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The Battle of Omdurman refought using Dominion of the Spear and Bayonet

This video is a blow-by-blow description of a refight of the Battle of Omdurman that was fought using of Steve Parker's Dominion of the Spear and Bayonet Colonial wargame rules. The rules are simple, easy to use, and can be used to fight a battle in a matter of minutes. Following the fall of Khartoum in 1885, the British and Egyptians withdrew from the Sudan. Under British leadership, the Egyptian Army was reformed, better trained, and expanded, and by 1896 the Khedival forces – led by General Herbert Kitchener, the Sirdar (or Commander) of the Egyptian Army – were ready to return to the Sudan and destroy the Mahdists. The offensive was a relatively slow but very deliberate one, with each stage planned to prepare for the next. On 21st September 1896, Dongola was captured, and Abu Hamed followed on 7th August 1897. At the Battle of the Atbara River on 7th April 1898, Mahdist forces – led by Osman Digna and Khalifa Abdullah – were decisively beaten and the line of march along the River Nile to Khartoum was open. On 1st September 1898, the Anglo-Egyptian army – with the support of a powerful flotilla of gunboats – arrived at Karary, some seven miles from Omdurman – the capital of the Mahdist state – where the Mahdist army was encamped. The stage was now set for the climactic battle of the campaign, the Battle of Omdurman!