British popular support for Gordon eventually forces…

1876 CE to 1887 CE

British popular support for Gordon eventually forces Prime Minis­ter William Gladstone to deploy a relief force under Lord Gamet Joseph Wolseley's command.

A "flying column" sent from Wadi Halfa on the Egyptian frontier bogs down at Abu Tulayh (com­monly called Abu Klea), where the Hadendowa Beja break the British line.

An advance unit sent by river arrives at Khartoum on January 28, 1885, only to learn that two days earlier the Ansar had slaughtered the garrison, killed Gordon, and delivered his head to the Mahdi's tent.

Kassala and Sinnar fall soon after, and by late 1885 the Ansar have moved into the southern region.

In all Sudan, only Sawakin, reinforced by Indian army troops, and Wadi Halfa remain in Anglo-Egyptian hands.

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