William Ewart Gladstone1 November 1883
Defeat leads to withdrawal from the Sudan. British & allied troops are trapped by the Mahdi & massacred
Great Britain · Warfare / Sudan War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Defeat leads to withdrawal from the Sudan. British & allied troops are trapped by the Mahdi & massacred
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