Battles of El Teb

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The battles of El Teb took place during the Mahdi uprising in February 1884 in Sudan .

Egyptian troops under the command of Valentine Baker on their way to Tokar to help the troops there were defeated on February 4 in the First Battle of El Teb by the troops of the Mahdists under Osman Digna .

However , on February 29, a British unit under the command of General Gerald Graham managed to defeat Osman Digna and his fighters in the Second Battle of El Teb .