Egyptian–Ethiopian War

Egyptian–Ethiopian War
	; Main operations of Egyptian-Ethiopian War
Date	December 1874 – 9 March 1876 ; (1 year, 2 months, 1 week and 3 days)
Location	Mereb Melash, Ethiopian Empire ; (now Eritrea)
Result	Ethiopian victory Hewett Treaty;
Belligerents
Egyptian Empire	Ethiopia
Commanders and leaders
Isma'il I; Hassan Ismail Pasha; Werner Munzinger †; William Wing Loring	Yohannes IV; Ras Alula; Ras Woldemikael ; Abuna Atnatewos †
Strength
13,000–20,000	50,000–60,000
Casualties and losses
8,500 killed; 1,000 wounded; 2,300 captured	4,550 killed; 2,000 wounded

The Egyptian–Ethiopian War was a war between the Ethiopian Empire and the Khedivate of Egypt, an autonomous tributary state of the Ottoman Empire, from 1874 to 1876. The conflict resulted in an unequivocal Ethiopian victory that guaranteed continued independence of Ethiopia in the years immediately preceding the Scramble for Africa. Conversely, for Egypt the war was a costly failure, severely blunting the regional aspirations of Egypt as an African empire, and laying the foundations for the beginning of the British Empire's 'veiled protectorate' over Egypt less than a decade later.