20,000 40,000 Result Ethiopian victory | Dates 7 Mar 1876 – 9 Mar 1876 Location Gura, Eritrea | |
Similar Ethiopian–Egyptian War, Battle of Gallabat, Battle of Dogali, Abyssinian–Adal war, British Expedition to Abyssi | ||
The Battle of Gura was fought on March 7-9, 1876 between the Ethiopian Empire and the Khedivate of Egypt near the town of Gura in Eritrea. It was the decisive battle of the Ethiopian–Egyptian War. It saw the crushing rout of the vastly-outnumbered but well equipped invading Egyptian force at the hands of the defending Ethiopian force.
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