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	Battle of Omdurman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		At the Battle of Omdurman (September 2, 1898) an army commanded by the British General Sir Horatio Kitchener defeated the army of the successor to the self-proclaimed Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad, Abdullah al-Taashi.
		Omdurman is today a suburb of Khartoum in central Sudan, with a population of some 1.5 million.
		The village of Omdurman was chosen in 1884 as the base of operations by the Mahdi, Muhammad Ahmad.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Omdurman (900 words)

	Omdurman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Omdurman is a city on the river Nile in Sudan, opposite the capital, Khartoum.
		However in the Battle of Omdurman (which actually took place in the nearby village of Karari), Lord Kitchener decisively defeated the Mahdist forces, ensuring British control over the Sudan.
		Omdurman city has its own industrial area, in which many of huge factories are working under the control of Sudanese government, in terms of production control and quality assurance.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Omdurman (234 words)

	Encyclopedia: Battle of Omdurman
		The Battle of Umm Diwaykarat on November 24, 1899 marked the final obliteration of Muhammad Ahmads short-lived Sudanese empire, when Anglo-Egyptian forces under the command of Lord Kitchener wiped out what was left of the Mahdist armies under the command of the Abdallahi ibn Muhammad, known as...
		At the Battle of Omdurman (September 2, 1898) an army commanded by the British General Sir Horatio Kitchener defeated the army of the Khalifa, the 'Dervishes' (a name that will be used in this article).
		Winston Churchill was present at the battle as a reporter and he rode with the 21st Lancers, his account is the basis of this article.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Battle-of-Omdurman (1782 words)

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		By the third day of the battle, Omdurman was captured, the Mahdi's tomb bombed from a distance and desecrated, Khalifa Abdullahi slain, and the corpses of 20,000 dervishes in their patched garb had transformed the banks of the Blue Nile into a putrid, bloody field.
		Truly one of the great battles in modern African history, the knowledge of events such as the Battle of Omdurman helps us understand how distorted the image of the "great white hunter" scaring off the vast majority of Africans with his "lightning stick" and "White Man's magic" can be.
		Large and epic battles were characteristic of many regions during the so-called "Scamble for Africa" (1885-1915), and the spirit of massive resistance to foreign domination drove and inspired subsequent generations of African freedom fighters until, less than 70 years later, most of Africa was free from colonial, foreign rule.
	www.afro-vision.com /Omdurman.htm (613 words)

	Battle of Omdurman Document
		With the British army pounding the oncoming force with howitzers and machine guns, the attack was short lived and after the battle 2,000 Dervishes lay dead in front of the British lines.
		The battle was over the British army saved, the army lost 48 men and 382 wounded.
		At the end of the day, when the ammunition from Macdonald's brigades was counted, there were two rounds per man. The British army won the battle and avenged the death of General Gordon of Khartoum.
	pw1.netcom.com /~reincke/omdurman.html (676 words)

	Omdurman
		Omdurman was built as a new city to be the residence of the Sudanese ruler known as the Mahdi, and his successor Khalifa Abdullah el Taaisha.
		The city is a religious and cultural centre for the majority Muslim population of the Sudan, and at the city centre is the tomb of the Mahdi (Muhammad Ahmed).
		During the battle the 21st Lancers delivered the last full-scale cavalry charge of modern warfare.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0011430.html (237 words)

	ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Omdurman
		Omdurman, city in central Sudan, opposite Khartoum, near the junction of the White and Blue Nile rivers.
		Omdurman, Battle of, battle fought on September 2, 1898, at Omdurman, in Sudan, between a large Anglo-Egyptian army, under British command, and an...
		Following the death of the imperial hero General Charles Gordon in the Sudan, and the fall of Khartoum to the forces of the Muslim religious leader...
	au.encarta.msn.com /Omdurman.html (99 words)

	Omdurman on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		The battle of Karari, which took place (1898) near Omdurman, marked the defeat of the Mahdist state in Sudan by the Anglo-Egyptian army of Lord Kitchener.
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	www.encyclopedia.com /html/O/Omdurman.asp (818 words)

	Omdurman, Battle of
		The Battle of Omdurman, September 2, 1898 by A Sutherland.
		A glass negative by Bassano of the British soldier and statesman Horatio Kitchener, who reconquered the Sudan and later became secretary of state for war during World War I. He was responsible for initiating the large volunteer force, creating a new army of 70 divisions, which was to fight on the western front.
		The Khalifa escaped, to be pursued and later brought to battle and killed.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0027379.html (208 words)

	History of the Royal Irish Rangers The Royal Irish Fusiliers
		Although they won this battle, the campaign went badly wrong for the Regiment and those who survived the battle were either prisoners of war or besieged at Ladysmith.
		It was involved in the capture of Armentieres and in the second battle of Ypres 1915, where it suffered two of the earliest gas attacks in the war.
		The Battalion fought at the battle of Messines 1917, the third battle of Ypres 1917, St Quentin, Lys, Kemmel and Coutrai 1918.
	www.royalirishrangers.co.uk /irish.html (1979 words)

	Battle of Omdurman -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		The results of the battle were the destruction of 'Abd Allah's army, the extinction of Mahdism in the Sudan, and the establishment of British dominance there.
		Two battles in the fall of 1777 that marked the turning point for the Continental Army in the American Revolution were the Battles of Saratoga.
		The Battle of Marathon was a decisive victory for the Greeks during the Persian Wars.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9057084 (1076 words)

	Egypt - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		The French fleet was destroyed by Nelson and the British in the Battle of Aboukir Bay in 1798.
		Troops were landed under the command of Sir Garnet Wolseley, and the revolt was crushed at the Battle of Tall al-Kabir.
		The British also helped the Egyptians to suppress a number of rebellions in Sudan, the last being crushed at the Battle of Omdurman in 1898 (see Omdurman, Battle of) by Gen Horatio Kitchener, and from 1899 Sudan was administered as an Anglo-Egyptian condominium.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Egypt (7147 words)

	Thin Red Line
		This is the khaki uniform of a Corporal in 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers, as worn in the Battle of Omdurman 1898.
		In the battle madness of that charge, the Regiment released tensions, which had been festering for decades - some might argue for 138 years, since the regiment was first raised in 1760.
		In the event, their foreboding was justified: it is generally accepted that the 21st at Omdurman made the British Army's last true regimental cavalry charge against a standing army.
	www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~thinred/collection/Corporal21stLancers1898.htm (662 words)

	Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion: Battles & Wars: O (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Decisive battle of Edward I's conquest of Wales.
		On the edge of the battle he was killed in single combat by Stephen de Frankton, a shropshire Man-at-arms.
		The future George II was present at the battle and distinguished himself in the fighting
	hometown.aol.com /calderdale2/w353_o.html (741 words)

	Omdurman - TheBestLinks.com - Khartoum, Nile, Sudan, United Kingdom, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Omdurman, Khartoum, Nile, Sudan, United Kingdom, TheBestLinks.com:Find or fix a...
		Though it is often considered a poor suburb of Khartoum, Omdurman has a population of over 1.2 million (1993).
		It was in the Battle of Omdurman that Lord Kitchener finally defeated the Mahdist forces, ensuring British control over the Sudan.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Omdurman.html (148 words)

	The Last Charge: The 21st Lancers and the Battle of Omdurman - The Churchill Centre
		The Last Charge: The 21st Lancers and the Battle of Omdurman, 2 September 1898, by Terry Brighton (Assistant Curator, Museum of the Queen's Royal Lancers).
		Churchill's two accounts were written from his firsthand experience of the battle as a supernumerary Lieutenant of the 21st Lancers and correspondent of the Morning Post.
		With the two armies poised waiting for battle to commence a naval officer on one of the gunboats threw a bottle of Champagne towards a group of Lancers; it fell short and Churchill was first in the water to recover it!
	www.winstonchurchill.org /i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=670 (481 words)

	Mussa Homepage, The Three towns capital
		A good place to explore in Omdurman is the Souk- market-place, where many handicraft, local product, variety of shops are concentrated, The Khalifa House Museum is a place where one can make a trip of discovery through the history of the Mahdiya era of the 19 Century.
		Today some of the main tourist attractions of Omdurman stem not from the prisoners themselves, but from the days when the Mahdi took Khartoum and the Khalifa ruled his Empire from Omdurman (Or Al-Bougha’ÇáÈÞÚÉthe -blessed- Place as the Mahdi called it at that time).
		Omdurman is the largest of the three towns, as well as the largest in Sudan.
	www.angelfire.com /ma2/yoss/khrtm.html (1175 words)

	Modern History Sourcebook: Winston S. Churchill: The Battle of Omdurman, 1898
		I DO not doubt that the reader is as anxious to see the walls of Omdurman and to come to the end of the affair, as were the army on the morning of the 1st of September.
		Whether this is because I have interested him in the impending battle, or wearied him with the monotonies of the march, I shall not presume to inquire.
		At the beginning of the battle the Khalifa had posted a small force of 700 men on his extreme right, to prevent his line of retreat to Omdurman being harassed.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/mod/1898churchill-omdurman.html (18901 words)

	Omdurman, The Fallen Foe - The Churchill Centre
		ON THE 5th of September 1898, three days the Battle of Omdurman, I rode with Lord Tullibardine of the Egyptian cavalry, to examine the scene of battle.
		The incidents of the battle might be traced by the lines and patches of the slain.
		There they lie, those valiant warriors of a false faith and fallen domination; their only history preserved by their conquerors; their only monument, their bones —and these the drifting sand of the desert will bury in a few short years.
	www.winstonchurchill.org /i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=675 (1923 words)

	Omdurman Bullet Pencil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		The Battle of Omdurman was fought in Sudan in 1898.
		This telescoping pencil was made to commemorate the battle; it is made from a real.303 rifle cartridge, but the "bullet" portion is hollow silver.
		His tomb was for a time a site of pilgrimage for his followers; after the British victory at Omdurman, the tomb was destroyed and its contents thrown in the Nile.
	www.vintagepens.com /Omdurman_pencil.shtml (305 words)

	The Battle of Omdurman-Sudan 1898 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		The amazing thing about this battle, RE "Carnage and Culture," is that the Muslims had relatively modern weapons---at least rifles and some cannons.
		Naturally, the best painting of this battle was the near massacre of the 17th Lancers---something about the Brits, they always save their best art for the defeats (Balaclava, Isandlwana).
		There's a great book by Ernle Bradford about the battle but you may be able to find a shorter article about how the vastly outnumbere Knights of Saint John withstood a massive siege by the religion of piece.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/793473/posts (2832 words)

	Guardian \| Riddle of the sands
		British eyes, though, are bound to fix on one of the very last exhibits: armour removed from the battlefield of Omdurman in 1898.
		The chain mail captured at Omdurman displayed here could have been worn at Lepanto, when in fact it was used on the eve of the 20th century against machine guns.
		In the African galleries, a special display includes more material from Omdurman: fabric horse armour with triangular polychrome patterns, a giant wooden drum that beat the Mahdist army to its massacre.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5011384-113559,00.html (1358 words)

	Against All Odds Message Board - Did Custer do anything right?
		There was a cavalry unit involved at the battle of Omdurman.
		So, I remain confused, and the charge, while dramatic, doesn't seem to have been that important to the outcome or the battle as a whole and was against a bunch of, well, dervishes.
		There is a unique cultural truism that persistently arises in battles where the perceived winner(white race) fails to win, and is vanquished by an enemy (fill in the blank) perceived to be inferior.
	www.mohicanpress.com /messageboard2/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=146&whichpage=2 (4441 words)

	History Today: Battle of Omdurman: September 2nd, 1898.(Sudan - defeat of the Dervishes)(Freeze Frame)(Brief Article)@ ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		History Today: Battle of Omdurman: September 2nd, 1898.(Sudan - defeat of the Dervishes)(Freeze Frame)(Brief Article)@ HighBeam Research
		"THE MASSACRE OF THE ARMY OF Sudanese Dervishes on a plain near Omdurman in the Sudan was an occasion that a new military technology was tested -- to devastating effect -- by Britain in battle.
		It proved a major factor in Kitchener's victory, in his efforts to reconquer Sudan from the Madhists who had killed General Gordon in 1885, as well as to safeguard the Suez Canal and ensure the region against the threat of French occupation.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:21104458&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (237 words)

	Book Review
		As a soldier in the Anglo-Egyptian-Sudanese force steamrolling inexorably southwards to crush the Khalifa and avenge Gordon, Maxse participated in the Battle of Abu Hamed (7 August 1897), occupation of Berber (4 September 1897), and the Battle of Atbara (8 April 1898).
		After a short home leave, Maxse returned to the Sudan in time to serve as brigade major of Colonel John Maxwell’s 2d Brigade at the decisive Battle of Omdurman (2 September 1898), and was instrumental in leading his unit into the Dervish capital.
		After the Battle of Omdurman, Maxwell was appointed Military Governor of that city, with Maxse as his chief staff officer.
	www.defencejournal.com /2002/sept/donkey.htm (1133 words)

	Battle of Gallabat (1889 AD) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		The battle of Gallabat fought on the Abyssinian border (the border of modern Ethiopia and the Sudan) between the forces of the Khalifa Abdullah of the Dervish Empire and King John of Abyssinia was the last major battle to be fought between forces using almost exclusively edged weapons.
		Details of the actual battle are sketchy but it appears that the Abyssinian attack was fiercely launched and had penetrated the Dervish defences.
		The body of King John was found after the battle and was displayed without its head from the public gallows in the Khalifa¹s capital, Omdurman.
	fanaticus.org /DBA/battles/gallabat.html (468 words)

	Omdurman : Eye-Witness Accounts of the Legendary Campaign
		The famous novel and film The Four Feathers is set during the campaign, and the culminating battle at Omdurman saw the Charge of the 21st Lancers, one of the most famous actions in the history of the British Army.
		The war is seen through the eyes of several ordinary soldiers who left records of their service during the campaign.
		Soldiers of the Lincolns, Warwicks and Royal Army Medical Corps describe the desperate battles of the campaign, as well as the day-to-day routine of a soldier's life.
	www.allbookstores.com /book/0850526078 (292 words)

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