Egyptian forces under the command of British officers Hicks Pasha and Baker Pasha were defeated by the Mahdi — the
religious nationalist leader of the Sudan.

The Mahdi now threatened to expel all foreign control over the Sudan and
was poised to attack the Imperialist administrative centre of Khartoum.

After a public outcry, Queen Victoria and her
Prime Minister Gladstone reluctantly approved direct involvement in the Sudan in 1885. General Gerald Graham
arrived at Suakim on the Red Sea with a substantial force to defeat the local Dervish commander, Mahsud Musa, and
then to press on to relieve Khartoum and save “Chinese Gordon”, the British General appointed to oversee first the
evacuation of Khartoum and then its defence.

Scouts revealed that Dervish forces were camped near the village of
Tamai, 16 miles from Suakim. Graham marched out to do battle and destroy this Dervish base of operations.

Rules: Battles for Empire II, scenario taken by Scenario Booklet by the same author Chris Leach.

Miniatures: in 15mm scale from the collections of Francesco and Stefano

The Battle