French expedition to Sudan reaches River Bahr-el-Ghazal

Historical Context Note

Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)
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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://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=19229, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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