El Teb Explained

El Teb, a halting-place in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan near Suakin on the west coast of the Red Sea, 9 m. southwest of the port of Trinkitat on the road to Tokar.

In mid-December 1883, the British Prime Minister William Gladstone ordered an evacuation of the Anglo-Egyptian forces in Sudan following a ferocious revolt of Mahdists, led by Muhammad Ahmad, against the British protectorate Egypt.[1]

At El Teb, on 4 February 1884, a heterogeneous force under General Valentine Baker, marching to the relief of the Egyptian garrison of Tokar, was completely routed by the Mahdists, led by Osman Digna.[1]

The British response was to send forces under the command of Major-General Sir Gerald Graham V.C. from Egypt to Suakin. Graham's forces fought powerfully and defeated the Mahdists on 29 February 1884.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Eggenberger, David . 8 March 2012. An Encyclopedia of Battles: Accounts of Over 1,560 Battles from 1479 B.C. to the Present. 18 February 2022. North Chelmsford. Courier Corporation . 134. 978-0-486-14201-2.
  2. Book: Raugh, Harold E. . 25 October 2004. The Victorians at War, 1815-1914: An Encyclopedia of British Military History. 18 February 2022. Santa Barbara . ABC-Clio Information Services . 132. 978-1-576-07925-6.