In 1875 and 1876 Egypt's ruler launched a series of military expeditions against Ethiopia, led by Swiss and American mercenary officers resulting in humiliating defeats for Egypt at the battle of Gundet. Some four months later, during March 1876, some ...

For comparison, Haggai Erlich provides the following, more detailed description of the Battle of Gundet, based largely on a Ge'ez biography of Ras Alula written over 100 years ago. “On 14 November, Alula crossed the Mereb river and immediately engaged ...

Khaled i don't think Egypt got a glorious history that much, you remember in 1789 when Egypt fought with Ethiopia at the battle of Gundet and were crushed by the Ethiopians. Remember also the six day war Egypt and the Arabs fought with Israel,the ...