The Battle of Omdurman, also known as the Battle of Karary, was fought during the Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan between a British–Egyptian expeditionary force commanded by British Commander-in-Chie
Charge of the 21st Lancers at Omdurman, 2 September 1898 Edward Matthew Hale, 1899
The second of four lithographs of the battle by A. Sutherland, showing the situation at 6.30 a.m. National Army Museum
"The Charge of the 21st Lancers at Omdurman", by Richard C. Woodville
Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener was a British Army officer and colonial administrator. Kitchener came to prominence for his imperial campaigns, his involvement in the Secon
Battle of Omdurman
…the Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan between a British–Egyptian expeditionary force commanded by British Commander-in-Chief (sirdar) major general Horatio Herbert Kitchener and a Sudanese army of the Mahdist State, led by Abdallahi ibn Muhammad (the Khalifa), the successor to the self-proclaimed Mahdi, Muhammad Ahmad. The…
Kitchener on his mother's lap, with his brother and sister
Kitchener, Commander of the Egyptian Army (centre right), 1898
Duffus Bros, platinum print/NPG P403. Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, 1901