Tel el-Kebir, Battle of, Egypt, 1882
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Wikidata:
Q1420382
Library of congress:
sh2014000402
Sources of Information
- Work cat: Featherstone, D. Tel el-Kebir 1882: Wolseley's conquest of Egypt, 1993.
- Wikipedia, Feb. 19, 2014(The Battle of Tel el-Kebir or el-Tal el-Kebir was between the Egyptian army led by Ahmed Urabi and the British military fought near Tel-el-Kebir; Date: September 13, 1882; Location: near Kassassin, Canal Zone, Egypt)
- http://www.britishbattles.com, Feb. 19, 2014(The Battle of Tel-El-Kebir 1882; General Wolseley's epic defeat of the Egyptian Army leading to Britain's occupation of the country)
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Wikipedia description:
The Battle of Tel El Kebir (often spelled Tel-El-Kebir) was fought on 13 September 1882 at Tell El Kebir in Egypt, 110 km north-north-east of Cairo. An entrenched Egyptian force under the command of Ahmed ʻUrabi was defeated by a British army led by Garnet Wolseley, in a sudden assault preceded by a march under cover of darkness. The battle was the decisive engagement of the Anglo-Egyptian War.
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