Battle of Ferkeh

The Battle of Ferkeh occurred during the Mahdist War in which an army of Mahdists was surprised and routed by Egyptian forces, led by Sir Herbert Kitchener, on 7 June 1896. It was the first significant action of the reconquest of Sudan, which culminated in the September 1898 Battle of Omdurman.

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1896  Wikimedia, Wikidata
battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 

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Frameless

Storming Ferkeh

Press correspondents working in the shade at Ferkeh

The logistics railway for the Sudan Campaign approaching Ferkeh

River War 1-5 Firket

Image taken from page 44 of 'The Wars of the 'Nineties. A history of the warfare of the last ten years of the nineteenth century ... With ... illustrations ... and plans by the author' (11287904956)

Image taken from page 44 of 'The Wars of the 'Nineties. A history of the warfare of the last ten years of the nineteenth century ... With ... illustrations ... and plans by the author' (16589447022)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Storming Ferkeh		Commons
commons	image		Press correspondents working in the shade at Ferkeh		Commons
commons	image		The logistics railway for the Sudan Campaign approaching Ferkeh		Commons
commons	image		River War 1-5 Firket		Commons
commons	image		Image taken from page 44 of 'The Wars of the 'Nineties. A history of the warfare of the last ten years of the nineteenth century ... With ... illustrations ... and plans by the author' (11287904956)		Commons
commons	image		Image taken from page 44 of 'The Wars of the 'Nineties. A history of the warfare of the last ten years of the nineteenth century ... With ... illustrations ... and plans by the author' (16589447022)		Commons