Battle of Omdurman

[W.G.Ewald]

2011 December « War and Game

My favorite battle in Age of Rifles.

 

[PumpkinTravler]

At the Battle of Omdurman (2 September 1898), an army commanded by the British Gen. Sir Herbert Kitchener defeated the army of Abdullah al-Taashi, the successor to the self-proclaimed Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad. It was a demonstration of the superiority of a highly disciplined European-led army equipped with modern rifles and artillery over a vastly larger force armed with older weapons, and marked the success of British efforts to re-conquer the Sudan. However, it was not until the 1899 Battle of Umm Diwaykarat that the final Mahdist forces were defeated.
Truly a legendary battle of rifles.

 

[ashdoc]

i saw the movie '' khartoum '' based on the battle .

 

[W.G.Ewald]

i saw the movie '' khartoum '' based on the battle .

With Charlton Heston as General Charles "Chinese" Gordon.

Khartoum (1966) - IMDb