battle, notable, nineteenth century

Battle of Tel el-Kebir

Name: Battle of Tel el-Kebir
Start: 1882-09-13
Location: Egypt

Battle of Tel el-Kebir was a battle fought on 13 September 1882 in what is now Egypt. It was part of the Anglo-Egyptian War. The recorded result: British victory. Recorded strength: 13,000 troops; 60 guns against 18,000 troops (estimates); 60–75 guns.

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Fought13 September 1882

WhereEgypt30.667N, 31.933E

OutcomeBritish victory

BelligerentsUnited Kingdom; British Indiaagainst22px|class=noviewer Khedivate of Egypt

Casualties and losses57 killed; 380 wounded; 22 missingand2,000 killed; 58 guns captured

Part ofAnglo-Egyptian War1882

Where it sits in the Anglo-Egyptian War

3 placed engagements of the Anglo-Egyptian War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	13 September 1882
Place	Egypt 30.667N, 31.933E
Kind	Battle, nineteenth century
Strength	13,000 troops; 60 guns	18,000 troops (estimates); 60–75 guns
Casualties and losses	57 killed; 380 wounded; 22 missing	2,000 killed; 58 guns captured
Commanders	Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley	Ahmed Urabi

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of the Orchard Complex 1973, 42 km SE
Battle of Ismailia 1973, 42 km SE
Battle of Seraphum 1973, 42 km SE
Siege of Bilbeis 1168, 45 km SW
Battle of the Chinese Farm 1973, 51 km SE

In the same war

Before: Battle of Kafr-el-Dawwar 5 August 1882
After: 1952 Clash of Ismailia 1952
All 3 engagements of Anglo-Egyptian War

Elsewhere in 1882

Combat data (CDB90)

	Attacker: BR ARMY	Defender: EG ARMY
Strength	17,401	20,000
Casualties	469 (2.7%)	2,500 (12.5%)
Mission accomplishment, 1 to 10	9	3
Outcome	attacker won
Duration	1 day
Front width	6.4 km	6.4 km
Attacker advanced	2 km

From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 233), public domain, in the CC0 tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold. Figures are the database's estimates, compiled in 1990 from published histories, and may differ from the Wikipedia infobox above.

Battle of Tel el-Kebir is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 110 in present-day Egypt.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1420382, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Tell El Kebir, revision 1370786056, 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.