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THE SUDAN PAST AND PRESENT. 
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Names. 
Year. 
Date. 
Description. 
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345 
Kalabsheh. 
1888 
Feb.26 
Dervishes driven out by Captain Besant. 
N. 
356 
Fort Shaata. 
,( 
Mar. 4 
Major Shakespear’s attempt to dislodge rebels. 
S. 
Major Tapp killed. 
_ 
398 
Messa. 
1 
June 3 
Mustafa Gibran with Ababdehs and Kisharin 
N. 
defeated 250 men under Emir Giderri. 
348 
Dabrosa. 
„■ 
July 19 
Raided by 500 horsemen. 
I u § 
371 
Galabat. 
July or 
Abu Angar defeated by the Abyssinians. Sub- 
A.F. 
U 
Aug. 
sequent death of Abu Angar. 
359 
Sawakin. 
„ 
Sept. 17 
Siege renewed. 
S. 
378 
Xebkebieh. 
If 
Oct. 16 
Abu Gemaizeh’s victory over Osman Adam. 
D. 
Siege of El Fasher. 
366 
Gemaizeh. 
„ 
Dec. 20 
Capture of position by Sir F. Grenfell with 
S. 
British and Egyptian troops. 
439 
Galabat. 
1889 
Feb. 9 
Abissinian victory over Nur Angara. Death of 
A.F. 
Xing John and flight of Abyssinian troops in 
consequence. 
456 
El Fasher. 
„ 
v 22 
Osman Adam defeated Abu Gemaizeh, who died 
D. 
next day. 
439 
( Galabat or 7 
Mar. 12 
Abyssinians retreating from Galabat routed by 
A.F. 
( Atbara River.) 
u 
Wad Ibrahim. Xing John’s body captured. 
405 
Argin. 
u 
July 2 
Colonel Wodehouse defeated dervish invading 
N. 
force. 900 men killed. 
426 
Toski. 
n 
Aug. 3 
Wad en Nejumi’s force utterly defeated by Sir F. 
rr 
Grenfell. Wad en Nejumi killed, and 1200 
Arabs. 4000 prisoners taken. 
492 
Tokak. 
1891 
Feb. 19 
Recaptured by Colonel Holled Smith with Egyp¬ 
s. 
tian troops. 700 rebels killed. Osman Digna 
escaped. 
507 
Afafit. 
if 
n 23 
Occupied by Egyptian troops. 
— 
Fashoda. 
11 
— 
Taken by Teki Sumalfrom Shillaks. 
E.P. 
— 
Regaf. 
f 
'll 
_ 
Taken by Omar Saleh. 
ir 
Apr. 
June. 
Evacuated by Mahmud Ahmed, who eventually 
D. 
El Fasher. 4 
ii 
withdrew to El Obeid ; the whole of Darfur 
thus evacuated. 
N,=Nile. 
W.N.=WhPe Nile. 
B.N.=Blue Nile. 
X.—Xordofan. 
D. — Darfur. 
The Nos. of pages refer to the book entitled 
E.P. ^Equatorial Provinces (including 
Bahr el Ghazal). 
A.F.=Abyssinian Frontier. 
S. = Sawakin. 
“ Mahdiism and the Egyptian Sudan.” 
