Battle of Kirbekan

A British map of the battle

Date	10 February 1885
Location	Mahdist Sudan
Result	British Victory

Belligerents

United Kingdom

Sudan

Commanders and leaders

William Earle †

Strength

1,000

9,000

Casualties and losses

60 killed

2,000 killed

Battles of the Mahdist War

Aba El Obeid El Teb Tofrek Tamai Khartoum Abu Klea Kirbekan Emin Pasha Expedition Ginnis Suakin Guté Dili Dufile Gallabat Toski 1st Agordat Serobeti 2nd Agordat Kassala Ferkeh Redjaf Atbara Omdurman Umm Diwaykarat

The Battle of Kirbekan was a battle in the Mahdist War. It was fought February 10, 1885, when the British Nile Column, about 1,000 strong, under General Earle, stormed the heights of Kirbekan, which were held by a strong Mahdist force, and totally routed them, with heavy loss. The British lost 60, among whom was General Earle, killed.^[1] It was the first appearance of the Egyptian Army Camel Corps under Bimbashi Marriott in action.^[2] A brass plaque on the North wall of Lichfield Cathedral commemorates the death of Lieutenant colonel Philip Eyre of the First South Staffordshire Regiment in the battle.

References

↑ Thomas Benfield Harbottle, Dictionary of Battles, (New York, 1906)
↑ The Melik Society | Sudan Campaign Archived June 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.

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