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Abyssinian Campaign

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== External Links ==
*[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/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 on-line ====
*[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/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://archive.org/stream/marchtomagdala00hentgoog#page/n9/mode/1up ''The March to Magdala''] by George Alfred Henty 1868 archive.org
 
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