Battle of Kassala

Battle of Kassala
Part of the Mahdist War

General Oreste Baratieri
Date17 July 1894
Location
Result Colonial Italian victory[1]
Territorial
changes
The Italian forces seize Kassala[2]
Belligerents

Kingdom of Italy Kingdom of Italy

Kingdom of Italy Colony of Eritrea
Mahdist Sudan
Commanders and leaders
Oreste Baratieri
Captain Francesco Carchidio Malvolti  
[3][4][5][6]
Mussaed Gaidum[7]
(Emir of Kassala)
Strength
Italian troops:[3]
56 Italian officers
41 Italian NCOs
2,526 native soldiers
Mahdi troops:[3]
2,500 Mahdist infantry
600 Baqqara cavalry
Casualties and losses
28 killed[3][8]
41 wounded[3][9]
1,400 dead & wounded[3]
hundreds were killed and drowned[9][10]

The Battle of Kassala was fought on July 17, 1894, between an Italian colonial troop and Mahdist Sudanese forces.[11]

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