The orders for one of the commanders were to occupy the Bahr-el-Ghazal as far as the confluence of the Bahr-el-Jebel, as well as the Shilluk country.
The orders for one of the commanders were to occupy the Bahr-el-Ghazal as far as the confluence of the Bahr-el-Jebel, as well as the Shilluk country. Major Jackson was left to command the district with a small force while his commander took an army to Sobat. Theophile Declasse ended the crisis that began when Captain Marchand refused to lower the French flag despite being cut off from an adequate supply route by General Kitchener. He was later ordered to evacuate from the upper Nile in exchange for territory in the Sahara. For 10 points, name this affair in the Sudan in 1898 that caused a temporary crisis between Britain and France.
The orders for one of the commanders were to occupy the Bahr-el-Ghazal as far as the confluence of the Bahr-el-Jebel, as well as the Shilluk country.
Fashoda (out of the kindness of your heart you could accept Kodok, the modern name for the town of Fashoda, even though it’s an anachronism and you’d have to be a complete douche to buzz in with “Kodok”)