Egyptian Sudan * 50 On May 28, 1897, the advance began, and the troops entered Abu Hamed on July 7. On September 7, the gunboats captured Berber. A British correspondent accompanying the campaign described it at the time, saying, "We wonder today about the danger of the Mahdia that threatened Egypt; where is it, and what is it?" On October 25, the gunboats reached Khartoum. Mr. Ducas, the Egyptian Financial Undersecretary, stated in his report, "The Dakhla expedition cost the Egyptian budget 8 million pounds." News arrived that the French were at Fashoda, so the Sirdar ordered an advance. His troops and gunboats reached Shendi on March 26. On April 8, the force of Prince Mahmoud was reinforced. The British government decided that the Egyptian government would waive the money it had taken from it in the current account, amounting to 798,802 pounds, because a third of this money was agreed upon for the railway line that was laid with the army, and it was being laid as a segment or part of the "Cape-Cairo" railway. At the same time, a company was formed in London to manage the Sudanese railway lines. Cecil Rhodes arrived in Cairo to negotiate with the Egyptian government on this matter. Al-Ahram newspaper announced the news of his conversation with Mustafa Pasha. The world's newspapers highlighted this news until Sultan Abdul Hamid sent a memorandum to the Khedive Abbas warning him against ceding this military line to a foreign power, as this cession would be a confiscation of the provisions of the two governorship firmans. On September 1, the gunboats advanced and bombarded Omdurman, destroying the dome of the Mahdi's shrine. At dawn on September 2, the Dervish masses attacked, but they were mown down by cannons and machine guns. Kitchener entered Omdurman.

On September 15, 1898, he captured the Dervish camp at Omdurman. The Emir informed him that he had gone for the Nile concession in the Fashoda region, but he was stopped by a contingent of Frenchmen who were occupying Fashoda. Lord Salisbury had sent a telegram to Lord Cromer on August 2, stating, "If General Kitchener reaches Khartoum..."