Edited sentence: An expedition, commanded by Kitchener, was organised in Egypt.In 1898, in the context of the scramble for Africa, the British decided to reassert Egypt's claim on Sudan.It was composed of 8,200 British soldiers and 17,600 Egyptian and Sudanese soldiers commanded by British officers.The Mahdist forces (sometimes called the Dervishes), were more numerous, numbering more than 60,000 warriors, but lacked modern weapons.To supply their advance, the British built a railway from Egypt