The British Conquer Sudan: 1898 Historical Battle of Omdurman | Total War Battle

00:00 Build up to the battle
01:36 The British discover the Mahdist army
02:18 The British naval bombardment
02:56 British loyalists capture villages
03:48 The British army takes up position
04:15 The Mahdist army begins the attack
05:08 The battle for the Carary Hills
07:40 The Mahdist main attack continues
09:12 The British change their position
09:40 The 21st Lancers charge
12:08 The British column
12:43 The Mahdists attack the column
14:00 The Mahdist final charge
14:42 The impacts

[@manuelacosta9463]

This one was a slaughter with brave charges on both sides. That detail of a moving fence only to realize it's an enemy force moving right towards you must've been quite the eye opening surprise.

[@arnoldbioursckii6639]

Ancient warriors wore helmets…these soldiers wear caps.?

[@arnoldbioursckii6639]

Did the lancers have pistols?

[@jimdevlin2138]

yes an eye opener indeed, but also a sphincter tightener

[@sonnyjim5268]

Great video, thank you for making it.

[@cymro6537]

" Those fuzzy wuzzies -they don't like it up 'em !" Corporal Jones

[@MasonBryant]

Brilliant video. The AI voice seemlessly changing from a British to an American accent is wild.

[@cseivard]

Very entertaining graphics!

[@michaelsorenson2660]

The tactics illustrated in this video were pretty good. The sequence of the events were completely correct as they occurred. Now for the nit-picking that I observed as someone who has studied British history and has studied this batlle numerous times. This video correctly showed the British infantry as wearing the khaki uniform, however the artillery and the 21st Lancers also were clad in khaki, Also it showed the artilleryman wearing Napoleonic British uniforms and employing muzzle loading cannon. In fat the were using much more modern breach loading artillery pieces. Also it showed the Britsh using single shot Martini-Henry rifles when in reality they were carrying bolt action Lee-Metford repeating rifles. This was one of the advantages that gave them the overwhelming fire power that helped them triumph. The Egyptian troops were the one carrying the Martini-Henrys. Finally it shows the gunboats as multiple deck warships which would have been unable to navigate the rivers of the Sudan. The gunboats were shallow draft steam vessels armed with modern breach loadinsg cannon and automatic weapons such as the Nordendfelt macine gun. I hesitated even sending this nit-picking comment about this overall outstanding video, but as good asit was I would have enjoyed it more personally if some of these details had been more accurate to how things actually were. I know that these details would not have been obvious to an individual who had not studied the battle in such deep detail. Overall I feel that you did an excellent job coverinng this battle. That is why I subscribed to this channel and look forward to future videos. Congradulations on your coverage of this campaign , and I look with great anticpation on viewing all of your works.

[@1932christian]

Limits of the game

[@jamestaylor5341]

The British artillerymen are navy sailors actually and are wearing the blue naval uniform of the time.

[@andrewstrongman305]

The British-Egyptian force also had 20 Maxim machine guns, with each infantry battalion having a Maxim detachment in support. The infantry also fought from the cover of shallow trenches, not lined up in the open. The gunboats mounted an additional 24 Maxims. It's little wonder that the Mahdists were shredded when they tried to overrun the entrenched infantry.

[@cinematicbattles559]

Thanks for the comment and support on the video! Unfortunately, there are some limitations with the game and some things I can't change, for example, the guns and the cannon crews. Thank you for being understanding though and I hope to hear from you in the future!

[@andrewstrongman305]

@@cinematicbattles559 We do understand, and appreciate your efforts to portray battles as they were actually fought. Unfortunately, the battles fought in the late 19th century were overshadowed by those in the 'Great War' and then largely forgotten. Despite the limitations, you help bring to life otherwise dusty history. A few battles never properly depicted are the Battle of Beersheba in WW1, the Battle of Kokoda in WW2, and the Battle of Long Tan in Vietnam (aside from the movie Danger Close).

[@BellumCinematicsTotalWar]

Dude you've improved so much in the last few months. I'm not a big fan of the time period, and you still managed to get my attention. Very nice video brother 🙏

[@cinematicbattles559]

Thanks bro I appreciate that!

[@AsdrubalBarka]

Good work, awesome video.

[@cinematicbattles559]

Thank you very much!

[@oneshotme]

I very much enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

[@cinematicbattles559]

Thank you very much!

[@chestersleezer8821]

Winston Churchill was young Lt in the 21st Cavalry charge which was 320 men who thought that they were going after around 100 men but instead ran right smack into around 3,000.

[@malcolmmitchell6529]

And?

[@chestersleezer8821]

@@malcolmmitchell6529 Just pointing out that Churchill did take part in that Cavalry charge thus providing some historical background/facts.

[@Dracsmolar]

You know that the British expedition to curb the slave trade has little chance of being taught in schools as anything other than imperial colonialism.

[@doctorshawzy6477]

the modern english are degenerate self haters

[@Captain-Donut]

Wow what a great new channel ❤️🙏 Love from Scotland 🙏❤️

[@hiramabiff2017]

The main reason they didn't want British influence in the region was the their abhorrent notion that the 2000 yr old highly lucrative slave trade into the middle east from the west Africa would be ended. They knew the British moral crusade to end slavery across the globe was non negotiable at any level. ( please fact check ).

[@dvrmte]

Ethiopia didn't officially end slavery until 1942. The main reason they ended it was fear of Europeans using it as justification to colonize them. Unfortunately, Ethiopia didn't receive the benefits of colonization.

[@WolfeTone17-98]

While the Brits treated the Irish worse than slaves and murdered 1.5 million of them through theft and famine.

[@_wmd_]

Abolitionism of Slavery was certainly one of the causes, Wiki states Ethnic and Religious anger as the main reasons

[@hiramabiff2017]

@@_wmd_ If your looking for real facts and real history why on earth would you use Wiki ? It's the last port of call when fact checking. Any system that allows it's user to edit it's pages is about reliable as a chocolate condom.

[@WolfeTone17-98]

Invasions are "influence".... I suppose the Brits "influenced" 1/3 of the world by killing them and stealing their stuff.

[@leelowe251]

Great video and love watching and learning about Victorias little wars. Crimea and Afghan wars please!

[@tomperkins5657]

Excellent.

[@TheSpritz0]

As a VET myself, I have to give you a HUGE thumbs up BROTHER- AWESOME video and I am HONORED to subscribe!! I will watch ALL your videos, hopefully in the future you can cover many many more battles!!!! I will send these to my comrades who served as well...

[@cinematicbattles559]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@oliverpearson1577]

Being a vet, you must have been concerned about the welfare of the horses.

[@Limbo_Lambo]

Great video! Good to see some Mahdist war content. One small nitpick I suppose I should point out is that it wasn’t ‘Ali Wad Hilu’s army which fought Broadwood in the Karari hills, but rather ‘Uthman Shaykh al-Din.

[@alexius23]

Using wooden ships of the line (Nelson’s era) was a tad silly. The River gunboats were very modern & first rate ships

[@kierans1159]

They seem to be Crimean Way era ships, river gunboats (under Beatty) looked very different and certainly were not 3 masted sailing ships with an added boiler. They had negotiated the Nile cataracts, 3 masted ships of the line would have struggled with that!

[@cinematicbattles559]

Thanks for the comment, unfortunately, some things are hard to get right as there are limitations with the game I'm using, for example, there was no option to change the artillery uniforms if there was I would have changed them

[@kierans1159]

@@cinematicbattles559 I understand, and the amount of work must have been huge so well done.

[@alexius23]

@@cinematicbattles559 I understand & appreciate your restraints.

[@littleinkling4604]

Wonderful. Such a shame that so much of the British Empire is misunderstood. No idea Britain went into Sudan to push back against Mahdist slavery. Do they tell kids at school this? Probably something sinister instead. I also think of all the great war films we've never had because Empire=Bad. Yet often it was Empire vs something so much more terrible instead.

[@jeremymerrifield7244]

mmmm. Not sure i believe this was the real reason

[@littleinkling4604]

@@jeremymerrifield7244 Wikipedia confirmed it 😉

[@williamanderson6006]

Yeah we know Wikipedia is never wrong lol. Woke propaganda. Believe me the British weren't on some sacred crusade

[@martinabsolom2231]

I agree. Keeping the canal open for trade was far more important to the British. ​@@jeremymerrifield7244

[@malcolmmitchell6529]

Slavery was an integral part of economy for thousands of years, then britain says NO!

[@WhateverDaaah]

Most of the failures you pointed out is because the footage was compiled using the game “total war Napoleon” in which only ships of the line are a available and no sea to land bombardment / battles. That’s why you see them shooting roundshot from the boat and then explosive mortar round hitting the old mortar cannons. Also I believe they said that the rifles where bolt action multi shot

[@paultyson4389]

You always do fantastic recreations but this one would be your best. The bravery and fanaticism of this Islamic army was impressive in the face of overwhelming firepower.

[@cinematicbattles559]

Thanks a lot!

[@glennclark5642]

By the way a very good video, very informative, thnk you.

[@cinematicbattles559]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@lonnieclemens8028]

It is interesting to hear the name of Lt. Winston Churchill.

[@alangardner8596]

My grandfather who was a regular soldier in the Indian army and died before I was born told my father who told me that he had a colleague who was at Omdurman. He said that when the first British volley hit the Sudanese they heard a loud groan as the bullets struck the Sudanese and the volley fire from their bolt action rifles was just sheer murder.

[@richardpcrowe]

Very enjoyable video. The British gunboats were incorrect i that they are illustrated as Napoleonic era frigates. The actual gunboats were modern ironclads.

[@kidthump]

Could you do one on the Civil War from start to finish? I love your videos.

[@MasonBryant]

English civil war is the chad civil war.

[@cinematicbattles559]

Yes, that is a good idea, it might take a while though haha. Which civil war do you mean though?

[@kidthump]

@@cinematicbattles559 The American Civil War. When you get some time, it would be cool to see. Good stuff and I'm learning a lot.

[@brianferris8668]

Which Civil War?

[@celston51]

England has faced several civil wars, even if only one has the title: The Rebellion of 1088 The Anarchy period The Barons Rebellions The War of the Roses The English Civil War

[@gerardhogan3]

Good to see the case shot affect from the guns. Very effective anti pers weapon

[@George-ey4lx]

Can you please do the battle of Mactan in the Philippines?

[@basilmcdonnell9807]

No mention of what part the 20 Maxim guns played.

[@martinsmith9054]

Edmund Blackadder gave a riveting account of the battle.

[@WaferBrik]

Imagine being involved in such a brutal conflict. Scary.

[@MarwaMohamed-qx3js]

How Long was this guys

[@stephenpickering8063]

One interesting bit was that it mentioned the local loyalist as being loyal to the Ottomans in the commentary while the note in the section heading mentions them as British loyalists. Just to mention that to a degree both are true. Egypt, while a de facto independent state until it came under a brief Anglo-French occupation then after the French withdrawal became a de facto British protectorate was still officially a province of the Ottoman empire, as was Cyprus. Britain arranged the paying of tribute for both provinces to the Ottomans until the latter joined the CPs in 1914 at which point Egypt was declared an independent state. - Which technically it wasn't as it stayed under British control until after WWII. Amazing how complex some of the politics were. Similarly Sudan having been conquered by the Egyptian Khedive in the mid 19thC largely to be used as a source of slaves and after 1898 was technically an Anglo-Egyptians Condominium.

[@joshuamachnik1039]

What's the song played at the end?

[@cinematicbattles559]

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[@alexius23]

Maxim guns played a significant role

[@yousifabdalhalim514]

If Russia has general winter we have field marshal summer, when men and bravery nullified by technology, nature makes the difference. Churchill acknowledged the Sudanese bravery and valor in his book Sudanese up to this day say 'the Men died in Karary' in rememberance of their fallen who faced the maxims with bare chests

[@1bskemp]

Whats the game? Modded Empire?

[@mr.s2005]

thus Gordon was finally avenged.

[@charlescap-bu5cn]

Listen for 'Colour Sgt. Bourne'

[@northlincsfox243]

Yes, I heard it. “All (right)…”

[@NR-rv8rz]

How did a British officer end up commanding an Ottoman unit? Weren't the British and Ottoman rivals? Or had the Ottomans accepted the loss of Egypt and the Mahdi was a common enemy to both?

[@darvennej4495]

The Mahdi was a ""Prophet'' that Islam would be victorious against the Western Infidels .After Gordon was killed in 1882 > the British Empire disappeared ffor 16 years and the Mahdi had ruled the areas ,Ottomans were not ''Mahdi's '''they were a Empire .and Burreaucrats organized into a adminstration. The Mahdi was an "'Islamist '' extremist or a ""Messiah'', Yes the Ottomans were against his oresence .

[@jochannon]

Egypt was technically under Ottoman suzerainty at the time, while actually under British control

[@jimparsons6803]

I've heard of this before? In the movie with Charlton Heston and others, 'Khartoum?'

[@albertocastillo5763]

Most exciting video. Like being there

[@geoffcollier8736]

What a lot of clearing up to do after.

[@zach7193]

Well, this was something. A bloodbath. A battle where Winston Churchill makes his appearance.

[@billredding2000]

...and his C96 Mauser pistol.

[@jeremymerrifield7244]

Did Britain still have wooden ships in their Navy in 1898 ?

[@DennisBlades]

So here’s to you Fuzzy -Wuzzy at your home in the Soudan , you’re a poor benighted eathen but a first class fighting man.

[@MS-sb9ov]

AI narrator can’t make up its mind whether it’s British, Irish or American.

[@footscorn]

Ka kee!? Do you mean khaki ?

[@mathiasbartl9393]

This was only shortly before the outbreak of the Second Boer war, in which the British Army would have a totally different experience.

[@user-xh3lz9xt4l]

The Royal Camel Corp was basically the Royal Marines

[@davey7452]

Some of the illustrations are incorrect ie: the gun boats are shallow draft steel hulled equipped with breech loading guns ahd the field artillery were steel breech loading guns not Napoleanic wooden carrage cast iron muzzle loaders.

[@cinematicbattles559]

Thanks for the comment, unfortunately, some things are hard to get right as there are limitations with the game I'm using, for example, there was no option to change the artillery uniforms if there was I would have changed them

[@JakubPol]

Yea, since this is total war NAPOLEON, even though it is modded, things like that cannot be changed

[@ArmyJames]

All right then…… Nobody told you to stop working.

[@adamdavis9838]

That officer is in every battle!

[@ArmyJames]

@@adamdavis9838 That’s Colour-Sergeant Bourne!

[@charlescap-bu5cn]

@@ArmyJames "Mr. James, sir. Be quiet will you! There's a good gentleman; you'll upset the lads!"

[@travisdonaldstanley6420]

Yes Sir!

[@jackson24241000]

Colour sergeant bourne 08.15, you’re welcome

[@carlodefalco7930]

?.?🤔🤔 why british kept being surprised by how many actual number of mahdists? Didn’t they use and scouts 🤔🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@johnnyweng1164]

Maxim machine guns. You forget them. 20 of them

[@richardh615]

Nice vid fiction, nothing like the photos I have seen of the actual event. Also having read the real accounts of the battle by the likes of Churchill and the biography of Gen Sir Archibald Hunter, who commanded many of the none British troops at the battle. I found it funny. They said that the Mardist forces never got close enough to the British lines to engage in hand to hand, apart from the cavalry actions. The artillery uniforms looked a little Napolonic!. As for the Gun boats, try looking them up on Google, plenty of original photos there. My main beef here, it the it gives kids the wrong impression of history, which is my passion.

[@cinematicbattles559]

Thanks for the comment, unfortunately, some things are hard to get right as there are limitations with the game I'm using, for example, there was no option to change the artillery uniforms if there was I would have changed them

[@user-rv9iy5ym5o]

Never lost a war.

[@johnnyweng1164]

why didn't i see the Maxim machine guns? British has 20 of them. You take so much time to make animation but you dont know what you are doing.

[@matthewshepherd5390]

The accent keeps drifting into American. Its a really good attempt of an English accent though

[@VincentNajger1]

I love how those screeching about 'colonizers' never mention this, or are completely unaware of it as it doesn't fit their current narrative, which more likely.

[@Dracsmolar]

War is Hell. Always has been, always will be.

[@bruced1429]

Winston Churchill, was saved in that calvery charge by having bought a German Mauser pistol with a 10 shot magazine. He could not use his sword due to a dislocated shoulder so the pistol saved him. When he was surounded by madishs he pushed the pistol in their faces as they tried to take him off his horse. Killed 10 right off, reloaded with a second magazine took a couple more out and fled out of the waddie with his life and some of his men. This is in his biography.

[@AW1Lucky]

Calvary is the hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified. Cavalry is what old time Armies did with horses, swords and what not.

[@alaindaubresse2161]

Mauser c96 7,63

[@zico739]

Before that, Sudan had been the conquered subjects of the Ottomans for a good while.

[@syahnazjais3766]

nice mod.

[@LarryVincent-ki4qy]

1898 Double deck warships on the Nile? Really,,,,

[@ShyneThyLyte]

Destruction everywhere on the continent

[@Demonsquirrel]

Hi

[@darvennej4495]

Interesting that the Mahdi couldn't fielf 100,000 Army . The ''believe in his Diety being ''was not sold on the North and East Africans .Though the Bantu tribes were ?,They were as courageoue as the Zulu's ,though woefully unprepared to fight . Its amazing that some other European Arms dealer ,didn't do a good enough job,of outfitting the Mahdi's Army ? At Adwas the French and Brits supplied the Ethiopians ?

[@poissonnoir]

Loo -tenant? Loo - tenant?? Left-tenant surely.

[@tonynewman8586]

Incredible people the British -it’s like a advanced alien nation - the rest of the world literally had no chance - where does it stem from - it’s incredible

[@ArmyJames]

It stemmed from the British industrializing their military before anybody else did.

[@MasonBryant]

We had a lot of testosterone back then and needed to release it all over the worlds face in great gooey goodness. Rule Britannia! (The sack was well and truly empty by the time of the second world war)

[@MasonBryant]

I replied to this but it was deleted for some reason

[@kippies66]

British cavalry: "Oh look, a small group of Mahdists. Let's take care of them!" Mahdists: *Springs ambush with a larger group of men hidden nearby* British cavalry: "Bugger! But we survived and drove them off. Oh look, another small group of Mahdists! Surely there won't be another-" Mahdists: *Springs another ambush with hidden men* British cavalry: *Suprised pikachu face*

[@SyaqilHazeeqHasrilSufiantoPl1]

Bro That Was So Many Wrong People Into It, However, I Know That They Didn't Had Enough Type Of British Artillery

[@rizalkamil9747]

Game name

[@cinematicbattles559]

Napoleon total war with the Victoria at war mod

[@hindelarbi3710]

The symmetry could U clear the identity of who British people and who Egyptian people fundamentally in fact ????!!!! from cosh girl coke and cake. مملكه كوش finish

[@williamschlosser77]

The British ships depicted that engaged the shore batteries were far, far out of date.

[@grahamward3504]

very good but wrong artillery uniforms

[@cinematicbattles559]

Thanks! Unfortunately this was the only option with the game that I was using

[@MrNaKillshots]

Polished account.

[@dpskatoo75]

They don't like it uppem!

[@nickjennings8757]

Er, what are the British artillery in Napoleonic uniforms? 🤔🤔

[@cinematicbattles559]

Yes I know :) Unfortunately there was many game limitations when making this

[@moonlightchitchat4912]

This story is told by the occupier 😂 It was happy ending when the black worries hanged lord Gordon and left his dangling out side the palace in Khartoum.

[@charlescap-bu5cn]

Uhhhh, THAT happened 13 years EARLIER.

[@user-ju4wh3lz8x]

The mahdist were defeated by ethiopia to help britain and almost 3000 were dead and 1500 wonded

[@Limestone_Wolf]

Bro that army was not "modest" lmao

[@brianferris8668]

Wooden ships?

[@sitrakaforler8696]

RULE BRITANIA !!!!

[@conveyor2]

Nile gunboats looked like HMS Victory? Hilarious!

[@user-nt3hc4rz9r]

Using video game graphics does not accuracy ensure

[@worldwarmini3919]

To suppress slave trade

[@poil8351]

Also the royal navy was using modern metal ships by the 1880s

[@DarrenMarsh-kx8hd]

Good grief, what's with the galleon?

[@user-nc2kt8ze7o]

It's a gunboat lol

[@charlescap-bu5cn]

They were 'sailors, brave and true, and attendant to their duty!

[@DarrenMarsh-kx8hd]

@user-nc2kt8ze7o it looks nothing like the gunboats used at Omderman, they were steal clad paddlesteamers

[@DarrenMarsh-kx8hd]

@@charlescap-bu5cn not in fuuckn galleons they weren't, they were in steal clad paddlesteamer gunboats

[@hart1918]

The artillery are dressed in Napoleonic-era uniforms!

[@poil8351]

The funniest bit is the royal artillery wearing out of date uniforms by about 60 years.

[@cinematicbattles559]

Unfortunately this was my only option due to game limitations

[@SyaqilHazeeqHasrilSufiantoPl1]

R.I.P To The Mahdist Soldiers Who Died Fighting Bravely For Their Homeland

[@Argentarius11]

There was no mention of the Maxim machine gun. It was stated to have slaughtered thousands of Jihadis.

[@cinematicbattles559]

I mentioned it at 1:00 and showed it in action at 8:11

[@hunterluxton5976]

And that's why we had such the biggest empire the world has ever er seen. We were sharp, intelligent. , brave and utterly ruthless.

[@darthson9655]

I've been to Sudan. Why any army would fight over that god forsaken land is beyond my comprehension. It is one of the most hopeless place I had ever visited on this Earth.

[@mikefranklin1253]

You need to find some real gunboats.

[@charlescap-bu5cn]

They'll need 'a BIGGER boat!'

[@alatmanuor3351]

B n ver conquer Sudan , why then they never settle. Madi triumph at the end . Also known our ppl just had spade and ppl

[@charlescap-bu5cn]

Mahdi was already dead. They shelled the bastard's tomb. And the bastard along with it.

[@charlescap-bu5cn]

and they still DO

[@alainw77]

Hmmm…British artillerymen in Napoleonic Era uniforms???

[@cinematicbattles559]

I know, unfortunately the game didn't include any more modern cannon crews

[@brianferris8668]

"Lootenant"?

[@charlescap-bu5cn]

feast for the buzzards

[@user-id6ei4ij5p]

U.k.stopped