THE SUDAN PAST AND PRESENT. 
695 
Battles and Sieges in the Sudan, 1881-91. 
ID 
tuo 
03 
Ph 
Names. 
Year. 
Date. 
Description. 
Guide to 
locality. 
16 
Abba Island. 
1881 
August 
Abu Saoud and 200 men destroyed by the Mahdi. 
Rashid Bey, Grovernor of Fashoda, defeated by 
the Mahdi. 
W.N. 
17 
Jebel Gedir. 
rr 
Dec. 9 
K. 
18 
Sennar. 
1882 
Apr. 6 
Sortie under Hussein Bey Shukri repulsed by 
Aimed el Makashif, emissary of the 
Mahdi. 
B.N. 
It 
II 
II 
" 
Saleh Bey entered Sennar after desperate en¬ 
counter with the Makashif. 
* 
Messalamieh. 
" 
II 
Rebels defeated Saleh Bey and Awad el Kerim 
Abu Sin with great slaughter. 
II 
II 
Abu Harar. 
■a 
May 3 
Geigler Pasha’s victory. 
u 
II 
near Sennar. 
„ 25 
a ii second victory. 
u 
19 
Kashgil. 
II 
,r 13 
Siege of El Birket temporarily raised, after 
three days fighting, by Nazim Elfendi. 
K. 
Ashaf. 
II 
,i 19 
Village pillaged ; inhabitants massacred. Bara 
troops defeated. Nur Angara escaped. 
II 
18 
Jebel G-edir. 
■ " 
June 7 
Yussef Pasha esh Shellali and 6000 men from 
Kana utterly destroyed by the Mahdi. 
" 
20 
Bara. 
■ " 
ii 23 
Sheikh Bahama’s attack repulsed by Ali Bey 
Sherif with 2000 men. 
It 
24 
Gor el Maahlieh. 
" 
ii — 
Rebels defeated by Egyptian garrison retreating 
from Shakka. 
D. 
20 
Awlad Muriz. 
II 
„ _ 
Sheikh Bahama defeated near Bara. 
K. 
•" 
Shattura. 
II 
July 7 
,/ 11 
Sorties from Bara against Emir en Nur. 
Bombardment of Alexandria. 
II 
24 
Ell Allali. 
II 
ii — 
200 of Shakka garrison annihilated. 
D. 
19 
Shatt. 
„ 
Aug. 8 
Station taken by the Makashif. Garrison of 200 
men killed. 
W.N. 
» 
Duem. 
II 
,, 28 
Attack on garrison repulsed. 3000 Arabs killed 
and wounded. 
22 
El Birket. 
II 
ii — 
Capture of Birket. 3000 men killed. 1000 es¬ 
caped. 
K. 
26 
Darra. 
II 
n — 
Madibbo defeated by Slatin Bey. 2000 killed. 
D. 
n 
„ 
„■ 
„ _ 
Further defeat after arrival of reinforcements. 
22 
El Obeid. 
II 
II 
Sept. 8 
13 
Assault by the Mahdi repulsed with great loss. 
Battle of Tel el Kebir. 
K. 
28 
Tel Gauna. 
Aug. 18 
Bashi Bazuks defeated by Sheikh Jango. 
E.P. 
n 
Meshra er Rek. 
II 
a — 
Lupton Bey’s Baringers destroyed by Janghe 
tribe. 
II 
29 
Tel Gauna. 
II - 
Sheikh Jango defeated by Abdullah el Mehallawi 
with 2000 men. 600 killed. 
II 
54 
Bara. 
1883 
Jan. 6 
Surrendered by Surur Eff. to Wad en Nejumi. 
K. 
55 
El Obeid. 
n 
,i 17 
Surrendered by Mohammed Said Pasha to the 
Mahdi. 
73 
Karasa. 
„ 
„■ 18 
Egyptian troops defeated. 
B.N. 
11 
Maatuk. 
.1 27 
Abdel Kader Pasha’s victory. 600 killed. 
n 
" 
Meshra ed Dai. 
Feb. 24 
Abdel Kader Pasha defeated Makashif with loss 
of 200 men. Siege of Sennar raised. 
" 
„ 
Jebel Sekhedi. 
Mar. 4 
Makashif defeated by Saleh Bey. 
ii 
75 
Marabieh. 
„ 
Apr. 29 
Makashif defeated by Hichs Pasha and killed. 
WN. 
94 
Sinkat. 
„ 
Aug. 5 
Attack on Sinkat repulsed by Tewfik Bey. 
S. 
97 
El Fasher. 
a 
II - 
Defeat of Mudir’s troops. 
D. 
91 
Handub. 
” 
Sept. 9 
Rebels defeated by Tewfik Bey on Erkowit road 
(near Sinkat). 
S. 
101 
Dembo. 
n 
ii — 
Ruffai Agha and troops massacred. 
E.P. 
94 
Sinkat. 
" 
Oct. 16 
Reinforcements destroyed in a defile. Only 26 
escaped. 
S. 
n 
El Teb. 
" ■ 
Nov. 4 
650 men under Mahmoud Pasha Sahir defeated 
on road to Tokar. Death of Commander 
II 
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