Omdurman 1898
Subtitle: Kitchener's Victory in the Sudan (Praeger Illustrated Military History)
Publisher: Praeger Publishers; ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: February 28, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780275986315
Subjects: African history; History of specific subjects; Warfare & Defence; Omdurman, Battle of, Omdurman,; Middle East - Egypt; History - General History; Military; Egypt; Omdurman, Battle of, Omdurman, Sudan, 1898; Military - General; History / Military / General; 1881-1899; History; Sudan
First sentence: The Mahdists had two further victories in 1885, when they captured Kassala and Sennar, but the first major military operations undertaken by the Khalifa was the war against Abyssinia in 1887/9.