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. Emperor Tewodros II of Ethi
Tewodros' captives
British naval and support ships in the Gulf of Zula, December 1867
Elephants sent from India to transport the guns and shells for the expedition.
The Baloch Regiment in camp
Tewodros II
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Tewodros II was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1855 until his death in 1868. His rule is often placed as the beginning of modern Ethiopia and brought an end to the decentralized Zemene Mesafint.
British expedition to Abyssinia
…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…
Tewodros II depicted in Histoire de l'Ethiopie d'Axoum à la révolution
Tewodros II seal
Italian depiction of Ras Kassa c. 1850
Emperor Tewodros II supervising crossing of the Blue Nile