French expedition to Sudan reaches River Bahr-el-Ghazal

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The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 8.2.3: Anglophone African Writing and Culture: Subsaharan.
Vol. editors: Helen Rachel Cousins (Birmingham Newman University), David Firth (University of Manchester), Alex Nelungo Wanjala (University of Nairobi)

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Date of occurrence 1897-08

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Sudan (Location)
France (Involved)

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A French colonial expedition, which had set off to the Sudan under the command of Major Jean-Baptiste Marchand more than a year before, and occupied the town of Fashoda the previous month, now reaches the River Bahr-el-Ghazal. Fashoda is a point of strategic importance because it lies at the intersection of a north-south line between Capetown and Cairo and a west-east line between Dakar and Djibouti, thus representing both France and Britain's ambition for their colonial communications.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "French expedition to Sudan reaches River Bahr-el-Ghazal". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 December 2011 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=19229, accessed 06 May 2024.]

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