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ATBARA (Bahr-el-Aswad, or Black River)

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 823 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ATBARA (See also:Bahr-el-Aswad, or See also:Black See also:River)  , the most See also:northern affluent of the See also:river See also:Nile, N.E . See also:Africa . It rises in See also:Abyssinia to the' N.W. of See also:Lake See also:Tsana, unites its See also:waters with a' number of other See also:rivers which also rise in the Abyssinian See also:highlands, and flows See also:north-See also:west Boo m. till its junction at' Ed Danner with the Nile (q.v.) . The See also:battle of the See also:Atbara, fought near Nakheila, a See also:place on the north See also:bank of the river about 3o m. above Ed Darner, on the 8th of See also:April 1898, between the See also:khalifa's forces' under Mahmud and See also:Sir See also:Herbert (afterwards See also:Lord) See also:Kitchener's Anglo-See also:Egyptian See also:army, resulted in the See also:complete defeat of the Mandists and the See also:capture of. their See also:leader, and paved the way for the decisive battle of See also:Omdurman on the end ' of See also:September following (see See also:EGYPT: Military Operations) .

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