Egypt in C19th

Started by Duke Speedy of Leighton, 27 April 2024, 09:06:15 PM

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Duke Speedy of Leighton

What ho chaps,
I have just acquired a second hand batch of 10mm British in desert and Egyptian figures, late C19th, some Brits in Red, some in khaki, all in pith helmets.
Painted: Ten bases of each, and a lot of unpainted too.
Did they only fight Sudanese/Dervish/Hottentots or are there any other viable opponents?

Thanks
Will
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Scorpio_Rocks

Some possibles:
Egyptians and Albanians - Second Egyptian–Ottoman War
Abyssinians (Ethiopians) - British expedition to Abyssinia
Egyptians, Sudanese, assorted tribal forces - Urabi Revolt and British intervention in Egypt in 1882
Ethiopians, Egyptians, Sudanese, Mahdi, Jalin, Beja, etc - Mahdist War
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Duke Speedy of Leighton

So, which ones do Pendraken stock?  :P
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fred.

They came very close to fighting the French too. If you want a bit of what if gaming
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A Sudanese Battalion fought in Mexico during the French Intervention 1863-1867.

There's a very good book called A Black Corps d'Elite which covers it's history both in Mexico and in subsequent African History

Chris Pringle

Your Brits can fight Boers in two wars - in red in the first one, khaki in the second.
Redcoats can fight Zulus.
Khaki pith helmets and white-clad Egyptians in fez can proxy as Italians against Abyssinians at Adowa etc.
They can also fight Ashanti in 1874.
And German colonial troops in WWI?