Khartoum 1885: General Gordon's Last Stand (campaign)
by Donald Featherstone /
1993 / English / PDF
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Osprey's Campaign title for the Siege of Kartoum (1884-1885). Early
in 1881 unrest in the Sudan began to crystallise around Mohammed
Ibn Ahmed el-Sayyid Abdullah. Proclaiming himself the long-expected
Madhi, the Guided One of the Prophet, he preached that the Sudan
was to be purged of its Egyptian oppressors. Drawn in by the
Egyptian failure to deal with the situation, the British sent
General Gordon to organise an evacuation. On reaching Khartoum
however, General Gordon believed, incorrectly, that the Madhi could
be reasoned with. Instead of negotiating, the Madhi besieged the
town for 317 days. This title looks in particular, although not
exclusively, at the battles fought by the British columns sent to
relieve Khartoum.
Osprey's Campaign title for the Siege of Kartoum (1884-1885). Early
in 1881 unrest in the Sudan began to crystallise around Mohammed
Ibn Ahmed el-Sayyid Abdullah. Proclaiming himself the long-expected
Madhi, the Guided One of the Prophet, he preached that the Sudan
was to be purged of its Egyptian oppressors. Drawn in by the
Egyptian failure to deal with the situation, the British sent
General Gordon to organise an evacuation. On reaching Khartoum
however, General Gordon believed, incorrectly, that the Madhi could
be reasoned with. Instead of negotiating, the Madhi besieged the
town for 317 days. This title looks in particular, although not
exclusively, at the battles fought by the British columns sent to
relieve Khartoum.