Sudanese troops rebelled in loyalty to Egypt but received none back

Evidence

The demonstrations continued and spread to Omdurman and other Sudanese towns. It is unclear which demonstrations were organized by the White Flag League, but the British attributed many violent schemes to them and, in July, arrested Alï abd al-Latïf. … In November, Stack was murdered in Cairo. In angry response, Lord Allenby, then British consul in Egypt, quickly ordered the evacuation of all Egyptian troops from the Sudan. Zaghlül refused to issue the order, and Egyptian troops stationed in the Sudan refused to evacuate. In a gesture of loyalty to Egypt, Sudanese troops in the Eleventh Battalion rebelled and tried to reach their Egyptian colleagues to the north of Khartoum. Under heavy British fire, the Sudanese troops were finally defeated after retreating to a military hospital. The troops were disappointed that no similar gesture of loyalty had come from the Egyptian soldiers, who did not fire against the British. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 1035

Other leaders of the White Flag League soon were arrested and imprisoned, but the demonstrations continued, as did the force with which they were met by the British. In November, Stack was murdered in Cairo. In angry response, Lord Allenby, then British consul in Egypt, quickly ordered the evacuation of all Egyptian troops from the Sudan. Zaghlül refused to issue the order, and Egyptian troops stationed in the Sudan refused to evacuate. In a gesture of loyalty to Egypt, Sudanese troops in the Eleventh Battalion rebelled and tried to reach their Egyptian colleagues to the north of Khartoum. Under heavy British fire, the Sudanese troops were finally defeated after retreating to a military hospital. The troops were disappointed that no similar gesture of loyalty had come from the Egyptian soldiers, who did not fire against the British. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 1035

Categorization

• SHARE: The Eleventh Battalion’s unmet loyalty is a vivid reversal worth sharing with anyone interested in imperial triangles.
• XREF: Connects to the reader’s comparative Egypt-vs-Sudan coloniality frame: how divergent nationalist solidarities shaped the two territories’ colonial trajectories.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 1035