Battle of Gura

Battle of Gura
	Part of Ethiopian–Egyptian War
	; Depiction of the Battle of Gura
Date	7–10 March 1876; (2 days)
Location	Gura, Akele Guzay, Ethiopian Empire
Result	Ethiopian victory
Belligerents
Khedivate of Egypt	Ethiopian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Rateb Pasha; William Wing Loring; Uthman Rifqi	Yohannes IV; Ras Alula; Abuna Atnatewos †
Strength
13,000	50,000
Casualties and losses
~3,500 killed or captured	1,800 killed

The Battle of Gura was fought on 7–10 March 1876 between the Ethiopian Empire and the Khedivate of Egypt near the town of Gura in Eritrea. It was the second and decisive major battle of the Ethiopian–Egyptian War.

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