Egyptian Brigade at OMDURMAN, September 2nd 1898 (1 Viewer)

[GICOP]

OMDURMAN 2nd September 1898


Brigadier-General Hector MacDonald’s Egyptian Brigade prepares for the attack by the Green Flag of Ali wad Ulla and Uthman al-Din

Cheers

Martyn

 

[jazzeum]

Nice. There is always strenght in numbers :wink2:

Cheers,

 

[GICOP]

Nice. There is always strenght in numbers :wink2:

Cheers,

Many thanks Brad

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OMDURMAN 2nd September 1898

The attack by the Green Flag of Ali wad Ulla and Uthman al-Din is beaten off, Gordon is avenged and the route to Omdurman is clear

All figures TROPHY OF WALES

Cheers

Martyn

 

[Terp152]

Nice collection Martyn and excellant photos! Great stuff. Chris

 

[GICOP]

Nice collection Martyn and excellant photos! Great stuff. Chris

Many thanks Chris :salute::

Cheers

Martyn

 

[Louis Badolato]

Nice depiction of Fighting Mac saving the day at Omdurman. ^&cool^&cool Kitchener, great on logistics but not much of a field commander, had declared victory and ordered the men into marching formation for a triumphant parade into the Khalifa Abdullah's capital. Several thousand Mahdists, hidden in a dry wahdi, chose this momment to attack. Hector MacDonald, a ranker promoted to officer for heroism, who had managed to rise from Private to General, ordered his men to deploy in a crescent shaped formation and engage the charging Mahdists. It was a close run thing - his men had an average of five bullets left in their pouches when the Mahdists finally broke - but Fighting Mac's cool leadership saved Kitchener from joining Valentine Baker Pasha and Sir Garnett Woseley as British officers who failed in the Sudan.

 

[GICOP]

Nice depiction of Fighting Mac saving the day at Omdurman. ^&cool^&cool Kitchener, great on logistics but not much of a field commander, had declared victory and ordered the men into marching formation for a triumphant parade into the Khalifa Abdullah's capital. Several thousand Mahdists, hidden in a dry wahdi, chose this momment to attack. Hector MacDonald, a ranker promoted to officer for heroism, who had managed to rise from Private to General, ordered his men to deploy in a crescent shaped formation and engage the charging Mahdists. It was a close run thing - his men had an average of five bullets left in their pouches when the Mahdists finally broke - but Fighting Mac's cool leadership saved Kitchener from joining Valentine Baker Pasha and Sir Garnett Woseley as British officers who failed in the Sudan.

Many thanks for that info Louis:salute::

Brigadier-General Hector MacDonald was also known as Fighting Mac, he committed suicide in 1903 following a scandal

Cheers

Martyn

 

[Andanna]

Great collection and great display. Did you set your figures up this way for the photo or do you display them like that permanently?

Thank you for posting these pictures.

 

[GICOP]

Great collection and great display. Did you set your figures up this way for the photo or do you display them like that permanently?

Thank you for posting these pictures.

Many thanks Andanna. :salute::

I set these up for the photo, the Dervish are on a semi permanent display I have of the attack on Gordons Palace, the Sudanese are back in their boxes for the time being

Cheers

Martyn

 

[breslau]

A very impressive collection and thanks for posting.

I never fail to associate the Battle of Omdurman with Corporal Jones from Dad's Army.

 

[GICOP]

A very impressive collection and thanks for posting.

I never fail to associate the Battle of Omdurman with Corporal Jones from Dad's Army.

Many thanks breslau :salute::

"They don't like it up 'em!" {eek3} ^&grin ^&grin

Cheers

Martyn