ABYSSINIAN WAR: CAPTURE OF MAGDALA (1868).
Source.—The Times, April 28, 1868.
Despatches from the Commander-in-Chief (Sir Robert Napier).
Without date.
1. An Engagement took place before Magdala on Good Friday between our troops and the army of Theodore, in which the latter was defeated with heavy loss.
Casualties on our side—Captain Roberts, fourth Foot, wounded in the arm, and fifteen rank and file wounded.
No one killed.
On the two following days Theodore sent into our camp every European that he had in his power, both captives and employés.