Governor Abou Baker had ordered the Egyptian…

1876 CE to 1887 CE

Governor Abou Baker had ordered the Egyptian garrison at Sagallo to retire to Zeila.

The cruiser Seignelay reaches Sagallo shortly after the Egyptians had departed.

French troops occupy the fort despite protests from the British Agent in Aden, Major Frederick Mercer Hunter, who dispatches troops to safeguard British and Egyptian interests in Zeila and prevent further extension of French influence in that direction.

On April 14, 1884, the Commander of the patrol sloop L'Inferent reports on the Egyptian occupation in the Gulf of Tadjoura.

The Commander of the patrol sloop Le Vaudreuil reports that the Egyptians are occupying the interior between Obock and Tadjoura.

Emperor Johannes IV of Ethiopia signs an accord with Great Britain to cease fighting the Egyptians and to allow the evacuation of Egyptian forces from Ethiopia and the Somalia littoral.

The Egyptian garrison is withdrawn from Tadjoura.

Léonce Lagarde deploysa patrol sloop to Tadjoura the following night.

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