Battle of Tell El Kebir

Battle of Tel El Kebir
	Part of Anglo-Egyptian War
	; Battle of Tel el-Kebir; painting by Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville
Date	13 September 1882
Location	near Kassassin, Canal Zone, Egypt30°40′N 31°56′E / 30.667°N 31.933°E
Result	British victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom India;	Khedivate of Egypt
Commanders and leaders
Garnet Wolseley	Ahmed ‘Urabi
Strength
13,000 troops; 60 guns	18,000 troops (estimates); 60-75 guns
Casualties and losses
57 killed; 380 wounded; 22 missing	800 killed and wounded 58 guns captured
	class=notpageimage\| Location within Egypt

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.

^ "The National Archives - Exhibitions & Learning online - British Battles".
^ Wright, William (2009). A Tidy Little War. Spellmount. p. 229.
^ Reproduction of official British casualty figures
^ Featherstone, Donald (1993). Tel El-Kebir 1882. Osprey Publishing. pp. 85–86.
^ Wright, Tidy Little War, p. 255
^ Wright, Tidy Little War, p. 229

[1] "The National Archives - Exhibitions & Learning online - British Battles".

[2] Wright, William (2009). A Tidy Little War. Spellmount. p. 229.

[3] Reproduction of official British casualty figures

[4] Featherstone, Donald (1993). Tel El-Kebir 1882. Osprey Publishing. pp. 85–86.

[5] Wright, Tidy Little War, p. 255

[6] Wright, Tidy Little War, p. 229

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