Battle of Atbara

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battle military conflict

The Battle of Atbara was a key 1898 Anglo-Egyptian victory over Mahdist forces in Sudan that paved the way for the decisive Battle of Omdurman and the reconquest of the Sudan.

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Label	Occurrences
Battle of Atbara canonical	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military conflict ⓘ
belligerent	Anglo-Egyptian army ⓘ Khedivate of Egypt ⓘ Mahdist Sudan ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
belligerentCommander	Herbert Kitchener for United Kingdom and Egypt ⓘ Muhammad Ahmad al-Mahdi ⓘ surface form: Mahmud Ahmad for Mahdist Sudan
campaign	Anglo-Egyptian War ⓘ surface form: Nile Campaign
casualtiesSide	heavy Mahdist casualties ⓘ light Anglo-Egyptian casualties ⓘ
combatant	British forces ⓘ Egyptian forces ⓘ Mahdist Ansar forces ⓘ surface form: Sudanese Mahdist forces
commander	Archibald Hunter ⓘ Horatio Herbert Kitchener ⓘ surface form: Herbert Kitchener William Gatacre ⓘ
commanderSide	Horatio Herbert Kitchener ⓘ surface form: Herbert Kitchener – Anglo-Egyptian forces Mahmud Ahmad – Mahdist forces ⓘ
conflictOf	Mahdist War ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
countryAtTime	Anglo-Egyptian Sudan ⓘ
date	1898-04-08 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Omdurman ⓘ
forceType	artillery ⓘ cavalry ⓘ infantry ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late 19th century ⓘ
location	Atbara River ⓘ Sudan ⓘ
notableFor	capture of Mahdist commander Mahmud Ahmad ⓘ use of Anglo-Egyptian combined force ⓘ
objective	to destroy Mahmud Ahmad’s entrenched Mahdist army ⓘ
opponent	forces loyal to the Mahdi’s successor, the Khalifa Abdallahi ⓘ
opposingCommander	Mahmud Ahmad ⓘ
partOf	Anglo-Egyptian reconquest of Sudan ⓘ British imperial expansion in Africa ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Abu Hamed ⓘ
relatedEvent	Battle of Omdurman ⓘ Siege of Khartoum ⓘ
result	Anglo-Egyptian victory ⓘ
river	Atbara River ⓘ
strategicSignificance	decisive defeat of Mahdist field army under Mahmud Ahmad ⓘ paved the way for the Battle of Omdurman ⓘ
tactic	assault on fortified zariba ⓘ frontal attack after artillery bombardment ⓘ
theatre	Mahdist War ⓘ surface form: Sudan theatre of Mahdist War
year	1898 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mahdist Sudan → majorBattle → Battle of Atbara ⓘ

Anglo-Egyptian reconquest of Sudan → significantBattle → Battle of Atbara ⓘ