With weapons like this, the British mowed down 9,700 Dervishes killed and up to 16,000 wounded while suffering only 48 losses
Brian McMorrow photographs a Nordenfelt gun, captured by the Mahdi at the Battle of Shaykan from forces under Hicks Pasha. Khalifa House Museum, Omdurman, 2009.
With weapons like this, the British mowed down 9,700 Dervishes killed and up to 16,000 wounded while suffering only 48 losses
Brian McMorrow photographs a Nordenfelt gun, captured by the Mahdi at the Battle of Shaykan from forces under Hicks Pasha. Khalifa House Museum, Omdurman, 2009.