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By this time, the Khalifa's Sudanese forces had retained at least 10,000 people. The Khalifa decided to make a stand rather than to retreat further. During the night Wingate approached the camp from the east and the north sides. At about 5am, the Mahdists began to attack the approaching British-led
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to do so. After the defeat, the remnants of the Mahdists continued to resist for a short while under his command, but he was caught in January 1900. The last unoccupied territories of Darfur were captured in 1916.
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to intercept him. Wingate marched from Kusti to the mountains of Kordofan, destroyed a Mahdist supply unit, and soon located the Khalifa's camp.
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The Mahdist losses were around 1,000 killed and wounded. The Sudanese/Egyptian forces captured many of the rest, including a son of Emir Yuni.
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skin; to wait for death. His guards protected him, but all were mown down by the fire of the Anglo-Egyptian forces.
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was injured almost at the start of the battle, and fled after being taken from the field; the only
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defeated what was left of the Mahdist armies under the command of the
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The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of Soudan
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forces, but were driven back by withering fire from
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Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan
Mahdist War
Kordofan
Sudan
United Kingdom
Khedivate of Egypt
Mahdist State
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Reginald Wingate
Mahdist State
Abdallahi ibn Muhammad

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