This event eventually led to the Entente Cordiale.
Three years before this event, a journalist using the pen name Harry Alis was killed after being accused of accepting Belgian bribes, preventing his plans from being released to the Prince of Arenberg. The run-up to this incident saw one party abrogate the Mackinnon Treaty, which would have surrendered territory as far north as the Lado Enclave. That led Edward Grey to issue a warning in a speech given on behalf of Archibald Primrose. Prior to this incident, Major J.A.L. Macdonald was initially chosen to conduct a secret operation after news about the steamer Faidherbe and its mission reached the government of Lord Salisbury. Subsequently, the former victor at the Battle of Omdurman was tabbed to lead a flotilla of gunboats that ran into a force under Jean-Baptiste Marchand. This event eventually led to the Entente Cordiale. For 10 points, name this diplomatic incident in 1898 that saw France and Britain race each other to claim a muddy fort in Africa.
Three years before this event, a journalist using the pen name Harry Alis was killed after being accused of accepting Belgian bribes, preventing his plans from being released to the Prince of Arenberg.
Fashoda Incident [or Fashoda Crisis of 1898]