Egyptian–Ethiopian War

Egyptian–Ethiopian War
	; Main operations of Egyptian-Ethiopian War
Date	December 1874 – 9 March 1876; (1 year, 2 months, 3 weeks and 1 day)
Location	Mereb Melash, Ethiopian Empire; (now Eritrea)
Result	Ethiopian victory Treaty of Hewett;
Belligerents
Khedivate of Egypt	Ethiopia
Commanders and leaders
Isma'il I; Hassan Pasha; Werner Munzinger †; William Loring	Yohannes IV; Alula Engida; Woldemikael Solomon ; Abuna II (DOW)
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 a victory and a treaty that guaranteed continued independence of Ethiopia in the years immediately preceding the Scramble for Africa. Conversely, for Egypt the war was a costly failure 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.