El Teb
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El Teb, a halting-place in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan near the coast of the Red Sea, 9 m. southwest of the port of on the road to Tokar. At El Teb, on 4 February 1884, a heterogeneous force under General Valentine Baker, marching to the relief of the Egyptian garrison of Tokar, was completely routed by the Mahdists.[1]
See also[]
- Battles of El Teb
References[]
- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "El Teb". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 300.
Coordinates: 18°36′40″N 37°41′07″E / 18.61111°N 37.68528°E
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