Suakin

The Bluejackets of the Naval Brigade were the first British Troops to land at Suakin in February 1884.

Archive 2008-02-01 legatus hedlius 2008

The Royal Marines, along with a force of sailors, were the first British troops landed at Suakin.

Archive 2008-01-01 legatus hedlius 2008

The Bluejackets of the Naval Brigade were the first British Troops to land at Suakin in February 1884.

Royal Naval Brigade Completed legatus hedlius 2008

The Royal Marines, along with a force of sailors, were the first British troops landed at Suakin.

Royal Marines Light Infantry: Completed legatus hedlius 2008

Of the two, one was so far down the Gazelle River that he could not influence Omdurman politics; the other, Osman Digna, was too important an ally to disturb, as his tribesmen kept the British and Egyptians penned up at Suakin and Tokar.

Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

Apart from holding the source of the Blue Nile, the Abyssinian highlands overlooked the other export route of Sudanese slavery, the road from Berber, on the Nile south of Khartoum, to Suakin on the Red Sea.

Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

To render the Sudan independent from Egypt, British administrators constructed a new Red Sea outlet, Port Sudan; Suakin, its Egyptian neighbor, promptly decayed.

Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

As the Italians moved up the coast toward Suakin and inland toward the key town of Kassala, Sir Evelyn Baring rang the alarm.

Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

First, Wolseley dismissed the overland route from Suakin to Berber.

Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

Britain would hold on to Suakin, but the rest of the Sudan would be surrendered to the Mahdi.

Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007