Battle of Gura
1876 battle between the Ethiopian Empire and Khedivet of Egypt / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Gura was fought on 7–10 March 1876 between the Ethiopian Empire and the Khedivate of Egypt near the town of Gura in Eritrea. It was the second and decisive major battle of the Ethiopian–Egyptian War.
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Part of Ethiopian–Egyptian War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Khedivate of Egypt | Ethiopian Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Rateb Pasha William Wing Loring Uthman Rifqi |
Yohannes IV Ras Alula Abuna Atnatewos † | ||||||
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13,000[1][2] | 50,000[3][4][5] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
~3,500 killed or captured[6] | 1,800 killed[7] |
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