Kassala

Omdurman; but by crossing the river he practically cut himself off from the Dervish base, and now had only a desert behind him; for we had taken over Kassala from the Italians, and the Egyptian battalion there, and a large force of friendly Arabs, would prevent him from retiring up the banks of the Atbara.

With Kitchener in the Soudan A Story of Atbara and Omdurman 1867

The final struggle for the supremacy in the Soudan would take place on the great plain of Kerrere, to the north of Omdurman; and, pointing to the desert outside Kassala, which is strewn with large white stones, he said: “After this battle has been fought, the plain of El Kerrere will be strewn with human skulls as thickly as it is now covered with stones.”

The Adventure of Living Strachey, John St Loe 1922

The final struggle for the supremacy in the Soudan would take place on the great plain of Kerrere, to the north of Omdurman; and, pointing to the desert outside Kassala, which is strewn with large white stones, he said:

The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography John St. Loe Strachey 1893

Serious contamination has been detected in the Gezira canals as well as in boreholes in the Qurashi area (Hassahessa Province) and the Kassala horticulture area.

Water profile of Sudan 2008

As the Italians moved up the coast toward Suakin and inland toward the key town of Kassala, Sir Evelyn Baring rang the alarm.

Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

The second was to encourage Khalifa Abdullahi to lay siege to the Italians stranded in their fort at Kassala.

Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

The agency's first step will be to distribute food to 20,000 people in the Kassala area, where it said it has enough food stockpiled to last for three weeks.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

If I cannot, I shall retire to the Equator and leave you the indelible disgrace of abandoning the garrisons of Sennar, Kassala, Berber and Dongola, with the certainty that you will eventually be forced to smash up the Mahdi under great difficulties, if you would retain peace in Egypt.

Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

In eastern Sudan, the rising river Gash, which flows into the country from the Ethiopian plateau, had also created flash floods in the Kassala area, leaving hundreds of families stranded.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

Cromer feared losing Kassala to the Mahdists, but that did not mean he wanted to fight the eight thousand Dervishes at Dongola.

Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007