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The works at Kafr El Dawwar were given up without a fight to Sir Evelyn Wood on 16 September. [ 1 ] : 187 They were found to be exceptionally strong, with successive lines of ditches and embankments, covered walkways, gun positions, redoubts and embrasures, well stocked with modern Krupp artillery and arms and ammunition of all kinds.
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This battle took place on 5 August 1882 between an Egyptian army under Ahmed 'Urabi and British forces headed by Sir Archibald Alison. To ascertain the strength of the Egyptian's Kafr El Dawwar position, and to test local rumours that the Egyptians were retreating, Alison ordered a probing attack on the evening of the 5th.
Kafr El Dawwar is classified by the Köppen-Geiger climate classification system as having a hot desert climate (BWh). Its highest record temperature, 45 °C (113 °F), was recorded on 30 May 1961, while its lowest record temperature, 0 °C (32 °F), was recorded on 31 January 31, 1994. Kafr El Dawwar has, on average, 38 rainy days annually. [5]
The British army launched a probing/scouting attack at the Battle of Kafr El Dawwar to determine whether or not Cairo could be advanced on from Alexandria, However the British concluded that the Egyptian defences were too strong, so in September of that year a British army was landed in the Canal Zone. The motivation for the British ...
In this role, Fehmy oversaw the construction of military fortifications which were attacked by British forces at the battle of Kafr El Dawwar and the battle of Tell El Kebir. [4] He did oversee the completion of Egyptian fortifications at Tell El Kebir due to being captured in an ambush by a group of British cavalrymen in August 1882, while on ...
Battle of Manton; Battle of Parwan (1882) ... Battle of Kafr El Dawwar; O. O.K. Corral hearing and aftermath; S. Sous expedition; T. Battle of Tell El Kebir; U. Urabi ...
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