Sir Garnet Wolsley and an army of…

Sir Garnet Wolsley and an army of twenty thousand invaded the Suez Canal Zone in August.

Wolsley is authorized to crush the Urabi forces and clear the country of rebels.

The decisive battle is fought at Tall al Kabir on September 13, 1882.

The Urabi forces are routed and the capital captured.

The nominal authority of the khedive is restored, and the British occupation of Egypt, which is to last for seventy-two years, has begun.