A battle called Kufit between Ethiopian forces and Mahdist Sudanese forces.
Mahdist uprising (1881–1885)
British-Egyptian expeditions (1885–1889)
Ethiopian campaigns (1885–1889)
Italian campaigns (1890–1894)
British-Egyptian reconquest (1896–1899)
The Battle of Kufit was a military engagement fought on 22–23 September 1885, between the Mahdist Sudanese and Ethiopian forces. This fighting resulted in a crushing defeat for the Mahdists and a victory for the Ethiopians led by Ras Alula .[ 4] [ 6] [ 7]
References
^ Uhlig, Siegbert (2008). Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: Volume 3: He-N . p. 446.
^ J. Stapleton, Timothy (7 November 2016). Encyclopedia of African Colonial Conflicts . p. 19. ISBN 9781598848373 . Ras Alula led a 10,00-strong Ethiopian army that defeated a Mahdist force of about the same size, led by Osman Digna
^ Uhlig, Siegbert (2008). Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: Volume 3: He-N . p. 446.
^ a b c Elrich, Haggai (1996). Ras Alula And The Scramble For Africa . Red Sea Press. pp. 68–70. ISBN 9781569020296 .
^ Uhlig, Siegbert (2008). Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: Volume 3: He-N . p. 446.
^ David H. Shinn, Thomas P. Ofcansky (March 29, 2004). Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia (Historical Dictionaries of Africa) . Scarecrow Press. p. 69. ISBN 978-0810849105 .
^ Reginald Wingate, Sir Francis (1891). Mahdiism and the Egyptian Sudan: Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Mahdiism and of Subsequent Events in Sudan to the Present Time . Macmillan and Company . p. 251.