The Nile Expedition to rescue General Gordon in Khartoum - Sudan Campaign 1885

The Nile Expedition (or Gordon Relief Expedition) was a key event in the British-Mahdist wars in Sudan. Join my Supporter’s Club In 1884-1885, General Sir Garnet Wolseley led a British Army up the Nile to rescue Charles Gordon who was besieged in Khartoum. This is the story of that expedition, which despite several victories over the Mahdi’s Sudanese army, eventually ended in failure. Other videos in this British-Mahdist war in Sudan: The Battle of El Teb 1884(plus background as to why British were in Sudan) The Battle of Tamai 1884 (the British square broken) The Battle of Abu Klea (“The Gatling’s jammed and the Colonel’s dead”) Gordon of Khartoum (A very Victorian hero) The Battle of Omdurman (Gordon is avenged and the British conquer Sudan)