Nile Expedition
1884 – 1885
Result Mahdist victory
Wolseley led a British force up the Nile to relieve Gordon at Khartoum, but it arrived too late; the city fell to the Mahdists and Gordon died.
Nile Expedition1884 – 1885
Result Mahdist victory
Wolseley led a British force up the Nile to relieve Gordon at Khartoum, but it arrived too late; the city fell to the Mahdists and Gordon died.
