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{{War|name=Abyssinian Campaign |dates=Oct 1867-Jun 1868 |image= |combatant1=British and Indian forces |combatant2=Abyssinian regular forces |category=[[:Category:Abyssinian Campaign|Abyssinian Campaign]] |link1=}}The '''Abyssinian Campaign''' of 1868 was a punitive expedition following the imprisonment of missionaries and British representatives by Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia (Theodore). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Napier,_1st_Baron_Napier_of_Magdala Tewodros_II_of_Ethiopia Emperor Tewodros II] of Ethiopia (Theodore). [[Robert Napier|Lt-Gen Sir Robert Napier] commanded ], 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 Magdalaa 380 mile march through mountainous country. The Ethiopians were defeated at the Battles of [[Battle of Arroghee|Arroghee]] and [[Battle of Magdala|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<br><div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2">[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/22/mode/1up Robert Baigrie] (18??-1877)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/145/mode/1up John Field] (1821-1899)<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/170/mode/1up Charles Goodfellow] (1836-915)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/270/mode/2up George Malcolm] (1818-1897)<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/286/mode/1up William Merewether] (1825-1880)<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/312/mode/2up Robert Napier] (1810-1890)<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/336/mode/1up Robert Phayre] (1820-1897)<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/376/mode/2up John Schneider] (1822-1903)<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/400/mode/1up Charles Staveley] (1817-1896)<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/403/mode/1up Donald Stewart] (1828-1896)<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/452/mode/2up Henry Wilkins] (1824-1900)<br></div> == Reconnoitring party ==<div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2">*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Merewether 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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Augustus_Goodfellow 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</div> == Naval Squadron ==*[http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowShip.php?id=128 HMS Satellite] under [http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=1073 Captain Joseph Edye RN]*[http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowShip.php?id=194 HMS Octavia] under [http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=1155 Captain Colin Campbell RN] == Advance Brigade =='''Brig-Gen Sir John Field''', 10th Bombay NI commanding<div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2">*[[33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry|3rd Regt of Bombay Light Cavalry]]*[[10th Regiment of Bombay Light Infantry|10th Bombay Native Infantry]]*No 1 Company of [[Bombay Native Foot Artillery|Bombay Native Artillery]]*Nos 3 & 4 Coys of [[Bombay Sappers and Miners]]*Division of Land Transport Corps*Part of Commissariat Corps</div>

 '''British ArmyCavalry'''<br><div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2">

*[[25th Regiment of Bombay Light Infantry125th Napier's Rifles|25th Bombay Native Light Infantry]]

*Corps Naval Brigade Rocket Battery </div> '''Transport train'''<br><div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2">*7,365 camels*11,155 mules*1,708 ponies*6,922 pack bullocks*901 draught bullocks*784 donkeys*305 mule carts*345 bullock carts</div> == Deployment ==When the expedition reached Antalo, Napier redistributed the army in divisions: '''1st Division'''<br />composed of all troops to prosecute the campaign beyond Antalo<br />[[Madras Sappers and Miners]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_William_Dunbar_Staveley Maj-Gen Sir Charles Staveley]commanding*Pioneer Force under Brig-Gen Sir John Field, 10th Bombay NI*1st Brigade under Brig-Gen John Schneider*Corps 2nd Brigade under Brig-Gen Wilby '''2nd Division'''<br />composed of all troops to hold line of communication and garrison intermediate posts<br />[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Malcolm_(Indian_Army_officer) 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 [Bombay Sappers and Miners]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Donald_Stewart,_1st_Baronet Brig-Gen Donald Stewart]

[[Battle of Arroghee]] 10 April<br>[[Battle of Magdala]] 15 April

*[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://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/africancampaigns/campabyssiniahostages.htm The hostages] The British Empire<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1868_Expedition_to_Abyssinia 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 **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.==== Historical Books online ====*[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://books.google.com.au/books?id=PipcAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP5 ''Abyssinian Expedition''] Volume XLIII ''House of Commons : Accounts and Papers 1867-68'' Google Books**[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.*[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*[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 />*[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=PA191 "Notes on elephant carriage and steel mountain batteries employed in Abyssinia"]*[http://www.archive.org/stream/IndianMountainArtillery/mountainartillery#page/n42/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. This book is also available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India|Digital Library of India]] website, where the print quality is better.*[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 {{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}}  

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