battle, nineteenth century

Battle of Guté Dili

Name: Battle of Guté Dili
Location: Ethiopia

Battle of Guté Dili was a battle fought in 1888 in what is now Ethiopia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. It was part of Q3119151. The recorded result: Shewan victory.

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Fought1888

WhereEthiopia9.500N, 35.500E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeShewan victory

BelligerentsShewaagainstMahdist State

Part ofQ3119151

Where it sits in Q3119151

3 placed engagements of Q3119151 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1888 (year precision)
Place	Ethiopia 9.500N, 35.500E
Kind	Battle, nineteenth century
Commanders	Gobana Dacche	Khalil al-Khuzani

Placed at its recorded location; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Saïo 1941, 132 km SW
Battle of Embabo 1882, 228 km E
Battle of Faggeta 1769, 245 km NE
Battle of Gur Amba 1852, 378 km NE
Battle of Fachoda 1898, 388 km W

In the same war

Before: Battle of Madana 1888
After: Battle of Gallabat 1889

Elsewhere in 1888

Battle of Suakin Sudan
Battle of Segheneyti Eritrea
First Battle of Vailele Samoa
Battle of Bagamoyo Tanzania
Battle of the Grapevine Creek United States

Battle of Guté Dili is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 56 in present-day Ethiopia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2888723, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Guté Dili, revision 1370442346, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.