Battle of Ferkeh

Battle of Ferkeh
Part of the Mahdist War

Anglo-Egyptian troops storm the village of Ferkeh (illustration from a British book)
Date7 June 1896
Location
near Dongola, Northern Sudan
Result British–Egyptian victory
Belligerents
Mahdist State United Kingdom United Kingdom
Egypt Egypt
Commanders and leaders
Osman Azrak
Hammuda 
Sir Herbert Kitchener
Strength
3,000–4,000 men 9,000–9,500 men
Casualties and losses
44 emirs killed
4 emirs captured
800–1,500 soldiers killed
500 soldiers wounded
500–600 prisoners of war
20 soldiers killed
81–83 soldiers wounded

The Battle of Ferkeh (or Firket) occurred during the Mahdist War in which an army of Mahdists was surprised and routed by Egyptian forces, led by Sir Herbert Kitchener, on 7 June 1896. It was the first significant action of the reconquest of Sudan, which culminated in the September 1898 Battle of Omdurman.