 Battle of Ferkeh

The Battle of Ferkeh (or Firket) occurred during the Mahdist War in which an army of the Mahdist Sudanese was surprised and routed by British-led Egyptian forces, led by Sir Herbert Kitchener, on 7 June 1896.It was the first significant action of the reconquest of Sudan, which culminated in the September 1898 Battle of Omdurman.