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{{War|name=Egyptian Campaign |dates=1882 |image=|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt Egypt] |combatant1=British and Indians |combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt Egypt] |result=British victory |medal=<br>[http://www.medals.org.uk/united-kingdom/united-kingdom127.htm EgyptMedal 1882-89]] <br>Clasps: Alexandria 11 July 1882, Tel-El-Kebir 13 Sep 1882 |category=[[:Category:Egyptian Campaign|Egyptian Campaign]] |link1= }}

The '''Egyptian Campaign 1882.''' Arabi Pasha led an uprising against the corrupt Khedive of Egypt declaring a new constitution in January 1882. Britain and France sent a combined fleet to Alexandria to protect their interests but domestic political events resulted in the French returning home. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauchamp_Seymour,_1st_Baron_Alcester Admiral Beauchamp Seymour] bombarded the city and occupied it. The British Expeditionary Force under [http://wwwen.oxforddnbwikipedia.comorg/index/101036995wiki/ Garnet_Wolseley,_1st_Viscount_Wolseley Lieut Gen Sir Garnet Wolseley] was prevented from advancing on Cairo at Kafr el Dawwar and then went by sea via the Suez Canal to Ismailia. Successful actions were fought at Kassassin and the Egyptians were finally defeated at the Battle of Tel el-Kebir. Cairo was captured, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tewfik_Pasha the Khedive ] restored and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Orabi Urabi ] sent into exile.

*Commander: [http://wwwen.oxforddnbwikipedia.comorg/index/101036995wiki/ Garnet_Wolseley,_1st_Viscount_Wolseley Lieut Gen Sir Garnet Wolseley]*Chief of Staff: Lieut Gen [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Miller_Adye Lieut Gen Sir John Adye]

1st Division ([http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101029579/ Lt Gen GHS George Harry Smith Willis])

1st (Guards) Infantry Brigade (Maj Gen [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Arthur,_Duke_of_Connaught_and_Strathearn Maj Gen HRH Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught])

2nd Division ([http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/12150?docPos=2 Lt Gen Sir Edward Hamley])

*1st Battalion, [[100th Regiment of Foot|Gordon Highlanders]]

4th Infantry Brigade ([http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101037000/ Maj Gen Sir Evelyn Wood VC])

Indian Contingent ([http://www.britishmedals.us/people/macpherson.html Maj Gen Sir Herbert Macpherson VC])

Cavalry Division ([http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101032906/ Maj Gen Drury Curzon Drury-Lowe])

1st (Heavy) Cavalry Brigade ([http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101050010/ Brig Gen Baker Russell])

*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/africancampaigns/egypt1882/egypt1882.htm Egyptian Campaign 1882] British Empire website<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1882_Anglo-Egyptian_War 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War] Wikipedia<br>*[http://bookswakefieldfhs.googleorg.couk/genealogyjunction/Inverness-shire/Inverness/EgyptSudanWarMemorial.html Inverness Memorial] to the men of the [[79th Regiment of Foot| The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders ]] who died in Egypt and the Sudan 1882-1887 and 1898 Wakefieldfhs.org*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/books?idbattles/egypt/ Egypt 1882] from the National Archives' British Battles=DLl7V06o5HkC&pg=Front%20Cover&dq=Wolseley&as_brr=3&eiHistorical Books online =DMuSSpK2MJGsNtTcgbwH#v=onepage&q=Sir%20Garnet%20Wolseley%201882&f=false Wolseley*[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas06indi#page/24/mode/2up ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI - Egyptian Campaign 1882''] archive.org *[http://www.archive.org/stream/warinegypt00timegoog#page/n7/mode/2up ''The War in Egypt''] Illustrations by Richard Simkin. Text from ''The Times'' 1883 Archive.org*[https://archive.org/details/romanceofwarorho00came/page/n3/mode/2up ''A Romance of War, or, How the cash goes in campaigning : compiled from evidence given before the Select Committee on the recent Egyptian Campaign''] by Charles Cameron MP 1884 Archive.org*''Cassell's Conquest History of the War in the Soudan'' by James Grant 1885-86 Archive.org**[http://www.archive.org/stream/cassellshistoryo01granuoft#page/n17/mode/2up Volume 1], [http://www.archive.org/stream/cassellshistoryo02granuoft#page/n17/mode/2up Volume 2], [http://www.archive.org/stream/cassellshistoryo03granuoft#page/n17/mode/2up Volume 3], [http://www.archive.org/stream/cassellshistoryo04granuoft#page/n17/mode/2up Volume 4], [http://www.archive.org/stream/cassellshistoryo05granuoft#page/n17/mode/2up Volume 5], [http://www.archive.org/stream/cassellshistoryo06granuoft#page/n17/mode/2up Volume 6]*''The war in Egyptand the Soudan; an episode in the history of the British Empire. Being a descriptive account of the scenes and events of that great drama, and sketches of the principal actors in it'' by Thomas Archer Archive.org**[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924064295664#page/n13/mode/2up Volume 1] Google Books1885, [http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924064122512#page/n7/mode/2up Volume 2] 1886, [Categoryhttp:Wars and Campaigns|Egyptian Campaign//www.archive.org/stream/cu31924064122405#page/n7/mode/2up Volume 3]1886, [http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924064295664#page/n13/mode/2up Volume 4]c 1887*''History of the Corps of Royal Engineers Vol II by Maj-Gen Whitworth Porter 1889'' [http://www.archive.org/stream/historycorpsroy00watsgoog#page/n81/mode/2up War in Egypt] archive.org<br />*[Categoryhttp://www.archive.org/stream/watsonpasharecor00lanerich#page/102/mode/2up Egypt 1882], page 102 ''Watson Pasha: a record of the life-work of Sir Charles Moore Watson, Colonel in the Royal Engineers'' by Stanley Lane-Poole. 1919 Archive.org*[https://archive.org/stream/memoriesofsevenc00thor#page/202/mode/2up Page 202] ''Memories of Seven Campaigns : a record of thirty-five years' service in the Indian Medical Department in India, China, Egypt, and the Sudan'' by James Howard Thornton, Deputy Surgeon General, Indian Medical Service, late Principal Medical Officer Punjab Frontier Force. 1895 Archive.org. (The author was in the Bengal Medical Service 1856-1891). He was with FIBIS Battle Maps| the Indian contingent in Egypt and was in charge of the general hospital for the Indian Expedition.*[http://archive.org/stream/withramcinegypt00serjuoft#page/n19/mode/2up Chapter 1] of ''With the R.A.M.C. in Egypt'' by "Serjeant-Major, R.A.M.C." 1918 Archive.org refers to the Egyptian Campaign in 1882 and the [[Sudan Campaign]]in 1885, together with the 1896 and 1898 campaigns

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