The Mahd and his followers, the anr (helpers, a Qurnic term referring to one group of Muhammads early followers), captured money, jewels, and, most significantly, military suppliesincluding state-of-the-art Krupp artillery and Remington rifles. View this object 'The most savage and bloody action ever fought in the Sudan by British troops.' . The Battle of Omdurman raged for five hours, but by its end more almost half of the Mahdist army had been wiped out, either killed or wounded. Battle of Omdurman: The Last British Cavalry Charge In August 1898, British General H.H. The battle took place at Kerreri, 11 kilometres (6.8mi) north of Omdurman. Kitchener was seeking revenge for the 1885 death of General Gordon. Highland troops in the Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898 in the Sudanese War. The 21st Lancers advanced up the river bank, while the Egyptian cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel Broadwood, followed a wide curving route into the desert, around the western end of the Kerreri Hills. After massacring a small government force sent to arrest him, the Mahd and his followers retired to the Nuba Mountains, where in December 1881 and May 1882 they annihilated two Egyptian military columns sent against them. Kitchener was ennobled as a baron, Kitchener of Khartoum, for his victory. The rise of Mahdism and the Siege of Khartoum A final desperate cavalry charge of around 500 Dervish horsemen was utterly destroyed. The British infantry regiments were armed with the Lee-Metford bolt action magazine rifle. Entrance was gained by the gate on the eastern side and the several holes blown in the walls by the riverboat and howitzer bombardment. The whole area was empty of people and animals. Abdullah al-Taashi[2] and 17,000 men were concealed behind Surkab Hill (in older sources often distorted to "Surgham" Hill) to the west and rear of Osman Azrak's force, with 20,000 more positioned to the north-west, close to the front behind the Kerreri hills, commanded by Ali wad Hilu and Osman Sheikh ed-Din. The 21st Lancers prepared to move, in compliance with this order, but before doing so two patrols were sent out; one directly towards Omdurman and the second, under Lieutenant Robert Grenfell of the 12th Lancers, to see what was happening on the far side of the Jebel Surgham. After fifteen vexatious years spent in trying to get here, an Anglo-Egyptian army has recovered Khartoum and occupied Omdurman. 3rd Brigade; commanded by Colonel Lewis 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade By November 1897 the railway line connecting Wd alf and Ab amad had been completed, and, in the closing days of the year, Anglo-Egyptian troops officially relieved the Italian garrison at Kassala. For his services during that battle he was restored to the army active list. [26], It was not long before a fictional account of the British military expedition appeared in G.A. Kitchener commanded a force of 8,000 British regulars and a mixed force of 17,000 Sudanese and Egyptian soldiers. Having rallied, the 21st was ready to charge back through the Dervishes, but Martin settled for dismounted rifle fire, which caused the Dervishes to melt away towards the Jebel Surgham, bringing the action to a close. 9 Squadrons, Cavalry His men fired an average of 60 rounds each during the action; a considerable amount for singleshot weapons. The frontal attack ended quickly, with around 4,000 Mahdist forces casualties; none of the attackers got closer than 50m to the British trenches. Sir Henry Rawlinson, in World War 1, General Lord Rawlinson and an army commander, of the Coldstream Guards, acted as an additional staff officer to the Sirdar at Omdurman, having come to Egypt for the health of his wife and being asked to act by Lord Cromer, to reduce the administrative burden on the Sirdar. About four miles away to the half right, was what appeared to be a long zeriba, or thorn fence, with men behind it. The Sirdar also returned to Britain for a time. It was an expanding bullet, and the units that used it considered them to be highly effective.[13]. On March 20 Mahmud reached Hillat an Nikheila, and there he constructed a formidable zeriba, or fortified stockade. Kitchener commanded a force of . On arrival in Egypt, the 21st Lancers were mounted on local Syrian light horses. Omdurman was an iconic late Victorian battle. Lewis's Egyptian Brigade managed to hold its own[6] but MacDonald was forced to repeatedly re-order his battalions. 3rd, 4th, 7th, and 15th Egyptian Battalions The final episode in this part of the battle was a charge by a force of 400 Dervish horsemen, who rode at Macdonalds line. At about 11am, as the Sirdars cavalry watched the zeriba, it began to move towards them and the cavalrymen realised that, what they had taken as a fence, was in fact a four-mile-long wall of armed warriors, now hurrying towards them. While this attack was in progress, the Khalifa and his trusted deputy, Yakub, watched, with their 15,000 troops, from behind the Jebel Surgham, intending, if the frontal assault by Osman Azrak was successful, to emerge from their cover and join it. While the 21st Lancers were delivering their charge, the Sirdars infantry and artillery, with Broadwoods cavalry and the Camel Corps, were replenishing their ammunition stocks and falling in for the march to Omdurman. Sudanese troops at the Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898 in the Sudanese War. Posted to South Africa in March 1901, he was transferred to the 16th Lancers as Private 4634. Kitchener next took the city of Omdurman, but . In practice the country was, from 1898, ruled by British officials. Mahdist casualties were estimated at 10,800 killed, 15,000 wounded and 5,000 taken prisoner. One significant outcome of the Fashoda incident was improved relations between the French and the British, and, ultimately, the conclusion of the Entente Cordiale in 1904. 1st Battalion Seaforth Highlanders The Battle of Omdurman has also lent its name to many streets in British and Commonwealth cities, for example Omdurman Road . 6 Maxims The Anglo-Egyptian army suffered about 500 casualties. They could never get near and they refused to hold back. Several days after the battle, Kitchener was sent to Fashoda, due to the developing Fashoda Incident. The Mahdist infantry attacked in two prongs. There was a parliamentary enquiry. The Khalifa was killed in a battle fought on 22nd February 1899 in the south of the Sudan, at the head of his remaining emirs and some 5,000 Dervishes. Artillery on the march in the Sudan: Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898 in the Sudanese War 31st August 1898: On 31 st August, the Sirdar's army encamped on the west bank of the River Nile, to the north of the Kerreri Hills. Battle of Omdurman, (September 2, 1898), decisive military engagement in which Anglo-Egyptian forces, under Maj. Gen. Herbert Kitchener (later Lord Kitchener), defeated the forces of the Mahdist leader Abd Allh and thereby won Sudanese territory that the Mahdists had dominated since 1881. The 21st was a regiment of hussars for some years, being converted to lancers in the previous 18 months. Colonel Macdonalds Sudanese brigade advancing during the Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898 in the Sudanese War. As the attack of Yakub from behind the Jebel Surgham melted away, Macdonald moved his other battalions, the X and then the XI, to positions in the new line, to the right of the IX, until his formation was in reverse, with another inverted L formed, this time facing north; the 2nd Egyptians remaining in reserve on the left. The British infantry, some of the cavalry, the staff, guns and stores were moved to Wad Hamed in the steamers, while the rest of the cavalry, the Egyptian division and the war correspondents were required to march up the left or western bank of the River Nile. Kitchener was inundated with requests to serve on his staff. He arrayed his force in an arc around the village of Egeiga, close to the bank of the Nile, where a twelve gunboat flotilla waited in support,[3] facing a wide, flat plain with hills rising to the left and right. It was clear that the hospital was menaced. (Mahdist fighters), but there were 2000 infantry hidden behind them in a dry watercourse. $8.49 $8.99 Save 6% Current price is $8.49, Original price is $8.99. Those cavalrymen who fell from their horses were cut to pieces, with slashes from the heavy razor-sharp Dervish swords, or speared. The soldiers described this appearance as Christmas Tree Order. The Sirdars gunboats moved up the River Nile in conformity with the advance of the cavalry. Hood commanded the Third Battle Cruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland on 31, Lieutenant Colonel Horace Smith-Dorien, later Lieutenant General in the Great War commanding, Lieutenant Colonel Townshend of the Indian Staff Corps served in the Sirdars army. Photograph of the aftermath of the Battle of Omdurman, with the corpses of Mahdist soldiers visible on the battlefield.This photograph is mounted in an album which documents the final stages of the Mahdist War, or Sudan Campaign, in 1898. The presence of Winston Churchill in the 21st Lancers would cause the charge to become part of the iconography of his life and to be graphically recorded in his books. A memorial service was held outside the palace. After sending the four Dervish regiments to the khor, Churchill says that the Khalifa followed with a small escort and was within 500 yards, watching the charge when it took place. He advanced his army on the city, arranging them in separate columns for the attack. River Nile gunboat in action: Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898 in the Sudanese War. Finally, the gunboats turned their fire on the walls of the city, making several breaches. Four Victoria Crosses and 23,000 enemy dead and wounded8,000 regular British soldiers, of whom just 43 lost their lives. The Khalifa ordered his beaten army to retreat into Omdurman, to hold the city against the Sirdars troops. The march on Omdurman was resumed at about 11:30. Macdonalds IX Sudanese was the regiment in column of companies behind his right flank, as the brigade faced south-west. In one instance, the Sirdars staff conveniently lost a letter from the Prince of Wales pressing the interest of a particular officer. The Sirdar replied to the 21st, Advance and clear the left flank and use every effort to prevent the enemy re-entering Omdurman. Charge of the 21st Lancers at the Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898 in the Sudanese War: picture by Richard Caton Woodville. See this section inthe Battle of Atbara, the battle immediately preceding Omdurman. The troops of the Sirdars army at the Battle of Omdurman: Churchill states that Macdonalds soldiers began to fire wildly and that they were saved by the Lincolnshire Regiment coming up on their right, forming a line at right angles to Macdonalds line and firing in enfilade on the advancing Dervishes. View this object . He arrayed his force in an arc around the village of Egeiga close to the bank of the Nile, where a gunboat flotilla waited in support, facing a wide, flat plain with hills rising to the left and right. The cavalry moved across the plain and climbed the ridge of the Jebel Surgham, from where they looked south towards Omdurman. [20], Although some among the press corps accompanying the army had film cameras, no footage was shot of the actual fighting. MacDonald was alerted to the presence of around 15,000 enemy troops moving towards him from the west, out from behind Surkab. The advance of the three brigades up to the crest of the Jebel Surgham forced the Khalifa to divert part of the Black Flag force from the assault on Macdonald in the plain, to defend his flank with an attack up the hillside. [9] One of the participants of this fight was Lieutenant Winston Churchill commanding a troop of twenty-five lancers. The commander of the force, Sir Herbert Kitchener, was also seeking revenge for the death of General Gordon, killed when a Mahdist army had captured Khartoum thirteen years earlier. To overawe potential resistance in the Nile valley, he compelled Baqqrah warriors from the west to move to Omdurman. Map showing the Dervish attack at the Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898: map by John Fawkes. The Dervish skirmishing line was 250 yards away, but as the 21st covered half the distance, a wide khor opened in front of them and out of it leaped a dense mass of sword and spear wielding Dervishes, with horsemen and flags among them. Grenadier Guards between the two attacks in the Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898 in the Sudanese War. Many more flags were carried by the army, a common motif being a white flag, with quotations from the Koran embroidered across it. Victory for the Sirdar at Omdurman meant the end of the Mahdist revolt against the Khedive, which had begun in 1884 and led to the expulsion of the Egyptians and Turks from the Sudan. [4], In 1896 to protect British interests, in particular the Suez Canal, and to suppress the slave trade, the British government decided to reconquer Sudan. If you are too busy to read the site, why not download a podcast of an individual battle and listen on the move! Around 10,000 Mahdists were killed, 13,000 wounded and 5,000 taken prisoner. The cavalrymen, other than those brought down, rode up the far side of the khor and galloped on, rallying on the rest of the regiment, 200 yards beyond the khor. Macdonald lost about 128 men. 1st September 1898: The battle took place at Kerreri, 11km north of Omdurman in the Sudan. [15][16] Winston Churchill privately agreed with Bennett that Kitchener was too brutal in his killing of the wounded. The battle took place on 2 September 1898, at Kerreri, 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) north of Omdurman in the Sudan. The Sirdars army set off from the Wad Hamed camp on 28th August 1895, initially marching into the desert to circumvent the Shabluka Hills, before returning to the River Nile bank, and marching on to the Kerreri Hills. Second Phase of the Battle Sirdar Orders the General Advance Kitchener's Blunder Black Flag Attack Khalifa Abdullahi Leaves the Battlefield Green Flag Attack Charge of the Baggara Horsemen Third Phase of the Battle 'Cease Fire' Sirdar Enters Omdurman The Butcher's Bill Treatment of the Dervish Wounded After the Battle This army was supported by a detachment of Royal Engineers and a fleet of 10 gunboats and 5 transport steamers. 2nd Egyptian Battalion At the outbreak of the Great War, Kitchener was Chief of the Imperial General Staff. It is clear from the amount of detail Churchill gives in the River War, that he acquired a substantial amount of information, presumably from prisoners after the battle, of the actions and intentions of the Khalifa and his senior commanders during the battle. In Omdurman, the Khalifa assembled his army for the coming decisive fight for his capital. 4 Field batteries Map showing the second Dervish attack at the Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898: map by John Fawkes. Around 12,000 Muslim warriors were killed, 13,000 wounded and 5,000 taken prisoner. . The battle took place at Kerreri, 11km north of Omdurman in the Sudan. The captured standard of the khalfahs Black Flag division was sent back to Queen Victoria in London, and dozens of European prisoners of the khalfah were liberated. That same year Isml also signed the Anglo-Egyptian Slave Trade Convention, which provided for the termination of the sale and purchase of enslaved people in the Sudan by 1880. Sudanese troops of Maconalds brigade at the Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898 in the Sudanese War: picture by Henry Marriott Paget. 4th Brigade: commanded by Colonel Collinson The Sirdar, accompanying Maxwell, looked back from his position on the lower slopes of the Jebel Surgham and saw that, instead of following on in column behind Lewiss brigade, Macdonald was deploying his brigade into line, and bringing his batteries into action. One of the Sirdars batteries came into action, shelling the Dervishes on the top of Jebel Surgham and the battle came to life again, with firing across the plain and high ground. Kitchener's force lost 47 men killed and 382 wounded, the majority from MacDonald's command. On September 4, Kitchener and representatives of every regiment under his command crossed the Nile into Khartoum, where British and Egyptian flags were hoisted and a short ceremony was held in memory of Gordon near the location of his death. The weapon carried was the old Martini-Henry, single shot, lever action rifle, recently discarded by the British army. The Mahdists, infamously bloodthirsty savages, are just seven miles away, in the fortified city of Omdurman. Updates? In the charge Churchill chose to use his pistol rather than his sword. The line of Dervishes in the khor was shorter than the line of charging British cavalry and about twelve deep. It was not a battle but an execution. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. The cavalry on the Jebel Surgham and its surrounding ridges could see the full Dervish line, but it was not yet in sight of the infantry in the zeriba. Colonel Sloggett, the senior medical officer, rode off to seek help from Macdonald. In particular, the charge of the 21st Lancers held special appeal and several artists portrayed the scene including Stanley Berkeley, Robert Alexander Hillingford, Richard Caton Woodville, William Barnes Wollen, Gilbert S. Wright, Edward Mathew Hale, Capt. At last! The Mahdist defenders of Omdurman numbered some 40,000; this army was primarily infantry, but it did possess a small cavalry force. In November 1899 a column of some 3,700 men was dispatched to Kordofan under the command of Sir Reginald Wingate to engage Abd Allh and what remained of his army. After Omdurman, the . The battle took place on 2 September 1898, at Kerreri, 11 kilometres (6.8mi) north of Omdurman in Sudan. Four days later the Mahd solemnly led the Friday prayers in the city mosque. The Sirdars cavalry watched the Dervish line until dusk and then returned to the encampment. Realising that he did not have a force to hold the city, the Khalifa left Omdurman on a donkey with a handful of attendants and headed south. Body of the Khalifa: Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898 in the Sudanese War. The officers who had come to the Sudan from Britain, to take up staff posts and attachments to the 21st Lancers and the other regiments, returned to Britain. The British and Egyptian cavalry were placed on either flank. The Dervishes dropped to their knees and opened rifle fire on the 21st, inflicting several casualties. The Mahdist total losses at Omdurman were about 10,000 killed, 10,000 wounded, and 5,000 taken prisoner. Government security forces responded with lethal violence, shooting live ammunition at unarmed protesters, beating and arresting hundreds and killing scores of people between December and April.. Bringing assistance to a wounded Dervish after the Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898 in the Sudanese War. For all his successes against internal challengers and regional enemies, however, the khalfah struggled against well-supplied European-backed armies. Among other officers later to rise to prominence, who served at Omdurman, were Ian Hamilton, Lyttelton, Gatacre and Ivor Maxse. [19] The pictorial press covered the campaign extensively and employed several artists to record the events. The firing now became general across the battle area. There, on August 24, a combined Anglo-Egyptian force of 26,000 men was assembled. Kitchener's force lost 48 men with 382 wounded. Mahmud had hoped to turn the Anglo-Egyptian left flank at Berber, but Kitchener was also on the move, following the right bank of the Atbara south from Berber. The Dervish attack against the Sudanese and Egyptian battalions managed to get within 300 yards of the line, before being halted. Saddam was able to seize the city in May 1986, for the third time. 1 review. Despite all the fury of the battle the Anglo-Egyptian Expeditionary Force lost just 47 men killed and 382 wounded, fewer casualties than they had suffered in the engagement at Atbara five months earlier. . Everyone in the army was aware that battle was imminent, in view of the proximity of Omdurman, ten miles to the south. Steamers firing in support of the Sirdars army at 6.30am on 2nd September 1897: picture by HCS Eppings-Wright. The Khalifa escaped and survived until 1899 while . The 21st Lancers gathered in its patrols from the ridge and returned to the zeriba, clearing the front, to enable the infantry and maxims to open fire without fear of hitting their own cavalry. Substantial casualties were inflicted on the Dervishes, several Emirs being killed and the Dervish formations attacking Macdonalds brigade and the Jebel Surgham began to break up. In the centre rode a column of the Camel Corps and the Horse Artillery. Kitchener marched into Omdurman, grateful at having achieved his victory in the open field, thus avoiding potentially costly street fighting. Inside the zeriba: Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898 in the Sudanese War. But that conquering sweep lost momentum with his death. Visit our dedicated Podcast page or visit Podbean below. 1st Lincolns waiting between the two Dervish attacks at the Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898 in the Sudanese War. For the most part he spent the decade putting down rebellious tribes in Darfur and Kordofan, fighting off an Abyssinian (modern day Ethiopia) invasion, and remotely attempting a half-hearted foray into southern Egypt. An Egyptian cavalry unit, Kitcheners camel corps, and his horse artillery were forced into a hasty retreat when they were almost overwhelmed by Mahdist infantry. By 1879 Gordons actions had triggered a harsh backlash throughout the country. the battle of omdurman was fought during the anglo-egyptian conquest of sudan between a british-egyptian expeditionary force commanded by british commander-in-chief ( sirdar) major general horatio herbert kitchener and a sudanese army of the mahdist islamic state, led by abdullah al-taashi, the successor to the self-proclaimed mahdi, muhammad On April 4 Kitchener pressed south to Ad Dabburah, and from there he carried out a final reconnaissance of Mahmuds position. The battle is widely called Omdurman, but the battle honour Khartoum was awarded to: 21st Lancers, Grenadier Guards, Northumberland Fusiliers, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, Lincolnshire Regiment, Lancashire Fusiliers, Seaforth Highlanders and Cameron Highlanders. Macdonald then moved his battalions back into the line of march. 8,200 British,17,600 Sudanese and Egyptian soldiers. Follow-up to the Battle of Omdurman: 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment Two revolts, in the Nuba Mountains in 188586 and in Darfur in 188889, were suppressed. Maxwells brigade marched behind the British battalions, while moving more to the right, towards the Jebel Surgham. [2] Kitchener was anxious to occupy Omdurman before the remaining Mahdist forces could withdraw there. The comment is made that a cavalry officer with greater experience of fighting the Dervishes, such as Broadwood, would have anticipated some sort of ambush, have proceeded with greater caution and would have been more inclined to rely upon dismounted small arms fire than a mounted charge. The bodies were not in heapsbodies hardly ever are; but they spread evenly over acres and acres. The 21st Lancers and their commanding officer were smarting under the taunts of the army at the regiments inexperience and lack of military honours and were looking for the opportunity to deliver a classic cavalry charge. The Khalifas Black Flag captured in the Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898 in the Sudanese War, Queens Sudan Medal 1896-1898 and the Khedives Sudan Medal 1896-1908, with the clasp on the Khedives medal of Khartoum. The plain was covered with patches of scrubby grass and an occasional bush. Decorations were given for service in the campaign fairly freely. 11th Sudanese in the trench at the Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898 in the Sudanese War. Camel Corps on the Kerreri Hills at the Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898 in the Sudanese War. It was titled With Kitchener in the Soudan (1903) and included a description of the battle in chapter 14. campaign culminated in the battle of Omdurman on 2 nd September 1898. On January 26, 1885, a force of some 50,000 Mahdists stormed the city. The battle was the first time that the Mark IV hollow point bullet, made in the arsenal in Dum Dum, was used in a major battle. Wauchope, with the First British Brigade, was to turn back from the front of the column, return to the plain and move west, to fill the gap between Lewis and Macdonald. The Sirdar sent Broadwood an order for the cavalry to move into the zeriba, but Broadwood chose to continue the withdrawal of the cavalry and horse artillery to the north of the Kerreri Hills, thereby drawing Ali-Wad-Helus menacing force away from the vulnerable northern end of the zeriba. Reports came in from the cavalry, describing the Dervish force that was advancing, with the apparent intention of launching an immediate attack on the Sirdars force behind its zeriba. The final attack took place opposite Omdurman and enabled the gunboats to land the battery of howitzers. Controversy over wounded Mahdist killed after the battle began soon afterwards. Uniforms, arms and equipment at the Battle of Omdurman: The governor-general of Sudan at the time, Mohammed Rauf Pasha, underestimated the strength of the growing Mahdist movement. The gunboats returned from their bombardment of Omdurman and were moored at each end of the long encampment, to provide fire support for the vulnerable flanks. Some lay very composedly with their slippers placed under their heads for a last pillow; some knelt, cut short in the middle of a last prayer. Lewis was ordered to bring his brigade into line on Maxwells right. Battle account. Charge of the 21st Lancers at the Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898 in the Sudanese War: picture by Ferdinando Tacconi. While the charge by the 21st Lancers at Omdurman produced no military benefit in the battle, it produced a sensation in late Victorian Britain, similar to that caused by the Charge of the Light Brigade in 1854. The Dervish army possessed a number of cavalrymen, in particular the mounted Baggara tribesmen. British and Khedive of Egypts flags flying from General Gordons palace in Khartoum after the Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898 in the Sudanese War. He still had over 30,000 men in the field and directed his main reserve to attack from the west while ordering the forces to the northwest to attack simultaneously over the Kerreri Hills. battle of omdurman order of battle 2021 It is clear that Lieutenant Colonel Martin, the commanding officer of the 21st Lancers, took this as a mandate to deliver an attack at any worthwhile target. Kitchener captured Dongola on 21 September 1896, and Abu Hamed on 7 August 1897. Kitchener commanded a force of 8,000 British regulars and a mixed force of 17,000 Sudanese and Egyptian soldiers. After that war, Kitchener was appointed commander-in-chief in India, carrying out a fundamental re-organisation of the Indian Army. Highland troops: Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898 in the Sudanese War. In complying with the direction that his brigade take the rear, Macdonald moved his men to the west, to enable Lewiss brigade to pass him. This manoeuvre opened a significant gap between his leading troops and Lewiss brigade to his front. In Churchills view, the Sirdars move towards Omdurman was premature. 9th, 10th, and 11th Sudanese Battalions (IX, X and XI) In March 1889 Ethiopian Emperor Yohannes IV carried out a reprisal mission into the Sudan, but he was shot and killed by Mahdist forces at the Battle of Metema. With the report of the advance of the 21st Lancers, the Khalifa ordered four groups, each of 500 tribesmen from the Black Flag force, commanded by the Emir Ibrahim, to re-enforce the Hadendoa contingent. Winston Churchill: Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898 in the Sudanese War. Kitchener next took the city of Omdurman, but he was too late to catch the Khalifa, who managed to flee. 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