 Battle of Suakin

The Battle of Suakin (also known as the Battle of Gemaizah), part of the Mahdist War, occurred on 20 December 1888 when General Francis Grenfell defeated a Mahdist, or Dervish, force near Suakin, a chief port of Sudan.The Mahdist force, under Osman Digna, had advanced on Suakin with an intention to invest it.