What the records say
- When
- 8 Apr 1898
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 17.70° N, 33.99° E
- Description
- 1898 battle
Placed at the town its title names, Atbara.
Battle of Atbara
1898 battle of the Mahdist War
The Battle of Atbara also known as the Battle of the Atbara River took place during the Mahdist War. Anglo-Egyptian forces defeated 15,000 Mahdists on the banks of the River Atbara. The battle proved to be the turning point in the reconquest of Sudan by the British and Egyptian coalition.
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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: British and Egyptian victory at the Battle of Atbara”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht am Atbara schlägt eine britisch-ägyptische Armee 15.000 sudanesische Aufständische am Zusammenfluss von Nil und Atbara”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Soudan : victoire anglo-égyptienne sur les Mahdistes à la bataille d’Atbara”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page