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Events on Friday 2 September 1898 1
1898Battle of OmdurmanAnglo-Egyptian force crushes the Mahdist army in SudanOn 2 September 1898, General Herbert Kitchener's Anglo-Egyptian army defeated the Mahdist forces of Abdullah al-Taashi outside Omdurman, Sudan. Superior artillery and machine guns inflicted overwhelming casualties on the Mahdist ranks. The victory completed Britain's reconquest of Sudan and avenged the death of General Gordon in 1885.