Battle of Omdurman

September 2, 1898 · Omdurman

Result British–Egyptian victory

Decisive battle in which Kitchener's Anglo-Egyptian army, with Maxim guns and artillery, killed about 12,000 Mahdist soldiers outside Omdurman and ended the Mahdist state.

Mahdist State

Egypt and Britain

Strength and losses

Strength
35,000–50,000
Killed
12,000
Wounded
13,000
Captured
5,000
Strength
25,800
Deaths
47–48
Wounded
382

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