2 August 1898
Fashoda Incident
Ordered to Fashoda to oppose French claims
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Browse historical events and people recorded at Fashoda in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Ordered to Fashoda to oppose French claims
Ordered to Fashoda to oppose French claims
Conducts formal discussions with Marchand while both sides avoid an armed confrontation at Fashoda.
A flotilla of British gunboats arrives at the isolated Fashoda fort, led by Lord Kitchener
Reaches Fashoda where Colonel Marchand is claiming the region for France
Rejects talks with France until the French troops are withdrawn from Fashoda
Rejects talks with France until the French troops are withdrawn from Fashoda. Brings Britain & France to the verge of war but ends in a diplomatic victory for Britain
The French Government orders its forces to withdraw during the Fashoda Incident
The French Government orders its forces to withdraw during the Fashoda Incident
The Fashoda incident passes off peacefully when the French recall Marchand
Concludes an Anglo-French agreement defining spheres of influence between the Nile and Congo basins after the Fashoda crisis.
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