Picture No | 10225114 |
Date | 1868 |
Description | Abyssinian War: King Theodore, as he lay dead at Magdala |
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The British 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia was a punitive expedition against King Theodore, after he had imprisoned missionaries and representatives of the British. After the British had defeated the Abyssinian Army at Islamgee, King Theodore shot himself in the fortress of Magdala.
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Source | The Illustrated London News. 30th May 1868. page 537 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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