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'''Indian Army'''<br>
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*[[10th Bengal Light Cavalry]]
*[[12th Bengal Cavalry|12th Regiment of Bengal Cavalry]]
*[[33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry|3rd Regt of Bombay Light Cavalry]]
*[[23rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|23rd Punjab Regt Bengal Native Infantry (Pioneers)]]
*No 1 Company of [[Bombay Native Foot Artillery|Bombay Native Artillery]]</div> '''Pioneers'''<br><div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2">
Add deployment, biography
== Summary ==
The '''Abyssinian Campaign''' of 1868 was a punitive expedition following the imprisonment of missionaries and British representatives by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tewodros_II_of_Ethiopia Emperor Tewodros II] of Ethiopia (Theodore). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Napier,_1st_Baron_Napier_of_Magdala 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 Magdala a 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 ==
[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/452/mode/2up Henry Wilkins] (1828-1896)<br>
== Campaign Forces ==
'''British ArmyCavalry'''<br>
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*[[3rd (Prince of Wales') Dragoon Guards]]
*[[10th Bengal Light Cavalry]]
*[[12th Bengal Cavalry|12th Regiment of Bengal Cavalry]]
*[[33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry|3rd Regt of Bombay Light Cavalry]]
*[[3rd Scinde Irregular Horse]]
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'''Infantry'''<br>
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*[[4th Regiment of Foot|4th (The King's Own Royal) Regiment of Foot]]
*[[26th Regiment of Foot|26th (The Cameronian) Regiment of Foot]]
*[[33rd Regiment of Foot|33rd (Duke of Wellington's) Regiment of Foot]]
*[[45th Regiment of Foot|45th (Sherwood Foresters) Regt of Foot]]<br>
*[[21st Regiment of Punjab Infantry|21st Punjab Regt Bengal Native Infantry]]
*[[2nd (Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment of Bombay Infantry (Grenadiers)|2nd Bombay Native Infantry (Grenadier)]]
*[[3rd Regiment of Bombay Light Infantry|3rd Bombay Native Infantry]]
*[[125th Napier's Rifles|25th Bombay Native Light Infantry]]
*[[27th (1st Baluch Battalion) Bombay Light Infantry|27th Bombay Native Infantry (1st Baluch)]]
*Corps of [[Madras Sappers and Miners]]
*Corps of 3rd & 4th coys [[Bombay Sappers and Miners]]*Two coys [[23rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|23rd Punjab Regt Bengal Native Infantry (Pioneers)]]
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'''Artillery'''<br>
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*No 1 Company of [[Bombay Native Foot Artillery|Bombay Native Artillery]]
*G Batt 14th Brigade [[Royal Artillery]]
'''Transport train'''<br>
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*345 bullock carts
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== Deployment ==
When the expedition reached Antalo Napier redistributed the army in divisions:
==== 1st Division ====
composed of all troops to prosecute the campaign beyond Antalo<br />
[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
== Campaign Actions ==
[[Battle of Arroghee]] 10 April<br>[[Battle of Magdala]] 15 April
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