Tamai, Battle of

The Battle of Tamai (or Tamanieh) takes place on March 13, 1884 between a British force under Sir Gerald Graham and a Mahdist Sudanese army led by Osman Digna.Despite his earlier victory at El Teb, Graham realizes that Osman Digna's force is far from broken and that he still enjoys support among the local population.

Accordingly, a second expedition departs from Suakin on March 10 in order to defeat the Mahdists definitively.The force is composed of the same units that had fought at El Teb: 4,500 men, with 22 guns and 6 machine guns.

The Mahdists have roughly 10,000 men, most of them belonging to Osman Digna's Hadendoa tribe (known to British soldiers as "Fuzzy Wuzzies" for their unique hair).

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