Mahdist forces had cut telegraph lines on the Korosko-Aswan route
Evidence
This menace looms even more darkly when al-Afghänï tells his readers that the dervishes, as they were popularly known at the time in both Europe and Egypt, had already cut the telegraph lines from Korosko to Aswan, the same distance, he reminds them, that lay between Aswan and Qena. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 463
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
- SHARE: A concrete, datable detail about Mahdist sabotage of imperial communication infrastructure — good for someone working on colonial telegraphy or the Mahdiya.