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Battle of Tel El Kebir | The Anglo-Egyptian War 1882

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  • The Battle of Tel El Kebir fought on the morning of the 13th September 1882 was the final, decisive action in the Anglo-Egyptian War.
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    After Colonel Ahmed Urabi led an army rebellion against the pro-British Khedive (the Arabi Rebellion), an expeditionary force was sent to Egypt to defend British interests, principally in the Suez Canal.
    A British Army under General Sir Garnet Wolseley, having successfully conducted a nighttime advance, launched a surprise attack on the impressive Egyptian fortifications.
    A bayonet charge by the Highland Brigade complete with swirling bagpipes breached the defences and within an hour the Egyptian Army had been routed.
    It signalled the end of the nationalist rising by Ahmed Urabi and the beginning of a British military presence in Egypt that would last for the next 70 years concluding with the Suez Crisis in 1956.
    The Battle of Tel El Kebir was a decisive victory for the British Army under Wolseley.
    It was also a decisive defeat for Urabi Pasha and his Egyptian Army.
    The Battle of Tel El Kebir lasted just over an hour.
    57 British soldiers were killed, 300 wounded and 22 were reported missing.
    The Royal Marines had taken the most casualties - 86 - whilst the Royal Irish Fusiliers had taken 39.
    It was reported that they lost more men to heat stroke than to enemy bullets.
    Estimates from the bodies laying in the hot sun, were that the Egyptians had lost something like 1,500 men killed. Countless hundred more must have been injured.
    58 of their guns had also been captured.
    The following day, the British entered Cairo without a shot being fired and Ahmed Urabi surrendered to General Drury-Lowe.
    The Battle of Tel El Kebir was, arguably, the crowning glory of of General Sir Garnet Wolseley’s illustrious military career.
    The British Army’s victory was in no small part down to his meticulous planning.
    The victory at Tel El Kebir put Great Britain in charge of Egypt until the 1920's when the country gained independence.
    Even then, Egypt remained strategically important to Britain during the 2nd Wold War and her military influence in the country only ended with the Suez Crisis in 1956.
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    0:00 Introduction
    0:47 The Bombardment of Alexandria
    2:20 General Wolseley
    3:16 Ahmed Urabi
    5:09 Battle of Kassassin
    6:34 Egyptian defences Tel El Kebir
    7:52 British army Tel El Kebir
    8:41 Order of Battle Tel El Kebir
    10:48 Battle of Tel El Kebir
    13:56 British Victory
    15:09 Conclusion
    18:10 The History Chap
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  • @monochromebluess
    @monochromebluess Рік тому +56

    Thanks for another great presentation. My great grandfather fought within the highland brigade as part of the The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders. He and his regiment had been brought from Gibraltar sailing on HMS Orontes to the Egyptian port of Ramleh. ( that ship was the one used in 1879 to bring the Prince Imperial’s body back from the Zulu wars). From there he was transferred onto the S.S. Lusitania before disembarking for the march in the desert. After this battle he indeed went to Cairo and was stationed there until shipping back to Scotland in September 1884 and like many soldiers was awarded the Egypt campaign medal and the Khedive's Star. Keep the videos coming.

    • @warrenmilford6848
      @warrenmilford6848 Рік тому +6

      Interesting info Alan, thanks. Just wondering, do your g-grandad's medals still exist? I'd reckon they'd be quite rare, and worth a bit to collectors, not that I'd ever sell any of my people's medals.

    • @monochromebluess
      @monochromebluess Рік тому +11

      @@warrenmilford6848 my great grandfather was buried in Inverness in 1931. His medals passed to my grandfather. He and his three brothers all fought in WW1. His Great War medals including the Military Medal and the Egyptian medals he had in his possession were passed to my father and now me. I also have my other great grandfathers Boer war medal with a whole chunk of campaign and battle clasps. With the addition of all their papers everything will be passed on to my son.

    • @warrenmilford6848
      @warrenmilford6848 Рік тому +5

      @@monochromebluess That's great news, and what a great collection of family history you have. I have my grandad's medals. He lied about his age and served with the Australian Lighthorse in Palestine and Syria in WW1, then in WW2, he joined the R.A.A.F and served in New Guinea. I also have a great uncles medals who was killed in WW1, and is buried in France. Unfortunately, my other grandads WW1 medals were lost in a bad flood in the '50's, as were tragically his brothers medals, who served in the 2nd Lighthorse Regiment, but who was killed at Gallipoli. The medals I do have will also be passed on.

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому +4

      Thanks for your support and for sharing your family story

    • @bobbrowning653
      @bobbrowning653 Рік тому

      ​@@warrenmilford6848

  • @blaidddrwg2270
    @blaidddrwg2270 Рік тому +13

    Another excellent, informative video. I had a 3x Great uncle at Tel el Kabir with the 1st Seaforth, so really good to see his service brought to life a little. How a lad from south west Wales ended up with the Seaforths though is probably a much longer story!

  • @joebloggs4807
    @joebloggs4807 Рік тому +7

    Thoroughly enjoyed the narrative, looking forward to the next one.

  • @nathanappleby5342
    @nathanappleby5342 Рік тому +13

    Well done Chris! Very detailed. Glorious is not how I would describe this win and there is no glory in war. I have read online this battle was the best performance of Wolseley's career. His talent as an officer was recognized early in his career and developed over the years. It is known that his reputation for efficiency led to the phrase "Everything is all Sir Garnet" or simply "All is in order". Here is something interesting to think about. The army Britain dispatched to Egypt by Napoleonic standards was the size of a full strength army corps and Wolseley was a full general at the time of the battle which from what I can deduce from previous research was at the time corps level command in the British Army. On one of the previous occasions I looked him up, when he was fighting in the Indian Rebellion, Wolseley had racist views of the Indians. Knowing this, it is surprising yet nice to know that Wolseley seemed to tolerate Indian soldiers being in the army and taking part in the battle. The funny thing is, for the expedition, the British sent the finest army they could field to fight the campaign yet in letters he wrote to the army commander-in-chief the Duke of Cambridge, Wosleley urged him to look into recruiting reforms as he noticed during the battle that the soldiers under his command were not of the best quality. In a way, it was pathetic that Britain's army at the time was really the size of an army corps. As for the campaign as a whole and Tel-el-Kebir, the British Army, whose training was sitting on it's laurels and fighting just colonial wars and suppressing rebellions, fighting an army that had a European trained officer corps, under Wolseley's leadership it did a great job. Thank you Chris for providing that colorized photo of the battle's aftermath, it made it look clearer. Whenever I have thought of Wolseley lately, I like to think of him not as a fighter but a master logistician and strategist but this battle shows he was as good of a tactical commander who made sure he strategy was followed as he had planned it. Hey Chris, a couple things I wanted to ask of you. In my research of the BEF of 1914, I have figured out that a battalion numbers 1,000 men. Whenever I hear a unit's name in a video or in research, I assumed it was a regiment's name. Is that the case or does the name refer to the battalion? Also, besides Maiwand, would you be willing to do a video on General Sir Frederick Robert's 320 mile march to Kandahar and the subsequent battle?

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому

      Thanks for taking the time to post such a detailed comment.

  • @jamesbishop4635
    @jamesbishop4635 Рік тому +2

    Another treat for the weekend. Thanks Chris. Enjoy the weekend.

  • @davidw.robertson448
    @davidw.robertson448 Рік тому +16

    It was interesting that Wolseley predicted the location and outcome of his victory over the forces of Urabi Pasha at Tel El Kebir. Like Wellington had done at Waterloo he must have studied the ground before his departure from England. The indicates an unusual preparedness for which he was apparently renowned.

    • @paulhomsy2751
      @paulhomsy2751 Рік тому

      It was more of a butcher's job than it was preparedness.

    • @davidw.robertson448
      @davidw.robertson448 Рік тому

      @@paulhomsy2751 Yes. Sadly, that is the nature of Empire, human nature writ on a grand scale. The Union Jack justly earned the soubriquet: "The Butcher's Apron". We have however reached the end of the Age of Empires. The present imperialists, the globalists, are in retreat. What comes next will be much better.😊

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому

      Interesting indeed.

  • @fredazcarate4818
    @fredazcarate4818 Рік тому +4

    Sir I am running out of superlatives. As usual your presentation was riveting. From the start to the end of narrative the presentation was and is first rate. Thank you for bringing a bit of joy to an elderly gentlemen.

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому

      Thanks for all of your support and kind comments.

  • @StooTV
    @StooTV Рік тому +6

    I loved this! The 1882 Egyptian campaign is one I've always craved to know more about because the material that I have isn't very in-depth. Great detail. Great maps. Great compilation of paintings and GREAT enthusiasm!. Looking forward to your Kassassin video. THANK YOU and cheers, again, from Montreal!

  • @perrydowd9285
    @perrydowd9285 Рік тому +2

    Thanks Chris. Thoroughly enjoyed it. 👍👍

  • @georgeedwards4807
    @georgeedwards4807 Рік тому +5

    really good video as usual Chris, keep up the good work!

  • @joeritchie4554
    @joeritchie4554 Рік тому +3

    I enjoyed the video and the story was spellbinding. I love British military history. It is so interesting.

  • @grzzz2287
    @grzzz2287 Рік тому +5

    Brilliant and very informative video Chris! I always look forward to viewing your new releases, keep up the excellent work!

  • @jockster5525
    @jockster5525 Рік тому +6

    Awesome as ever 😊 many thanks for your efforts 🙂

  • @knutclau705
    @knutclau705 4 місяці тому +1

    One of my favourite pipe tunes, "battle of Tel el Kebir" composed by piper Cameron HLI after the battle, later joined the Camerons...

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  4 місяці тому

      Thanks for taking the time to comment & for watchng.

  • @lloydpringle5626
    @lloydpringle5626 Рік тому +2

    Thanks Chris, that was great....always been interested in that episode of British history......cheers

  • @cherrycarter8442
    @cherrycarter8442 Рік тому +3

    Another cracking yarn Chris told with your usual enthusiasm, gusto and huzzah, the only thing i would add, sound effects ??
    This one also struck a nostalgic nerve as one time, around 1990, i flew from heathrow to visit Dad in his home of Zimbabwe, Dad was a scotch drinker and the local '100 pipers' brand barely fell into the scotch whiskey category.
    So at duty free i bought Dad a single malt, what caught my eye was the tin it came in, it was some homage to the black watch brigade, those victorian era paintings of famous battles, one was a boer war battle, terrific, but one of the others was yes, that image you showed of the battle of Tel el Kebir.
    In fact when your video showed up in my feed, i kinda knew instinctively, that was on the scotch whiskey tin.
    Dad loved the single malt and indeed the presentation tin it came in, my love of british military history came from Dad.
    Thanks Chris for the lovely memory, they really come from all directions dont they ?

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому

      Thanks for sharing your family story that linked to me video

  • @bullettube9863
    @bullettube9863 Рік тому +2

    Fascinating that such an important battle should only have taken a few hours!

  • @margaretkairu7418
    @margaretkairu7418 Рік тому +2

    IT IS ABSOLUTELY SUFFICE TO SAY THAT YOUR VIDEOS ARE PERHAPS THE ONLY REASON I LOOK FORWARD TO WEEKENDS.

  • @reynardthefox
    @reynardthefox Рік тому +3

    A really interesting battle . The highlanders were at their usual performance . Thanks for another
    Great story

  • @andrewmacfarland5253
    @andrewmacfarland5253 Рік тому

    In my much younger days, I had, or thought I had, a serious dislike for History.
    I’m retired now, and have discovered a serious interest in Military History - and have been deeply fascinated by the various stratagems of wartime achievements and failures.
    I very much appreciate this series of lectures, and thank you! If only the history classes of my youth had been so well presented!
    Thank you once again!

  • @mikeclarke952
    @mikeclarke952 4 місяці тому

    This is a great channel. Thanks from Canada.

  • @jmc7034
    @jmc7034 Рік тому +1

    Never heard of this conflict till now. Great vid❤

  • @knell63
    @knell63 5 місяців тому

    That was a really interesting recount of the battle. My great-great-grandfather fought at the battle with the Royal Irish despite being from Wednesday in the West Midlands. While I knew he was at the battle having obtained his military papers and seen the Khadiva Star he received I didn't know how the battle played out. Many thanks for filling in that information
    .

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  5 місяців тому

      Thanks for taking the time to share your family story & for watching my video

  • @sirfox950
    @sirfox950 Рік тому +2

    what a great video, as enfatic as the victory in the battle. Please, keep it up!

  • @michaelfrew1824
    @michaelfrew1824 6 місяців тому

    Thank you for this. This is one of my favorite battles, but I feel it gets very little notice.

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  4 місяці тому

      Thanks for watching my video, glad you enjoyed it.

  • @annabellamarston448
    @annabellamarston448 5 місяців тому

    My grandfather was at Tel-el - Kebir , a colour sgt in the Cameron Highlanders. I am the last of his 19 grandchildren .I have never been able to trace his medals including the Khedive’s Star. Thank you for the history of this battle.

  • @maverick4177
    @maverick4177 Рік тому +2

    As an ex Blues and Royals Trooper it was good to this version of events 👍🏻

  • @TheStuart31
    @TheStuart31 Рік тому

    I like the, strait forward way you Present, these,Historic, Battles. 👍

  • @ludwigderzanker9767
    @ludwigderzanker9767 Рік тому

    Hey Chris, i'm deeply impressed say thx again..if I ever knew that it was 😮forgotten...This commander was just a British genius, rare in that ranks, with respect, we had them too..Be blessed. Ludwig

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому

      Thanks for watching and sorry for my delayed response. I’m on holiday in France.

  • @rogerdepretto440
    @rogerdepretto440 Рік тому

    Thanks Chris brilliant

  • @baronoflivonia.3512
    @baronoflivonia.3512 Рік тому

    Thank You for keeping Our history alive.

  • @marwanshamsia4193
    @marwanshamsia4193 Рік тому

    Excellent history. I can't thank you enough for covering this campaign as an Egyptian myself. This is very fascinating for me.
    The economic mismanagement of the ruling elite of 19th century Egypt was extreme, and I always wondered if they choose to befriend Britain ( the true sea power in the Mediterranean ) instead of France, how different history could have played out.

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому

      Glad you enjoyed and found it interesting.
      You raise a fascinating point about if the French had not been so close let involved.

  • @Ewen6177
    @Ewen6177 Рік тому +2

    Great content as we've have become used to. Whilst at work today another person, whom you may like to cover is Charles Upham VC and Bar.. Cheers THC have a great weekend, back to bully the shoes for Sunday.

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому +1

      Charles Upham VC is on my list for the near future.

  • @darrenmarsh8830
    @darrenmarsh8830 Рік тому +3

    A nice,informative history lesson once again.
    Will you be doing a video about the final Egyptian uprising, the Suez Canal?

  • @cyndialver2130
    @cyndialver2130 Рік тому +3

    November 11 is Veterans Day in the United States, a day we honor our military vets, past and present. I can't think of a better day to acknowledge the service and sacrifice of every man and woman who has worn their nation's uniform.

    • @warrenmilford6848
      @warrenmilford6848 Рік тому +1

      Just for your info, this day is also celebrated in Britain, and it's ex-empire countries, as well as France and Belgium. The date marks the day of the official end of WW1. It's also used to honour Veterans past and present, in these countries as well, and is called Armistice Day.

    • @cyndialver2130
      @cyndialver2130 Рік тому +1

      @@warrenmilford6848 Yes, thank you, I was aware of that. Just wanted to offer my respect to all who serve their nation.

    • @warrenmilford6848
      @warrenmilford6848 Рік тому

      @@cyndialver2130 Please forgive me. I didn't read the last part of your comment properly and weirdly took the, 'their nation's' part as 'our nation's'. I just presumed you thought it was an American only day of acknowledgement, and yes, your comment was very respectful to all those who've served their nations.

    • @cyndialver2130
      @cyndialver2130 Рік тому

      @@warrenmilford6848 Thank you. I realize there was no offense intended.

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому

      Thanks for sharing

  • @expatexpat6531
    @expatexpat6531 Рік тому

    Didn't know about this episode in British history. Thanks for the usual gripping narrative.

  • @Radio4ManLeics
    @Radio4ManLeics Рік тому

    Excellent Stuff! Subscribed!

  • @wyverncoch4430
    @wyverncoch4430 Рік тому +3

    I’d heard of The Battle of Tel El Kebir and General Wolseley, but I’ve got to admit I didn’t have a clue when it was or who the British were fighting at the time :/
    Thanks for filling in the blanks :)

  • @arthurharrison4962
    @arthurharrison4962 Рік тому +2

    May I say how I enjoyed your history I still call news ,my great grandfather was part of it in the fourth royal dragoons thank you

  • @anglo4906
    @anglo4906 Рік тому +1

    Another great video :D

  • @peterwilson5528
    @peterwilson5528 Рік тому

    A very interesting video thank you.

  • @robstafford8306
    @robstafford8306 Рік тому

    Thanks for this. Lived in an old part of Sunderland with a street named after this battle. Great to hear the detail. Will do some research about General Havelock, understand his family was local to me as well and he was part of the Egyptian/Sudan campaigns.

  • @lelandaucompaugh4827
    @lelandaucompaugh4827 Рік тому +2

    Now I know at least one battle my great great grandfather was in. He was with the 2nd Brigade in the York and Lancaster Regiment of Foot. Pvt Philip Clement

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому

      Glad I’ve shed some light on your family history

  • @mac2626
    @mac2626 Рік тому

    Excellent video, very well done and presented also first rate as usual, thank you.🇬🇧

  • @chrishill7797
    @chrishill7797 Рік тому

    Another great video.
    Your Wars of the Roses series are brilliant too, thank you sir

  • @epicon4706
    @epicon4706 11 місяців тому

    Great video. Hello from America! Keep up the good work. Would love to see you do some videos on the Spanish American war.

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  11 місяців тому

      Thanks for the suggestion. I will add it to my list. Just need to think how I work it in my usual stuff on British history.

  • @paulbrown1022
    @paulbrown1022 Рік тому +1

    A really good watch and very interesting. A little side note for you. I am ex-Royal Artillery and was in my (rather successful I must say!) regimental shooting team in the late 70s. I took part in an old established shooting competition at Bisley against the Royal Engineers, for the ‘Broken Wheel’ trophy! I don’t know for sure, but would like to think it relates back somehow to the broken wheel you spoke of in this video? Btw, I was presented with an ‘Artillery VIII’ tie for taking part, even though we were a team of 6! Isn’t British military tradition just the best!

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому

      Thanks for sharing. I guess the trophy is related to this battle.

  • @acbtrades
    @acbtrades Рік тому

    These videos are very helpful in my A-Level studies, so thank you.

  • @stigg333
    @stigg333 Рік тому

    Thank you for another great video, really enjoyed it. Stay well.

  • @rudrashivagana1578
    @rudrashivagana1578 Рік тому

    Excellent video sir! Thank you!

  • @tysonator5433
    @tysonator5433 Рік тому

    Another great video of bygone age, very well done

  • @Stephennoonoo1
    @Stephennoonoo1 Рік тому

    Really interesting, thank you. On the graves at Kassasin war cemetery, the cavalry charge is referenced as the "Midnight charge". I laid some flowers there at the centenary. I worked and lived there in the 1980's. Lt Henry Chomley Gribble is one of the British casualties buried there.

  • @KSalem32
    @KSalem32 10 місяців тому +2

    My great great grandfather fought in this war on the Egyptian side. He managed to kill 1 British soldier though he nearly lost his life in the war.

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  10 місяців тому

      Fascintating. Thanks for sharing an alternative view. Very much appreciated.

  • @nigeldeforrest-pearce8084
    @nigeldeforrest-pearce8084 Рік тому

    Brilliant Telling of Great History!!!

  • @ianknight2053
    @ianknight2053 Рік тому

    Thanks Chris, excellent.

  • @marvwatkins7029
    @marvwatkins7029 4 місяці тому +1

    That canal photo makes that boat on the foreground look like a toy one.

  • @stirlingmoss4621
    @stirlingmoss4621 Рік тому +1

    One of my Great Grandfathers was wounded in an arm in theis war and awarded the Khedive Star on recommendation to the Egyptian Khedive, Tewfik Pasha, by the Ottoman Sultan.

  • @simonkevnorris
    @simonkevnorris Рік тому

    An interesting video covering a war I knew nothing about.

  • @charleswilson9885
    @charleswilson9885 Рік тому

    Thank you brilliant video.

  • @cameronbrown9080
    @cameronbrown9080 Рік тому

    Great video today thanks for what you do

  • @MZeki-gw2xg
    @MZeki-gw2xg Рік тому

    Very clear and easy to understand, just a small request please; if you can spare the time/effort to do a video on the British landing at Basra during WW1 and the subsequent events that lead up to the debacle at the Battle of Kut I would really appreciate it. Thanks

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому +2

      Yes I will add to my (never-ending) list. There are so many forgotten stories from WW1, especially in the Middle East. A man from my village in Cheshire died leading a camel corps charge in the Sinai - that's a long way from the green fields of Cheshire.

    • @MZeki-gw2xg
      @MZeki-gw2xg Рік тому

      @@TheHistoryChap Lol no rush; I’ve read several accounts of the battle already but just curious to hear verbally, and visually, someone else’s informed analysis. My grandfather was at the fight during the British landing at Basra and later at the battle of Kut, he was a captain in the Ottoman army-my father was very old (born in 1916) and unfortunately when I was old enough to understand these things he passed away without really imparting much

  • @allanburt5250
    @allanburt5250 Рік тому

    Fantastic thanks for sharing 👍

  • @johnblackstock4092
    @johnblackstock4092 Рік тому +1

    Thank you Chris, my Great Great Uncle Corporal David Hynd of the 72nd Highlanders (renamed the Seafords), drowned some time before the main battle. His unit did a gorilla attack behind enemy lines. He volunteered to swim across sweet-water cannel, in-order to steel a boat, so the rest of his unite could cross. David Drowned, however the rest of his unite completed there mission by destroying some of the enemies animations. I have his War Metals. David's death was reported in the London Times the day after his death, spelt Hind)! It turns out there was a Telegraph between London and Cairo. David is burred in one of the unmarked graves. The English pay maintenance for there upkeep.

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому +1

      Wow, what an incredible story. Thanks for sharing.

    • @ianmacewan9416
      @ianmacewan9416 Рік тому

      Why are English paying for the upkeep of a Scots grave?

  • @Indigenous-English-Man
    @Indigenous-English-Man Рік тому

    I look forward to these videos

  • @taniaramaki5142
    @taniaramaki5142 Рік тому +1

    In my third book I wrote all about the revolution of urabi and the way the British fought against him my editor refused to published saying that truth is dangerous

  • @landyboy56
    @landyboy56 Рік тому

    What a nice and clear description of the order of battle! I am hoping the the General McPherson on the left flank, was Herbert Taylor MacPherson VC? If so, it turns out that he was my 1st cousin 4 x removed. Loving your videos, particularly the ones within the South African context.

  • @omikl
    @omikl Рік тому +1

    My Dad was part of the last unit out of Egypt in 1956.

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому

      You might enjoy my video about the Suez Crisis of 1956.

  • @MrBook123456
    @MrBook123456 11 місяців тому

    good video

  • @amotaba
    @amotaba Рік тому

    Excellent video

  • @jonmeek3879
    @jonmeek3879 Рік тому

    Outstanding!

  • @copferthat
    @copferthat Рік тому +1

    Sir Garnet Wolsey was Gilbert and Sullivans The very model of a modern Major General

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому

      So it was claimed, and Wolseley enjoyed the connection.

  • @Sectarian.
    @Sectarian. 11 місяців тому +1

    Hey could you talk about the Ottoman Saudi war of 1814 or the Egyptian ottoman wars like the 1839-40 war, they're seldom mentioned by anyone, or perhaps French colonial wars in North Africa like Algeria

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  10 місяців тому

      Now those are some interesting subjects. In fairness, my area of expertise is British history.

  • @AgentGB1
    @AgentGB1 Рік тому

    Better than the history channel!

  • @bahoonies
    @bahoonies Рік тому

    When I was a boy there was a dairy company in the locality of Dun Laoghaire, the town where I lived, a few miles south of Dublin in Ireland. It was called TEK Dairy. Locally it was called Tele Kyber Dairy. subsequently learned that the dairy was founded by a man by the name of Sutton who had fought in the famous battle. Though why he chose to give it the same name I have yet to learn. Interestingly, Tel el Kebir is arabic and translates into English as tel (hill) el (the) kebir (big) the big hill.

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому

      Damien, thanks for sharing. Fascinating how history links to our present.

    • @bahoonies
      @bahoonies Рік тому

      @@TheHistoryChap Isn't it just? And look at the fascinating stories that your excellent video provoked from others who commented here about ancestors who fought in the battle. It's wonderful to see that link through to the present day.

  • @LeslieDevoe
    @LeslieDevoe 8 місяців тому

    A risky and bold stroke. I suppose that, "Who Dares Wins", has always been a part of the British military philosophy. 13:00

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  8 місяців тому +1

      I think you may be right. Thanks for taking the time to post.

  • @invisibleray6987
    @invisibleray6987 Рік тому +1

    we have a Tel El Kebir lounge in one of the boozers on Eastbourne seafront

  • @chrisjones2224
    @chrisjones2224 Рік тому

    The first Action for the newly formed York & Lancaster Regiment, possibly the first Action for my great grandfather, who was named as one of the last six living survivors of the Y&L in a Sheffield newspaper of 1946.

  • @ludo9234
    @ludo9234 Рік тому

    Only just found this intresting channel.

  • @nkirk8740
    @nkirk8740 Рік тому

    Great video, the thought of waves of highlanders charging towards you is frightening, in my humble opinion our British forces throughout time are without question the best armed forces in the world, the standard by other nations forces are judged, even if at times it was said of our British forces were Lions lead by Donkeys. 😁👍👍👍👊✌️🇬🇧.

  • @davidsexton6604
    @davidsexton6604 Рік тому

    Outside of Inverness railway station is a war memorial to the Anglo-Egyptian war and Tel -Akabia is named .

  • @tomfrazier1103
    @tomfrazier1103 Рік тому

    I have, or had the multi volume The War in Egypt & Soudan published by W.G.Blackie & sons, that details this to Omdurman, and is illustrated.

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому +2

      Awesome. Have you seen my video about the battle of Omdurman? ua-cam.com/video/P8vE-f869WE/v-deo.html

  • @HypocriticYT
    @HypocriticYT Рік тому

    I recall reading that the RHG with their 1848 pattern swords cut men from head to waist belt!

  • @gonavygonavy1193
    @gonavygonavy1193 Рік тому +2

    I thought many British cavalry units were outfitted with lances after the Napoleonic Wars, yet the picture depict them charging with swords. Were those not the units with lances?

  • @reynardthefox
    @reynardthefox Рік тому

    I have always found the story of tel al kebir

  • @ropeburnsrussell
    @ropeburnsrussell Рік тому +1

    Of course a sergeant found the way up.
    Professional armies have noncoms, which is why they win.

  • @FadelYacoub
    @FadelYacoub 14 днів тому

    Some brits here are really proud of their grand fathers who invaded a country so far from them and exploited and blunder its wealth!!

  • @tomtaylor6163
    @tomtaylor6163 Рік тому +1

    Hey Chris , On Speaking of Zulus, how is it that the Zulus never adapted the use of the horse into their Army? It seems odd that horses never made it into their society?

    • @denisripley8699
      @denisripley8699 Рік тому +2

      aah..that'd be horses for courses, Tom. There's a lot of overhead attached to horses.

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому

      Fundamentally horses weren’t part of their society or history.

  • @olliveraira6122
    @olliveraira6122 Рік тому +1

    15:12 "57 British soldiers were killed" "The Royal Marines had taken the most casualties, 86" 🤔

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому +1

      Thank you for taking the time to be observant.

  • @marvwatkins7029
    @marvwatkins7029 4 місяці тому +1

    The Forces of and for Good won. Huzzah!😊

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  4 місяці тому

      Thanks for watching my video & your comment.

  • @Thurnmourer
    @Thurnmourer Рік тому

    Corrrr, the lads looking right proper in their red coats in that image.

  • @donaldbrown4564
    @donaldbrown4564 Рік тому

    'All Sir Garnet!'

  • @johnkay3824
    @johnkay3824 Рік тому

    The Highland Brigade's bagpipes would have been skirling, not swirling.

  • @billybeads3328
    @billybeads3328 Рік тому

    Notice that in most of these battles the Scottish soldiers are in the thick of the action and i sometimes wonder that the British establishment i.e Westminster regarded the Scots as expendable and of no consequence

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому

      An alternative way to look at it, was that if you wanted to frighten the life out of your enemies you wanted the Highlanders there.

  • @brucemurray9127
    @brucemurray9127 Рік тому

    Just for future reference if covering Scottish history, it’s the skirl of the pipes! Great video though!

  • @larrygiesbrecht3428
    @larrygiesbrecht3428 Рік тому

    How did the 22 British soldiers go missing, if they held the field after the battle? 15:16

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому

      Great question and I don’t have an answer. Maybe they were killed and bodies never found? Maybe they absconded (PTSD?). Who knows ?

    • @robertstallard7836
      @robertstallard7836 Рік тому +2

      It's at night. People easily get lost and wander off in the confusion of battle or end up amongst men of another unit, especially in the dark. Most of them probably returned to their own units a day or two later, after the after-action report and casualty returns had been submitted.

  • @harryhatter2962
    @harryhatter2962 Рік тому

    Nice that the British interceded to let the other guy live.

  • @kingjoe3rd
    @kingjoe3rd Рік тому

    How do 22 British soldiers go "missing" from a 1-hour battle? I don't understand. I get why there were missing in WW1 and WW2 as an artillery shell could hit a bunker and bury them all alive or hit a soldier directly and blow his body in to a million pieces, but I don't get why it happened here as the entire battle took place within the Egyptians own wire it seems, so artillery strikes were not really happening. Maybe I have the wrong idea about that.

    • @robertstallard7836
      @robertstallard7836 Рік тому +2

      It's at night. People easily get lost and wander off in the confusion of battle or end up amongst men of another unit, especially in the dark. Most of them probably returned to their own units a day or two later, after the after-action report and casualty returns had been submitted.

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому

      Who knows.

  • @andrewalexander1086
    @andrewalexander1086 Рік тому

    Is this the same battle of the film the four feathers ?

    • @StooTV
      @StooTV Рік тому +1

      "The Four Feathers" takes place in the Sudan so this is a different (& earlier) campaign. However, the uniforms, etc. in the 2002 film version are the closest representation, in movies, of what the troops would've looked like at this battle.

    • @andrewalexander1086
      @andrewalexander1086 Рік тому +1

      @@StooTV thanks for that

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому

      No, that’s based upon Abu Klea. That is a story I am telling in a video that will be released next week.

  • @royston600
    @royston600 Рік тому

    Great piece of history told without woke interventions!

  • @vincentdunne3642
    @vincentdunne3642 Рік тому

    Great story but the sub titles are awful
    Woolsley is spelled about 10 differrent ways!

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому +2

      Unfortunately, sub titles are UA-cam generated. I need to learn how to upload my own scripts.

    • @vincentdunne3642
      @vincentdunne3642 Рік тому

      @@TheHistoryChap I guessed that ok. I see it on other sites too. Just particularly bad with less usual language. Cheers Your videos are great.