The Sirdar, accompanying Maxwell, looked back from his position on the lower slopes of the Jebel Surgham and saw that, instead of following on in column behind Lewiss brigade, Macdonald was deploying his brigade into line, and bringing his batteries into action. River Nile gunboat in action: Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898 in the Sudanese War. At about the same time, the Sirdars gunboats moved upstream towards Omdurman and engaged the Dervish batteries, positioned in forts on each bank of the River Nile. The sole British cavalry regiment, the 21st Lancers, was armed with lance, sword and carbine. Although Abd Allh remained at large with a considerable army, Kitchener was in no position to offer pursuit, as he was almost immediately embroiled in a territorial dispute with France over an abandoned Egyptian fort at Fashoda (now Kodok, South Sudan), nearly 400 miles (640 km) south of Khartoum. Steamer Firket: Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898 in the Sudanese War, Trooper of the 21st Lancers: Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898 in the Sudanese War, The Memorial window in Medmenham Church to Lieutenant Colonel Pirie DSO, adjutant of the 21st Lancers at the Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898 in the Sudanese War, War on the River Nile by Michael Barthorp, Kitchener the Road to Omdurman by John Pollock, A History of the British Cavalry Volume 3 by the Marquess of Anglesey (contains a detailed account of the charge by the 21st Lancers, taken from several sources, including two letters written by Churchill), Two guns captured from the Dervishes at the Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898 in the Sudanese War and now outside the Royal Green Jackets Museum, Peninsular Barracks, Winchester. Kitchener's force lost 48 men with 382 wounded. The Triumph of the Sun (2005) by Wilbur Smith concentrates mainly on the siege of Khartoum and the fate of the defeated, but carries the story through to Kitchener's campaign. Lewis was ordered to bring his brigade into line on Maxwells right. The line of Dervishes in the khor was shorter than the line of charging British cavalry and about twelve deep. In their path was a party of around 100 Dervishes. In 1821 the Sudan was made a dependency of Egypt, which was itself a province of the Ottoman Empire. In February 1898 a Mahdist army of more than 12,000 men, under the command of Emir Mahmud Ahmad, moved north along the right bank of the Nile before striking across the desert and advancing up the Atbara River. At the Battle of the Atbara River on 7 April 1898 he defeated Mahdist forces led by Osman Dinga and Khalifa Abdullah opening a line of march up the Nile. After fifteen vexatious years spent in trying to get here, an Anglo-Egyptian army has recovered Khartoum and occupied Omdurman. Kitchener was inundated with requests to serve on his staff. The Sirdar gesturing during the Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898 in the Sudanese War. One eyewitness described the appalling scene:.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 40px}.mw-parser-output .templatequote .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;padding-left:1.6em;margin-top:0}. Lieut. Size of the armies at the Battle of Omdurman: The 21st Lancers originated from an East India Company cavalry regiment, taken into Crown service after the Indian Mutiny in 1857. Kitchener was seeking revenge for the death of General Gordon in 1884. Churchill says that Martin could see what was behind this skirmishing line. Government security forces responded with lethal violence, shooting live ammunition at unarmed protesters, beating and arresting hundreds and killing scores of people between December and April.. Camel Corps on the Kerreri Hills at the Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898 in the Sudanese War. Battle of Mehran (1986) In response to the loss of the strategic al-Faw Peninsula during the Iran-Iraq War, the Iraqis pushed into Iran to seize the strategic Iranian city of Mehran to trade for the strategically important territory. [26], It was not long before a fictional account of the British military expedition appeared in G.A. Churchills description places the khor beyond the line of skirmishers, who he says were swept by the charge into the khor. However, there it was, where the 21st had seen it settle down for the night on the previous afternoon. As the range shortened, infantry small arms fire all along the British and Egyptian line joined the artillery and Maxim barrage, inflicting heavy casualties on the advancing Dervishes. The 52 quick firing guns of the British artillery opened fire at around 2,750 metres (1.71mi),[6] inflicting severe casualties on the Mahdist forces before they even came within range of the Maxim guns and volley fire. Battle Honour and Campaign Medal for the Battle of Omdurman: There was official dispute as to whether the battle was to be called Omdurman or Khartoum. The 1898 campaign season in the Sudan began with the dispatch of a British brigade from Cairo to the fighting front and a concentration of Anglo-Egyptian forces south of Ab amad. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. The presence of Winston Churchill in the 21st Lancers would cause the charge to become part of the iconography of his life and to be graphically recorded in his books. . A score of horsemen and a dozen bright flags rose as if by magic from the earth. First Dervish attack at the Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898 in the Sudanese War: picture by Frank Dadd. The 21st Lancers lost 1 officer killed, Lieutenant Robert Grenfell attached from the 12th Lancers and 4 wounded, 20 men killed and 46 wounded. The Khalifas strategy for the battle now became clear. As his cavalry withdrew north, squadrons, in turn, halted and gave dismounted fire at the pursuing Dervishes. The cavalry on the Jebel Surgham and its surrounding ridges could see the full Dervish line, but it was not yet in sight of the infantry in the zeriba. El Obeid (now Al-Ubayyi), the provincial capital of Kordofan, and Bra, a chief town of that province, fell after being besieged by the Mahds army. For his . In the gory battle of Omdurman (or, more accurately, the battle of Karari), the Sudanese fought fiercely, deploying their handful of artillery pieces and machine guns. Colonel Broadwood: Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898 in the Sudanese War. 31st August 1898: Pertempuran Omdurman. The Mahds immediate enemy was the Egyptian government, which in his view had lapsed into unbelief. This army was supported by a detachment of Royal Engineers and a fleet of 10 gunboats and 5 transport steamers. Steamers firing in support of the Sirdars army at 6.30am on 2nd September 1897: picture by HCS Eppings-Wright. Once past the Kerreri Hills, the 21st Lancers could see Omdurman in the distance, on the west bank of the River Nile and the ruins of the city of Khartoum in the angle of the confluence of the two great rivers, the Blue Nile and the White Nile. Although this attack was just too late to co-incide with the main Dervish attack from behind the Jebel Surgham, the wisdom of putting a commander ofMacdonalds calibre in the rear was confirmed. The Charge of the 21st Lancers at the Battle of Omdurman: A flanking move from the Ansar right was also checked, and there were bloody clashes on the opposite flank that scattered the Mahdist forces there. The Khalifa, Abdullah Al-Taishi, commanded the Mahdist Dervish forces. Charge of the 21st Lancers at the Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898 in the Sudanese War: picture by William Barnes Wollen. A few guns accompanied the Dervish centre and were the first weapons to open fire on the Sirdars force, throwing up clouds of sand short of the line of troops. It was titled With Kitchener in the Soudan (1903) and included a description of the battle in chapter 14. With the report of the advance of the 21st Lancers, the Khalifa ordered four groups, each of 500 tribesmen from the Black Flag force, commanded by the Emir Ibrahim, to re-enforce the Hadendoa contingent. Henty's series of adventure stories for boys. Winston Churchill: Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898 in the Sudanese War. The battle took place at Kerreri, 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) north of Omdurman. There was no prospect of simple military prudence causing Martin to reject such an opportunity. An Egyptian cavalry unit, Kitcheners camel corps, and his horse artillery were forced into a hasty retreat when they were almost overwhelmed by Mahdist infantry. 1. a battle (1898) in which an English and Egyptian army under Kitchener defeated the Sudanese Kitchener commanded a force of 8,000 British regulars and a mixed force of 17,000 Sudanese and Egyptian soldiers. The retaliation was immediate; a barrage from four of the Sirdars batteries at a range of 3,000 yards (less than 2 miles). The Dervish army came on at a fast walk; the left, led by the bright green flag of Ali-Wad-Hedu, heading for the Jebel Kerreri; the centre, marching into the wide plain and the right, swarming up the ridge around the eastern end of the Jebel Surgham, led by the red flag of Sherif and carrying hundreds of apparently blank white flags, each of which was in fact embroidered with texts from the Koran. There appeared to be around 55,000 men, moving in five great divisions. The commander of the force, Sir Herbert Kitchener, was also seeking revenge for the death of General Gordon, killed when a Mahdist army had captured Khartoum thirteen years earlier. The Sirdars army set off from the Wad Hamed camp on 28th August 1895, initially marching into the desert to circumvent the Shabluka Hills, before returning to the River Nile bank, and marching on to the Kerreri Hills. 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment They appeared to be in no way intimidated by the charging cavalrymen. 1st September 1898: There, on August 24, a combined Anglo-Egyptian force of 26,000 men was assembled. Kitchener commanded a force of . It was at this point that the Dervish force of Ali-Wad-Helu emerged from the Kerreri Hills to attack Macdonalds brigade in the rear. The Dervishes came up so fast on the Horse Artillery that two guns had to be left behind, when horses were shot and gun teams became intertwined. A British cavalry regiment joined the force from Cairo, the 21st Lancers. Maxwells brigade marched behind the British battalions, while moving more to the right, towards the Jebel Surgham. Hood commanded the Third Battle Cruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland on 31, Lieutenant Colonel Horace Smith-Dorien, later Lieutenant General in the Great War commanding, Lieutenant Colonel Townshend of the Indian Staff Corps served in the Sirdars army. In particular, the charge of the 21st Lancers held special appeal and several artists portrayed the scene including Stanley Berkeley, Robert Alexander Hillingford, Richard Caton Woodville, William Barnes Wollen, Gilbert S. Wright, Edward Mathew Hale, Capt. In 1880 Muammad Amad traveled throughout the countryside, where he learned of the discontent that gripped a wide range of the Sudanese people. The final episode in this part of the battle was a charge by a force of 400 Dervish horsemen, who rode at Macdonalds line. One eye-witness described the appalling scene: They could never get near and they refused to hold back . It was an expanding bullet, and the units that used it considered them to be highly effective.[13]. The charge was to be detonated by a pistol built into the boiler, fired remotely with a string. The battle took place at Kerreri, 11km north of Omdurman in the Sudan. The plain was covered with patches of scrubby grass and an occasional bush. Details of . Artillery on the march in the Sudan: Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898 in the Sudanese War. One significant outcome of the Fashoda incident was improved relations between the French and the British, and, ultimately, the conclusion of the Entente Cordiale in 1904. Kitchener's losses were a mere 47 dead and 340 wounded. [2] . But that conquering sweep lost momentum with his death. They fired their rifles in the air and gave a great shout. Captain Kenna and Corporal Swarbrick then rescued de Montmorency. 12th, 13th, and 14th Sudanese Battalions (XII, XIII and XIV) Our road lay by the khor whereat the victorious army had watered in the afternoon of the 2nd, and thence across the sandy, rock-strewn plain to the southern slopes of Surgham . They were pursued by parties of Dervish horsemen, kept at a distance by dismounted rifle fire. In the central plain, the division led by the white flags came down from the Jebel Surgham ridge and joined the main body advancing on the zeriba, making an attacking Dervish force of around 20,000 warriors. Feeling that time was on his side, Kitchener paused his offensive and dispatched a gunboat flotilla up the Nile to seize the Mahdist stronghold at Shendi. In a few hours and at a loss of less than 400 officers and men killed and wounded, the Anglo-Egyptian army defeated the 50,000 brave tribesmen who charged . Although cholera wracked the Anglo-Egyptian army, Kitchener steadily expanded his sphere of control. By 1884 the Mahdist army was closing on Khartoum, the seat of the Egyptian government in Sudan. Nevertheless, as part of the oral tradition there survived a lamentation by Wad Sad, who was an eye-witness of the defeat. The Sirdar left Britain and returned to his post in Egypt, where the authorities were less squeamish. The 21st Lancers were given this task. There are two explanations as to how the 21st came to charge such a large force. To overawe potential resistance in the Nile valley, he compelled Baqqrah warriors from the west to move to Omdurman. Entrance was gained by the gate on the eastern side and the several holes blown in the walls by the riverboat and howitzer bombardment. Inside the zeriba: Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898 in the Sudanese War. Winston Churchill, who was attached to the 21st Lancers as a junior officer and war correspondent, described the scene: A deep crease in the grounda dry watercourse, a khorappeared where all had seemed smooth, level plain; and from it there sprang, with the suddenness of a pantomime effect and a high-pitched yell, a dense white mass of men nearly as long as our front and about twelve deep. This battle is such a momentous event in the history of imperialism, weaponry and . It is now known that the Khalifa had succeeded in concentrating at Omdurman an army of more than 60,000 men. Determined that his regiment take part in the campaign, the Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Martin, reorganised his three-squadron regiment into four squadrons. The Dervish attack against the Sudanese and Egyptian battalions managed to get within 300 yards of the line, before being halted. After his death in 1885, following the successful siege of Khartoum, his successor Abdullah retained it as his capital. The Sirdar replied to the 21st, Advance and clear the left flank and use every effort to prevent the enemy re-entering Omdurman. The officers who had come to the Sudan from Britain, to take up staff posts and attachments to the 21st Lancers and the other regiments, returned to Britain. Khartoum fell, and Gordon was killed along with the citys 7,000 remaining defenders. Around 10,000 Mahdists were killed, 13,000 wounded and 5,000 taken prisoner. The battle was the first time that the Mark IV hollow point bullet, made in the arsenal in Dum Dum, was used in a major battle. 4 Field batteries The number of Dervishes attacking the Kerreri Hills and the speed of their advance, made it necessary for the mounted Egyptian troops to retreat with some urgency. In this way Broadwood lured Ali-Wad-Helus force three miles away to the north, while the main Dervish attack went in, thereby performing a valuable service to the Sirdar. David Beatty, in World War One to command the Battle Cruiser Fleet at the Battles of Heligoland Bight, Dogger Bank and Jutland and finally the Grand Fleet, before becoming the First Sea Lord, was second-in-command of the River Nile steamers. From there, the signals officer, from an accompanying party of Royal Engineers, heliographed to the Sirdar that the ridge was unoccupied and that a column of several thousand Dervishes could be seen making their way along the road towards Omdurman. Kitchener commanded a force of 8,000 British regulars and a mixed force of 17,000. . If unsuccessful, the Khalifa could withdraw to Omdurman, with his most reliable and important force intact, to fight again or carry out some other stratagem. Updates? Substantial casualties were inflicted on the Dervishes, several Emirs being killed and the Dervish formations attacking Macdonalds brigade and the Jebel Surgham began to break up. Over the next few months, the surviving Egyptian garrisons in the Sudan were evacuated or forced to surrender. Winner of the Battle of Omdurman:The British and Egyptian troops decisively defeated the troops of the Khalifa. The dervish killed certainly numbered over 15,000, and their wounded probably as many more. In February 1891 another Anglo-Egyptian force recaptured Tokar on the Red Sea coast, forcing Osman Digna, the local Mahdist leader, to flee into the mountains. In 1883 Muhammad Ahmad ibn as-Sayyid Abd Allah who called himself the Mahdi appeared in Sudan followed by thousands of Islamic warriors known as Dervishes or Ansar. 4 Maxims In July 1884 Gladstone finally dispatched a relief column under Gen. Garnet Wolseley, but it would arrive too late. Commanders at the Battle of Omdurman:The Egyptian Sirdar, Major General Herbert Kitchener, commanded the British and Egyptian troops. The Sudan Times reported May 11 it had been assured by a JEM spokesman via telephone that the organization's leader Khalil Ibrahim had escaped and is "now with his people in Darfur carrying out his responsibilities of leading the movement." Al . Kitchener captured Dongola on 21 September 1896, and Abu Hamed on 7 August 1897. At the outbreak of the Great War, Kitchener was Chief of the Imperial General Staff. Charge of the 21st Lancers at the Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898 in the Sudanese War: picture by Richard Caton Woodville. Numbers of them were brought in to the town from the battlefield and received medical attendance from the Egyptian Army doctors. He knew that in all the recent defeats they had stood on the defensive. For his services during that battle he was restored to the army active list. The 21st Lancers continued in their position, on and around the Jebel Surgham to the south. 3rd, 4th, 7th, and 15th Egyptian Battalions Two 40-pdrs., Royal Artillery The village of Omdurman was chosen in 1884 as the base of operations by the Mahdi, Muhammad Ahmad. Decorations were given for service in the campaign fairly freely. 1st, 5th, 17th, and 18th Egyptian Battalions. The stage was set for the last cavalry charge in British military history. But it was dealt with, when Hunter took control and brought up some reserve companies. The march on Omdurman was resumed at about 11:30. The 21st Lancers advanced up the river bank, while the Egyptian cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel Broadwood, followed a wide curving route into the desert, around the western end of the Kerreri Hills. Sir Henry Rawlinson, in World War 1, General Lord Rawlinson and an army commander, of the Coldstream Guards, acted as an additional staff officer to the Sirdar at Omdurman, having come to Egypt for the health of his wife and being asked to act by Lord Cromer, to reduce the administrative burden on the Sirdar. The 21st Lancers at the Battle of Omdurman: Immediately in front of the advancing horsemen lay a wide rolling sandy plain, bounded on three sides by a line of rocky hills and ridges, and on the fourth side by the River Nile. Grenfell, on his return, reported that there was a force of around 1,000 Dervishes drawn up in a shallow khor or hollow, about quarter of a mile away, towards the Omdurman road to the south of the Jebel Surgham. There were no combatant troops between the hospital and the advancing Dervishes and the operation to embark the wounded onto the river barges was taking longer than expected, in part because the hospital barges had been moved to the far side of the river and ammunition barges had to be used in their place. Martin ordered a wheel into line to the right and the regiment immediately broke into a charge at the gallop. The British spent the year following the Battle of Omdurman consolidating their hold on the Sudan and crushing what remained of the Mahdist movement. Omdurman To preserve their political power and economic privileges, the white elite of South Africa eventually enforced a policy of racial _____, or "separateness." At the beginning of the 1890s, with the Dervishes under the Mahdi in revolt against Egyptian/Turkish rule of the Sudan, the Dervish Sudanese defeated the Egyptian armies and eliminated the Egyptian garrisons across the Sudan. The Charge of the 21st Lancers at Omdurman by Richard C. Woodville Lieutenant de Montmorency returned to find his missing troop sergeant and was unhorsed while trying to retrieve the body. Six junior officers from other regiments served attachments with the 21st Lancers in the Omdurman campaign. Following the establishment of the Mahdist Islamic State in Sudan, and the subsequent threat to the regional status quo and to British-occupied Egypt, the British government decided to send an expeditionary force with the task of . Kitchener commanded in South Africa in the later stages of the Boer War, under Field Marshal Roberts. Grenadier Guards between the two attacks in the Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898 in the Sudanese War. Sudanese troops at the Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898 in the Sudanese War. Abd Allh believed that he could best harness the loyalty of the disparate groups that had supported the Mahd by maintaining the expansionist momentum that had characterized the Mahdiyyah movement thus far. The Battle of Omdurman broke the power of the Mahdists. Second Phase of the Battle Sirdar Orders the General Advance Kitchener's Blunder Black Flag Attack Khalifa Abdullahi Leaves the Battlefield Green Flag Attack Charge of the Baggara Horsemen Third Phase of the Battle 'Cease Fire' Sirdar Enters Omdurman The Butcher's Bill Treatment of the Dervish Wounded After the Battle [4], In 1896 to protect British interests, in particular the Suez Canal, and to suppress the slave trade, the British government decided to reconquer Sudan. Kitchener continued his advance along the right bank of the Nile in 1897; in July a British column stormed Ab amad, and Berber was occupied in September. The Mahdist total losses at Omdurman were about 10,000 killed, 10,000 wounded, and 5,000 taken prisoner. 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers The Khalifas army probably comprised around 50,000 men, with an unknown number of guns. Body of the Khalifa: Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898 in the Sudanese War. 1 review. However, the cavalry were on the move before that. He was awarded the DSO and promoted commander for his services in the Sudan. The commander of the Anglo-Egyptian mounted troops Lieutenant Colonel R.G. The Khalifas Black Flag captured in the Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898 in the Sudanese War, Queens Sudan Medal 1896-1898 and the Khedives Sudan Medal 1896-1908, with the clasp on the Khedives medal of Khartoum. The Battle of Omdurman has also lent its name to many streets in British and Commonwealth cities, for example 'Omdurman Road' in Southampton and 'Omdurman Street' in Freshwater, Sydney, Australia. The Dervishes fired their rifles in reply and hurried on down the reverse face of the ridge, towards the British battalions on the left of the Sirdars line. To protect the rear, a brigade of 3,000 mainly Sudanese, commanded by Hector MacDonald, was reinforced with Maxims and artillery and followed the main force at around 1,350 metres (0.84mi). In what has been described as the last operational cavalry charge by British troops, and the largest since the Crimean War,[8] the 400-strong regiment attacked what they thought were only a few hundred dervishes, but in fact there were 2,500 infantry hidden behind them in a depression. The Mahdist infantry attacked in two prongs. The two Highland regiments wore the kilt. Fierce fighting developed on the Anglo-Egyptian right when a large Mahdist force discovered Kitcheners reserves, which had been positioned outside the zeriba. By November 1897 the railway line connecting Wd alf and Ab amad had been completed, and, in the closing days of the year, Anglo-Egyptian troops officially relieved the Italian garrison at Kassala. Kitchener was seeking revenge for the 1885 death of General Gordon. At the Battle of Omdurman (September 2, 1898) an army commanded by the British General Sir Horatio Kitchener defeated the army of the Khalifa, the Dervishes. 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards Kitchener was drowned, when HMS Hampshire struck a mine in 1917, taking him to Russia. The next battle of the War in Egypt and the Sudan is the Battle of Omdurman To the War in Egypt and the Sudan index Sirdar, Major General Sir Herbert Kitchener: Battle of Atbara on 8th April 1898 in the Sudanese War: print by Richard Caton Woodville War: Conquest of the Sudan Date of the Battle of Atbara: 8 th April 1898 The 21st moved out from the southern end of the zeriba, preceded by several patrols and advanced to the crest of the ridge. The steamboats remained moored at either end of the line, as they had been overnight, to provide supporting fire to the flank battalions. Charge of the 21st Lancers at the Battle of Omdurman on 2nd September 1898: picture by Harry Payne, The previous battle of the War in Egypt and the Sudan is the Battle of Atbara, The next battle in the British Battles sequence is the Battle of Laings Nek,
The re-enforcement of the group in the khor took place after Grenfell made his observation and before the main body of the 21st Lancers under Martin came up to make its attack; so that, in the interval between Grenfells observation and the charge, the number of Dervishes in the khor rose from around 700 to around 2,700. In the centre rode a column of the Camel Corps and the Horse Artillery. Each battalion had a Maxim gun detachment. [c] Kitchener commanded a force of 8,000 British regulars and a mixed force of 17,000 Sudanese and Egyptian troops. From the Royal Family, Queen Victorias grandson, Prince Christian Victor and Prince Francis of Teck, the brother of the Duchess of York, later Queen Mary, joined Kitcheners staff. The Emir was showered with honours by the grateful Khalifa. Kitchener was ennobled as a baron, Kitchener of Khartoum, for his victory. In the wake of this conquest, it would be governed by the same multiracial Turkish-speaking ruling class that governed Egypt. On 13 September 1882, the British established their control over Egypt following the Battle of Tel el Kebir. British occupation authorities in Cairo had long feared a possible Mahdist campaign against Egypt, but, when it finally came, it amounted to little. The Sirdars cavalry watched the Dervish line until dusk and then returned to the encampment. Churchill states that the departure of the 21st from the Sirdars zeriba, at the end of the first Dervish attack and its progress towards the Jebel Surgham ridge, were reported to the Khalifa. The 350 men of the 21st Lancers attacked what they believed to be a body of about 700 Dervishes. It is clear that Lieutenant Colonel Martin, the commanding officer of the 21st Lancers, took this as a mandate to deliver an attack at any worthwhile target. Having neutralized the last sizable Mahdist army between himself and Omdurman, Kitchener now began making preparations for a final assault on Abd Allhs capital. 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The re-enforcement of the group in the khor took place after Grenfell made his observation and before the main body of the 21st Lancers under Martin came up to make its attack; so that, in the interval between Grenfells observation and the charge, the number of Dervishes in the khor rose from around 700 to around 2,700. In the centre rode a column of the Camel Corps and the Horse Artillery. Each battalion had a Maxim gun detachment. [c] Kitchener commanded a force of 8,000 British regulars and a mixed force of 17,000 Sudanese and Egyptian troops. From the Royal Family, Queen Victorias grandson, Prince Christian Victor and Prince Francis of Teck, the brother of the Duchess of York, later Queen Mary, joined Kitcheners staff. The Emir was showered with honours by the grateful Khalifa. Kitchener was ennobled as a baron, Kitchener of Khartoum, for his victory. In the wake of this conquest, it would be governed by the same multiracial Turkish-speaking ruling class that governed Egypt. On 13 September 1882, the British established their control over Egypt following the Battle of Tel el Kebir. British occupation authorities in Cairo had long feared a possible Mahdist campaign against Egypt, but, when it finally came, it amounted to little. The Sirdars cavalry watched the Dervish line until dusk and then returned to the encampment. Churchill states that the departure of the 21st from the Sirdars zeriba, at the end of the first Dervish attack and its progress towards the Jebel Surgham ridge, were reported to the Khalifa. The 350 men of the 21st Lancers attacked what they believed to be a body of about 700 Dervishes. It is clear that Lieutenant Colonel Martin, the commanding officer of the 21st Lancers, took this as a mandate to deliver an attack at any worthwhile target. Having neutralized the last sizable Mahdist army between himself and Omdurman, Kitchener now began making preparations for a final assault on Abd Allhs capital. 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