Scramble for Africa 6: Sudan – the fall of Gordon and the rise and fall of the Mahdi
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The British imperialists take Sudan. First, they send Gordon, acting in the name of the Khedive of Egypt. That doesn’t go so well. The next expedition culminates in the brutal battle of Omdurman in 1898, the quintessential colonial military mismatch and the demonstration for the colonial use of the machine gun. We tell Gordon’s story … Continue reading "Scramble for Africa 6: Sudan – the fall of Gordon and the rise and fall of the Mahdi"
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