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Battle of Firket
1896
7 June 1896
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British-Sudan Wars

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At the start of Britain’s campaign to reconquer the Sudan after the fall of Khartoum, General Herbert Kitchener’s British-Egyptian-Sudanese army attacked the Mahdists at Firket, south of Akasha. The Dervish army was driven out by a surprise dawn assault with about 1,000 killed, including commander Hammuda Idris. Kitchener then advanced through Hafir to Dongola.


   
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