Synopsis
Excerpt from Field-Marshal Lord Kitchener, Vol. 2: His Life and Work for the Empire
Meanwhile Kitchener himself had been making an excur sion to Fashoda, which was destined to result in one of the most delicate international situations in the history of Great Britain and France.' That it did not eventuate in war was due in large measure to Kitchener's tact, restraint, and presence of mind. For some time past France had been credited with designs to establish herself in the eastern Soudan. So serious was the news regarded which reached this country of projected French expeditions into the Nile valley that Sir E. Grey, Under Foreign Secretary in the Rosebery Government at that time, announced in the House of Commons, in March, 1895, that Britain would regard such an expedition as an unfriendly act. But while the Sirdar was engaged in conquering the Soudan, a small French expedition, commanded by Major Marchand, left the French Congo in 1896 with the object of marching across Africa towards Abyssinia. After a long and difficult journey it arrived at Fashoda, the port of southern Kordofan on the White Nile, in July, 1898. The Sirdar heard the unexpected tidings in dramatic circumstances. It was the Wednesday after the occupation of Khartoum. A steamer called the Tewfikie/z, which had been sent up the White Nile by the Khalifa to collect grain, returned to Omdurman that day (7th September) and surrendered to the Sirdar. The captain brought exciting news. He had gone up the river in company with another of the Khalifa's steamers.
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