Battle of Tofrek

Quand

22 mars 1885

Type

Bataille

Coordonnées

15.00° N, 32.00° E

Description

1885 battle

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1885 Mahdist War battle

The Battle of Tofrek was fought on 22 March 1885 some 5 miles inland from the port of Suakin on the Red Sea coast of Sudan. A contingent of some 3,000 troops from the British and Indian "Suakin Field Force" led by Major General Sir John Carstairs McNeill was attacked by a Mahdist force under the leadership of Osman Digna.

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• Mahdist War1881 · Guerre