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
Gulf of Zula
…between the Saho people and the Afar people. The Gulf of Zula and Buri Peninsula Photograph taken by 10th Field Company Royal Engineers during the British Expedition to Abyssinia References…
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.