What the records say
- When
- 14 Nov 1875 – 16 Nov 1875
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 14.83° N, 38.50° E
- Description
- 1875 battle
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Gundet
1875 battle of Ethiopian–Egyptian War
The Battle of Gundet or Guda Gudi was fought from 14-16 November 1875 between the Ethiopian Empire and the Khedivate of Egypt in what is now Eritrea. It was the first major battle of the Ethiopian–Egyptian War and ended in the near annihilation of the Egyptian army.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “campagne d’Éthiopie : les troupes d’Arakel Bey sont vaincues par le négus Yohannès IV à Gundet, sur le Mareb”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page