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== Summary ==
== 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|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 This fought two successful actions but failed to change the military situation and was withdrawn.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|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 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 This fought two successful actions but failed to change the military situation and was withdrawn.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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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[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>
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalarchives/4458022844/ "Photograph of view of Suakim from Quarantine Island shewing Camp of followers of Indian Contingent."] 1884/85 nationalarchives at flickr.com
*[http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/199304/suakin-time.and.tide.htm "Suakin: Time and Tide"] by Robert Berg pages 32-39 of the July/August 1993 print edition of ''Saudi Aramco World''.


==== Historical Books on-line ====
==== Historical Books online ====
*[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
*[https://archive.org/stream/memoriesofsevenc00thor#page/218/mode/2up Page 219] ''Memories of Seven Campaigns: a record of thirty-five years' service in the Indian Medical Department in India, China, Egypt, and the Sudan'' by James Howard Thornton, Deputy Surgeon General, Indian Medical Service, late Principal Medical Officer Punjab Frontier Force. 1895 Archive.org. (The author was in the Bengal Medical Service 1856-1891). The author was appointed principal medical officer of the Indian Brigade in the East Sudan.
*''Cassell's History of the War in the Soudan'' by James Grant 1885-86 Archive.org
*''Cassell's History of the War in the Soudan'' by James Grant 1885-86 Archive.org
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/cassellshistoryo01granuoft#page/n17/mode/2up  Volume 1], [http://www.archive.org/stream/cassellshistoryo02granuoft#page/n17/mode/2up Volume 2], [http://www.archive.org/stream/cassellshistoryo03granuoft#page/n17/mode/2up    Volume 3], [http://www.archive.org/stream/cassellshistoryo04granuoft#page/n17/mode/2up  Volume 4], [http://www.archive.org/stream/cassellshistoryo05granuoft#page/n17/mode/2up  Volume 5], [http://www.archive.org/stream/cassellshistoryo06granuoft#page/n17/mode/2up Volume 6]
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/cassellshistoryo01granuoft#page/n17/mode/2up  Volume 1], [http://www.archive.org/stream/cassellshistoryo02granuoft#page/n17/mode/2up Volume 2], [http://www.archive.org/stream/cassellshistoryo03granuoft#page/n17/mode/2up    Volume 3], [http://www.archive.org/stream/cassellshistoryo04granuoft#page/n17/mode/2up  Volume 4], [http://www.archive.org/stream/cassellshistoryo05granuoft#page/n17/mode/2up  Volume 5], [http://www.archive.org/stream/cassellshistoryo06granuoft#page/n17/mode/2up Volume 6]
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/warinsoudancause00hauluoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''The War in the Soudan and the causes which led to it; with short biographical sketches of the principal personages engaged''] by T Arnold Haultain 1885 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/warinsoudancause00hauluoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''The War in the Soudan and the causes which led to it; with short biographical sketches of the principal personages engaged''] by T Arnold Haultain 1885 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/storysoudanwarf01pimbgoog#page/n6/mode/2up ''Story of the Soudan War. From the rise of the revolt July, 1881, to the fall of Khartoum and death of Gordon, Jan., 1885'']  by W Melville Pimblett 1885 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/storysoudanwarf01pimbgoog#page/n6/mode/2up ''Story of the Soudan War. From the rise of the revolt July, 1881, to the fall of Khartoum and death of Gordon, Jan., 1885'']  by W Melville Pimblett 1885 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/warinsoudanforre00cols#page/n5/mode/2up "The British Campaign in the Soudan for the Rescue of Gordon"] by  General R. E. Colston ''Bulletin of the American Geographic Society  1885, no. 3'' Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/cu31924023004264#page/n115/mode/2up  "Suakim 1885"] page 109 ''My Service Days: India, Afghanistan, Suakim '85, and China'' by Maj.-Gen. Sir Norman Stewart 1908 Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/fromkortitokhart00wilsrich#page/n5/mode/2up ''From Korti to Khartum: a journal of the desert march from Korti to Gubat and of the ascent of the Nile in General Gordon's steamers''] by Col. Sir Charles W. Wilson. 2nd edition 1886 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/reportarmymedic02unkngoog#page/n276/mode/1up "Medical Report of the Eastern Soudan Expeditionary Force 1884"] (15 February 1884-6 April 1884) by Brigade Surgeon E G Mc Dowell, page 261  ''Army Medical Department: Report for the Year 1882 Volume 24'' published 1884 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/warinsoudanforre00cols#page/n5/mode/2up "The British Campaign in the Soudan for the Rescue of Gordon"] by  General R. E. Colston ''Bulletin of the American Geographic Society  1885, no. 3'' Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/watsonpasharecor00laneuoft ''Watson Pasha, a record of the life-work of Sir Charles Moore Watson, Colonel in the Royal Engineers''] by Stanley  Lane-Poole 1919 Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/withramcinegypt00serjuoft#page/n19/mode/2up Chapter 1] of ''With the R.A.M.C. in Egypt'' by "Serjeant-Major, R.A.M.C." 1918 Archive.org refers to the [[Egyptian Campaign]]  in 1882 and the Sudan Campaign in 1885, together with the 1896 and 1898 campaigns
 
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== Recommended Reading ==
''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]]

Latest revision as of 02:59, 1 June 2019

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 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

Medals

Also see Medals and Medal Rolls

Also see

External Links

Historical Books online