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| Africa: Abyssinia | Punitive Strike |
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A British Indian army, under Sir Robert Napier, carried out a successful punitive campaign against Emperor Theodore of Abyssinia in 1868. A skillfully planned expedition involving a 400-mile march from the coast culminating in a battle at Arogee and the storming of the Abyssinian fortress capital of Magdala. |
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