Battle of Madana

Battle of Madana
	Part of the Mahdist War
Date	June 1888
Location	Madana, Sudan
Result	Ethiopian victory and Ethiopians capture and sacked Gallabat
Belligerents
Mahdist State	Ethiopian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Mohammed Wad Arbab †	Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam
Strength
16,000	30,000

The Battle of Madana was a military confrontation that took place in June 1887 between the army of the Ethiopian Empire led by Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam and the Mahdist army led by Mohammad Wad Arbab. The Ethiopian were victorious and Wad Arbab was killed on the battlefield. The Ethiopians then followed up on their victory by capturing and sacking the town of Gallabat.^[1]^[2]^[3]

^ Gleichen, Lord Edward (1905). The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: A Compendium Prepared by Officers of the Sudan Government. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 238.
^ Churchill, Winston (1900). The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan. Longmans, Green. p. 127.
^ The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Edwardes-Evangelical Association. At the University Press. 1910. p. 127.

[:0-1] Gleichen, Lord Edward (1905). The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: A Compendium Prepared by Officers of the Sudan Government. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 238.

[2] Churchill, Winston (1900). The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan. Longmans, Green. p. 127.

[3] The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Edwardes-Evangelical Association. At the University Press. 1910. p. 127.

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Battle of Madana

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