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Battle of Omdurman

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The Battle of Omdurman, also known as the Battle of Karary, was fought on 2 September 1898 at Kerreri, north of Omdurman in Sudan, between a British-Egyptian expeditionary force under Major General Herbert Kitchener and a Sudanese army of the Mahdist State under Abdallahi ibn Muhammad. The battle, decided largely by modern rifle and artillery firepower against massed infantry, was overwhelmingly one-sided: British-Egyptian casualties were fewer than 500, while the Mahdist army lost about 12,000 killed and thousands more wounded or captured. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Battle Type
Pitched field battle (modern firepower against massed infantry) 1
Year
1898 1
Location
Kerreri, near Omdurman, Sudan 1
Outcome
British-Egyptian victory 1
Battle Type
Battle Type (category)
Pitched Battle 1
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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Battle of Omdurman
  • Lead section, para 1
    The battle took place on 2 September 1898, at Kerreri
  • Infobox: Result
    British-Egyptian victory
  • Infobox: Date
    2 September 1898
  • Part Of: Mahdist War, Infobox: Part of
    Part of the Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan during the Mahdist War
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Wikidata: Battle of Omdurman
Wikidata Q1137302, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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