Over cropped print of The Abyssinian Expedition, return of the Army from Magdala, the Mountain Train. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 4 July 1868.
The British expeditionary force moving artillery across the Ethiopian highlands
Found in Alan Moorehead, The Blue Nile, revised edition (New York: Harper and Row, 1972), p. 311. Originally published in 1868; other reproductions exist. Therefore public domain.
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== Summary == {{Information |Description=The fortress of Magdala burning after the British expeditionary force defeated Tewodros of Ethiopia |Source=London Illustrated News |Date=1868 |Author=Staff artist for this newspaper |Permission=Public domain |othe