✦ History

Part of Mahdist War

Battle of Atbara

April 8, 1898

Result Anglo-Egyptian victory

Anglo-Egyptian troops under Herbert Kitchener defeated a Mahdist army at the Atbara River. The victory opened the way to Omdurman.

Contemporaries

Egypt and Britain

Mahdist State

United Kingdom
Egypt
Khedivate of Egypt
Mahdist State
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener military commander
Osman Digna military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
14,000

United Kingdom Killed 26

Egypt Killed 57

Wounded
1,000
Captured
2,000