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SURPRISE AMBUSH
After the first wave of the battle, the British
21st Lancers charged what they thought
was a small troop of Mahdist forces—in fact
it numbered several thousand, most of them
hidden in a dip in the desert. Thanks to superior
firepower, British casualties were few.
