Dictionary of Battles / From the Earliest Date to the Present Time

by Thomas Benfield Harbottle

Tel-el-Kebir (Arabi's Rebellion).

Fought September 13, 1882, when the British, 17,000 strong, under Lord Wolseley, after a night march across the desert, attacked and stormed Arabi's entrenchments, which were defended by 22,000 Egyptians. The British lost 339 killed and wounded, the Egyptian loss was very heavy.