'Storming of Firket', c1900. The Battle of Ferkeh (or Firket) occurred during the Mahdist War in which an army of the Mahdist Sudanese was surprised and routed by Egyptian forces, led by Sir Herbert Kitchener, in June 1896. From "Cassell's History of England, Vol. IX". [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne]

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