The Battle of Tel-El-Kebir was a British victory over Egyptian forces in September 1882. After the Battle of Kassassin in August the British forces under Sir Garnet Wolseley were concentrated to attack the main Egyptian position ranging about 4 km long at Tel-el-Kebir which was held by 38000 Egyptian troops and some 60 guns under Arabi Pasha. The British forces consisted of about 15000 men. The advance began at 11 pm terminating after a march of about 10 km with an attack at daybreak. The battle began with an assault on the Egyptian trenched by the Highland brigade, followed a few minutes later by the rest of the attack. The Egyptian troops evacuated their trenches, only to be slaughtered by British cavalry which had encircled the left flank and by the Indian contingent which was posted to intercept troops crossing the canal bridge. The battle was over by 6 am with over 2000 Egyptians killed, 500 wounded and the British having lost some 58 killed and 400 wounded and missing. The next day the British cavalry advanced to Cairo and secured the surrender of the 15000 troops in the city. Research Battle of Tel-El-Kebir
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