History and chronology of Horatio Herbert Kitchener Khartoum in Great Britain

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Anglo Boer War, 2nd
Boer War
Government Liberal Party
Military
Sudan War
World War, 1st

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Battle Atbara
Battle Dongola
Battle Gallipoli
Battle Omdurman
Birth
Campaign Gallipolli
Capture Khartoum
Capture Omdurman
Capture Sudan
Concentration Camps
Conference Calais
Death
Diplomacy
Fashoda Incident
Military Governor
Minister War
Mobilization
Offensive
Peace
Sinking Hampshire
Surrender

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Atbara
Calais
Dongola
Fashoda
Gallipoli
Gallipolli
Khartoum
Middelburg
Omdurman
Orkney Islands
Ostend

Horatio Herbert Kitchener Khartoum History of Great Britain


1850	Birth
24th June Birth of Horatio Herbert Kitchener
1896	Battle of Dongola
23rd Sep Dongola Captures Dongola
1896	Capture of Sudan
21st Aug Leads an Anglo-Egyptian force which begins to reconquer the Sudan
1898	Battle of Atbara
8th April Atbara Horatio Kitchener defeats the Khalifa, leader of the dervishes in Sudan, at the battle of Atbara. Anglo-Egyptian forces crush 6,000 Sudanese
1898	Battle of Omdurman
2nd Sep Omdurman Attacked by Abdullah at Egeiga 4 miles from Omdurman
2nd Sep Omdurman Counter-attacks the Dervishes & marches into Omdurman
2nd Sep Omdurman Results in British control of the Upper Nile
1898	Capture of Khartoum
5th Sep Khartoum Enters Khartoum
1898	Capture of Omdurman
2nd Sep Omdurman Results in British control of the Upper Nile
1898	Diplomacy
2nd Aug Fashoda Ordered to Fashoda to oppose French claims
19th Sep Fashoda Reaches Fashoda where Colonel Marchand is claiming the region for France
4th Nov Fashoda The Fashoda incident passes off peacefully when the French recall Marchand
1898	Fashoda Incident
2nd Aug Fashoda Ordered to Fashoda to oppose French claims
18th Sep Fashoda A flotilla of British gunboats arrives at the isolated Fashoda fort, led by Lord Kitchener
1900	Concentration Camps
Tries to prevent commandos from raiding British units by moving Boers into camps
1901	Peace
2nd Middelburg Kitchener on his own initiative opens peace negotiations with Botha
3rd Middelburg The Boers reject the British peace terms
1902	Offensive
Jan Lauches major offensives against the Boers
1902	Surrender
1st June Issues a dispatch to the war office saying the Boers have accepted the surrender terms
1st June Signs with Lord Milner peace with the Boers on behalf of the British Government
1911	Military Governor
Appointed Military Governor of Egypt
1914	Minister of War
3rd Aug Appointed Minister of War
1914	Mobilization
7th Aug Ostend The BEF lands at Ostend, Calais & Dunkirk
1915	Battle of Gallipoli
Gallipoli Visits the Peninsular in November & recommends evacuation
Gallipolli Visits the Peninsular in November & recommends evacuation
10th Dec Gallipoli The first day of troop withdrawal from Gallipolli
10th Dec Gallipolli The first day of troop withdrawal from Gallipolli
1915	Conference of Calais
4th Dec Calais Attends the Calais Conference with the French
4th Dec Calais It is agreed to withdraw from Salonika although this decision is reversed at Chantilly
1915	Mobilization
Kitchener's slogan, "Your Country Needs You!", helps gain 1.7 million volunteers
1916	Campaign Gallipolli
9th Jan Gallipoli The final day of troop withdrawal from Gallipolli
9th Jan Gallipolli The final day of troop withdrawal from Gallipolli
1916	Death
5th June Orkney Islands Death of Horatio Herbert Kitchener
1916	Sinking Hampshire
5th June Orkney Islands Killed on his visit to Nicholas II when the Hampshire hits a mine