The Fashoda Incident, also known as the Fashoda Crisis (French: Crise de Fachoda), was the climax of imperialist territorial disputes between Britain and France in East Africa, occurring …

Fashoda Incident, (September 18, 1898), the climax, at Fashoda, Egyptian Sudan (now Kodok, South Sudan), of a series of territorial disputes in Africa between Great Britain and France. …

The Fashoda Incident, occurring in 1898, was a pivotal confrontation between Great Britain and France in northeastern Africa, specifically over a strategic location known as Fashoda.

Fashoda crisis, 1898. In 1893 France, irritated by Britain 's continued hold over Egypt, decided to go for Fashoda, on the White Nile to the south. An expedition was sent from the west under …

Jun 30, 2017 · British forces under Lord Kitchener pushed into the region to defeat the Mahdist uprising that threatened Egypt and won a crushing victory at the Battle of Omdurman on Sept. …

The Fashoda Incident was a standoff in 1898 between French and British forces in the Sudanese settlement of Fashoda, representing a significant moment in the scramble for Africa.

On September 2, 1898, British General Kitchener opened the Sudan by defeating the Mahdists at the battle of Omderman. Having learned of the occupation of Fashoda from a captured band of …

After crossing over 2,000 mi (3,200 km) of almost unexplored wilderness, Marchand reached (July 10, 1898) the village of Fashoda (now Kodok) on the Nile in the S Sudan (now in NE South …

May 1, 2017 · Falling at the height of the Dreyfus affair, in which a Jewish Army officer, Captain Alfred Dreyfus, endured a protracted retrial after being wrongly convicted of spying for …

May 14, 2018 · Crisis in which both France and Britain, vying for territory in Africa, claimed control over a Sudanese outpost. At the end of the nineteenth century, the European powers were …