Battle of Magdala
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The Battle of Magdala was the conclusion of the British Expedition to Abyssinia fought in April 1868 between British and Abyssinian forces at Magdala, 390 miles from the Red Sea coast. The British wer
British naval & support ships, Annesley Bay December 1867
The plateau at Arogye, overlooking the route to Magdala
Indian troops charge the Abyssinian lines at Arogye (illustration from a British book)
Prince Alemayehu
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Dejazmatch Alemayehu Simyen Tewodoros, was the son of Emperor Tewodros II and Empress Tiruwork Wube of Ethiopia.
Prince Alemayehu as a young man. Photograph by Edward Hall Speight of Rugby.
Prince Alemayehu, as photographed by Julia Margaret Cameron at the Isle of Wight in 1868