The British Expedition to Abyssinia

Henry M. Hozier

• Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
• Year: 2024
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9783988680723
• Subtopic: African History
• Index: History

The British Expedition to Abyssinia was a rescue mission and punitive expedition carried out in 1868 by the armed forces of the British Empire against the Ethiopian Empire (also known at the time as Abyssinia). Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia, then often referred to by the anglicized name Theodore, imprisoned several missionaries and two representatives of the British government in an attempt to force the British government to comply with his requests for military assistance. The punitive expedition launched by the British in response required the transportation of a sizeable military force hundreds of kilometres across mountainous terrain lacking any road system. The formidable obstacles to the action were overcome by the commander of the expedition, General Robert Napier, who captured the Ethiopian capital, and rescued all the hostages.

Table of contents

• INTRODUCTION.
• CHAPTER I. BRITISH EXPEDITION TO ABYSSINIA.
• CHAPTER II. PREPARATION OF EXPEDITION.
• CHAPTER III. RECONNAISSANCE OF THE COUNTRY.
• CHAPTER IV. SIR R. NAPIER AT ZULLA.
• CHAPTER V. ADVANCE TO ADIGERAT.
• CHAPTER VI. ADVANCE TO ANTALO.
• CHAPTER VII. ADVANCE TO ASHANGI.
• CHAPTER VIII. ADVANCE TO LAT.
• CHAPTER IX. ADVANCE TO THE TAKKAZIE.
• CHAPTER X. ADVANCE TO THE BASHILO.
• CHAPTER XI. ACTION OF AROGI
• CHAPTER XII. SURRENDER OF THE CAPTIVES.
• CHAPTER XIII. CAPTURE OF MAGDALA.
• CHAPTER XIV. DESTRUCTION OF THE FORTRESS.
• CHAPTER XV. THE RETURN MARCH.