Abyssinian Expedition: house at Magdala where Consul Cameron and Rev. Dr. Stern were first imprisoned, 1868. Engraving of a sketch by Major Baigrie showing '...the house or hut at Magdala in which Consul Cameron, the Rev. Dr. Stern, and the Rev. Mr. Rosenthal were at first confined, before the arrival of Mr. Rassam, the British Envoy sent to negotiate for their release. It stands in an inclosure, with other huts of a similar construction, which were occupied by some of King Theodore's native prisoners. The Europeans were afterwards removed to a more comfortable abode, but were never allowed to
Abyssinian Expedition: house at Magdala where Consul Cameron and Rev. Dr. Stern were first imprisoned, 1868. Engraving of a sketch by Major Baigrie showing '...the house or hut at Magdala in which Consul Cameron, the Rev. Dr. Stern, and the Rev. Mr. Rosenthal were at first confined, before the arrival of Mr. Rassam, the British Envoy sent to negotiate for their release. It stands in an inclosure, with other huts of a similar construction, which were occupied by some of King Theodore's native prisoners. The Europeans were afterwards removed to a more comfortable abode, but were never allowed to go outside the wall or palisade by which it was surrounded; and each of them was obliged to wear a light chain upon his ankles'. The British Expedition to Abyssinia was a rescue mission and punitive expedition carried out in 1868 by the armed forces of the British Empire against the Ethiopian Empire (also known at the time as Abyssinia). Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia, then often referred to by the anglicised name Theodore, had imprisoned several missionaries and two representatives of the British government in an attempt to force it to comply with his requests for military assistance. From "Illustrated London News", 1868.
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