First Battle of Agordat

Part of the Mahdist War

Date	27 June 1890
Location	Agordat, Italian Eritrea
Result	Italian victory

Belligerents

Kingdom of Italy

Mahdist Sudan

Strength

2 ascari companies^[1]

1,000^[1]

Casualties and losses

3 killed and 8 wounded ^[1]

~250 killed ^[1]

Battles of the Mahdist War

Aba El Obeid El Teb Tofrek Tamai Khartoum Abu Klea Kirbekan Emin Pasha Expedition Ginnis Suakin Guté Dili Dufile Gallabat Toski 1st Agordat Serobeti 2nd Agordat Kassala Ferkeh Redjaf Atbara Omdurman Umm Diwaykarat

The First Battle of Agordat, the first battle between Italy and Mahdist Sudan, took place on June 27, 1890. Violence began when a force of one-thousand Mahdists raided the Beni Amer, "a tribe under Italian protection."^[1] After that, the Sudanese continued on to the wells at Agordat, where they were met by two companies of Italian-led ascari. The battle that ensued was an Italian victory, with 250 Mahdists being killed. Italian losses were three dead and eight wounded. Author Sean McLachlan blames the Mahdists' "inferior weaponry and fire discipline" for their defeat at Agordat and the upcoming Battle of Serobeti (1892).^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 McLachlan, Sean (September 20, 2011). Armies of the Adowa Campaign 1896: The Italian Disaster in Ethiopia. Oxford: Osprey. p. 7. ISBN 978-1849084574.

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