Merewether CB
  • Lt-Col Sir Robert Phayre CB, Quartermaster-General
  • Lt-Col Henry Wilkins, RE
  • Maj Mignon, Asst Commissary-General
  • Maj Robert Baigrie, Asst Quartermaster-General
  • Capt Charles Goodfellow VC, RE
  • Capt Pottinger, RA
  • Lieut Jopp, RE
  • Lieut Mortemer, RA
  • Lieut Henriel
  • Surgeon Lumsdaine
  • Asst Surgeon Martin
  • 1 Coy Marine Battalion
  • 8 Sappers and Miners
  • 3 Draughtsmen
  • 5 Guides
  • 35 tent lascars
  • 136 public followers
  • 93 private followers
  • 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry (40 men)
  • 149 mules

Naval Squadron

Advance Brigade

Brig-Gen Sir John Field, 10th Bombay NI commanding

Campaign Forces

Cavalry

Infantry

Pioneers

Artillery

Transport train

  • 7,365 camels
  • 11,155 mules
  • 1,708 ponies
  • 6,922 pack bullocks
  • 901 draught bullocks
  • 784 donkeys
  • 305 mule carts
  • 345 bullock carts

Deployment

When the expedition reached Antalo, Napier redistributed the army in divisions:

1st Division
composed of all troops to prosecute the campaign beyond Antalo
Maj-Gen Sir Charles Staveley commanding

  • Pioneer Force under Brig-Gen Sir John Field, 10th Bombay NI
  • 1st Brigade under Brig-Gen John Schneider
  • 2nd Brigade under Brig-Gen Wilby

2nd Division
composed of all troops to hold line of communication and garrison intermediate posts
Maj-Gen George Malcolm CB commanding

  • Antalo Garrison under Brig-Gen Collins
  • Adigerat Garrison under Major Fairbrother
  • Senafe Garrison under Lt-Col Little
  • Zulla Command under Brig-Gen Donald Stewart

Campaign Actions

Battle of Arroghee 10 April
Battle of Magdala 15 April

External Links

Historical Books online

  • Abyssinia mentions the limited role of the only Indian Mountain Battery, but also mentions the British Mountain Batteries. Page 30, The History of the Indian Mountain Artillery by Brigadier-General C A L Graham 1957 Archive.org.
  • "Abyssinia" by Mansfield Parkyns, page 506, Journal of the Royal United Service Institution Volume 12 1869 Google Books
  • "Abyssinian Expedition" by Lieut- Colonel St. Clair Wilkins RE, Commanding Engineer AEF page 140 Papers on subjects connected with the duties of the Corps of Royal Engineers Volume 17 1869 Google Books
  • "Sketch of Magdala and the Surrounding Country" by Lieutenant T J Willans RE page 150 Papers on subjects connected with the duties of the Corps of Royal Engineers Volume 17 1869 Google Books