1 November 1883
Battle of El Obeid
Defeat leads to withdrawal from the Sudan. British & allied troops are trapped by the Mahdi & massacred
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at El Obeid in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Defeat leads to withdrawal from the Sudan. British & allied troops are trapped by the Mahdi & massacred
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