What the records say
- When
- 17 Jan 1885
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 16.98° N, 33.30° E
- Description
- 1885 battle of the Mahdist War
Battle of Abu Klea
Part of the Mahdist War (1885)
The Battle of Abu Klea, also known as the Battle of Abu Tulayh, took place between 16 and 18 January 1885, at Abu Klea, Sudan, between the British Desert Column and Mahdist forces encamped near Abu Klea. The Desert Column, a force of approximately 1,400 soldiers, started from Korti, Sudan on 30 December 1884; the Desert Column's mission, in a joint effort titled the "Gordon Relief Expedition", was to march across the…
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Mahdist War in Sudan: Battle of Abu Klea – British troops defeat Mahdist forces”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht von Abu Klea im Sudan besiegt eine britische Armee die Anhänger des Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Guerre des Mahdistes : victoire britannique à la bataille d’Abu Klea”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page