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'''This page relates to actions of the Indian Contingent. For wider information on the Sudan Campaign see external links below.'''
{{War|name=Sudan Campaign |dates=1885 |image=|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan Sudan] |combatant1=British, Egyptians and Indians |combatant2=Sudanese tribesmen |result=Fall of Khartoum/British withdrawal |medal=<br>[http://www.britishmedals.info/egypt_medal.html Egypt Medal 1882-89]<br>Clasps: Suakin 1884, The Nile 1884-5, Abu Klea, Kirberkan, Suakin 1885, Tofrek, Gemaizah and Toski. |category=[[:Category:Sudan Campaign|Sudan Campaign]] |link1= }}
{{War|name=Sudan Campaign |dates=1885 |image=|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan Sudan] |combatant1=British, Egyptians and Indians |combatant2=Sudanese tribesmen |result=Fall of Khartoum/British withdrawal |medal=<br>[http://www.britishmedals.info/egypt_medal.html Egypt Medal 1882-89]<br>Clasps: Suakin 1884, The Nile 1884-5, Abu Klea, Kirberkan, Suakin 1885, Tofrek, Gemaizah and Toski. |category=[[:Category:Sudan Campaign|Sudan Campaign]] |link1= }}
<sup>'''''This page relates to actions of the Indian Contingent. For wider information on the Sudan Campaign see external links below.'''''</sup>
Also called the '''Anglo-Sudan War''' or the '''Sudanese Mahdist Revolt'''. 


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
Also called the '''Anglo-Sudan War''' or the '''Sudanese Mahdist Revolt'''. In the 1870s a Muslim cleric named Muhammad Ahmad preached revolt against the Egyptian administration in Sudan. He proclaimed himself Mahdi and in 1883 defeated an Egyptian expedition. A second expedition led by European officers was massacred at El Obeid. Charles Gordon was sent to Sudan to supervise the withdrawal of occupying forces and was besieged in Khartoum. The British sent an expeditionary force under Lt-Gen Sir Gerald Graham, including an an Indian contingent, to Suakin in March 1885. This fought two successful actions but failed to change the military situation and was withdrawn. A relief force under Sir Garnet Wolseley was dispatched but was unable to reach Khartoum before it fell and Gordon was killed. Sudan then passed completely under the control of the Mahdists.
In the 1870s a Muslim cleric named Muhammad Ahmad preached revolt against the Egyptian administration in Sudan. He proclaimed himself Mahdi and in 1883 defeated an Egyptian expedition. A second expedition led by European officers was massacred at El Obeid. Charles Gordon was sent to Sudan to supervise the withdrawal of occupying forces and was besieged in Khartoum. The British sent an expeditionary force under Lt-Gen Sir Gerald Graham, including an an Indian contingent, to Suakin in March 1885. This fought two successful actions but failed to change the military situation and was withdrawn. A relief force under Sir Garnet Wolseley was dispatched but was unable to reach Khartoum before it fell and Gordon was killed. Sudan then passed completely under the control of the Mahdists.


== Suakin Expeditionary Force ==
== Suakin Expeditionary Force ==
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahdist_War Mahdist War] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahdist_War Mahdist War] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ahmad Muhammad Ahmad] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ahmad Muhammad Ahmad] Wikipedia<br>
==== Historical Books on-line ====
==== Historical Books on-line ====
[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas06indi#page/54/mode/2up  Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI - Sudan Campaign 1882] archive.org  
[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas06indi#page/54/mode/2up  Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI - Sudan Campaign 1882] archive.org  


== Recommended Reading ==
== Recommended Reading ==
'Khartoum, The Ultimate Imperial Adventure' by Michael Asher, Penguin 2006 ISBN 978-0-14-025855-4
''Khartoum, The Ultimate Imperial Adventure'' by Michael Asher, Penguin 2006 ISBN 978-0-14-025855-4


[[Category:Sudan Campaign| Sudan Campaign]]
[[Category:Sudan Campaign| Sudan Campaign]]
[[Category:Wars and Campaigns|Sudan Campaign]]
[[Category:Wars and Campaigns|Sudan Campaign]]

Revision as of 15:20, 14 December 2009

Sudan Campaign
1885
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
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Location: Sudan
Combatants:
British, Egyptians and Indians Sudanese tribesmen
Result: Fall of Khartoum/British withdrawal
Medals:
Egypt Medal 1882-89
Clasps: Suakin 1884, The Nile 1884-5, Abu Klea, Kirberkan, Suakin 1885, Tofrek, Gemaizah and Toski.
Links:
Category: Sudan Campaign

This page relates to actions of the Indian Contingent. For wider information on the Sudan Campaign see external links below.

Also called the Anglo-Sudan War or the Sudanese Mahdist Revolt.

Summary

In the 1870s a Muslim cleric named Muhammad Ahmad preached revolt against the Egyptian administration in Sudan. He proclaimed himself Mahdi and in 1883 defeated an Egyptian expedition. A second expedition led by European officers was massacred at El Obeid. Charles Gordon was sent to Sudan to supervise the withdrawal of occupying forces and was besieged in Khartoum. The British sent an expeditionary force under Lt-Gen Sir Gerald Graham, including an an Indian contingent, to Suakin in March 1885. This fought two successful actions but failed to change the military situation and was withdrawn. A relief force under Sir Garnet Wolseley was dispatched but was unable to reach Khartoum before it fell and Gordon was killed. Sudan then passed completely under the control of the Mahdists.

Suakin Expeditionary Force

Lt-Gen Sir Gerald Graham VC commanding
Guards Brigade
Maj-Gen Lyon Fremantle

  • 1st Btn Coldstream Guards (840 men)
  • 2nd Btn Scots Guards (840 men)
  • 3rd Btn Coldstream Guards (834 men)
  • New South Wales Regiment (500 men)

2nd Infantry Brigade
Maj-Gen Sir John McNeill VC KCB

Indian Brigade
Brig-Gen John Hudson CB

Cavalry Brigade
Maj-Gen Sir Henry Ewart KCB

Artillery

  • 6/B Royal Horse Artillery (six 9-pounders)
  • 5/I Scottish Divisional RA (six 2.5ins guns)
  • 6/I Ammunition Column, Scottish Divisional RA

Royal Engineers

  • 11th Coy attached to Mounted Infantry
  • 17th Coy RE (105 men)
  • 24th Coy RE (124 men)
  • 10th Railway Coy
  • Two sections Telegraph Battalion
  • Balloon Detachment

External Links

Mahdist War Wikipedia
Muhammad Ahmad Wikipedia

Historical Books on-line

Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI - Sudan Campaign 1882 archive.org

Recommended Reading

Khartoum, The Ultimate Imperial Adventure by Michael Asher, Penguin 2006 ISBN 978-0-14-025855-4

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