
Title
Return of Colonel Marchand with French expeditionary forces to Fashoda
Caption
Return of Colonel Marchand with French expeditionary forces to Fashoda. 1898. General Jean-Baptiste Marchand (2 November 1863 – 13 January 1934) was a French military officer and explorer in Africa. Marchand is best known for commanding the French expeditionary force during the Fashoda Incident. The Fashoda Incident or Crisis was the climax of imperial territorial disputes between Britain and France in Eastern Africa, occurring in 1898. A French expedition to Fashoda on the White Nile river sought to gain control of the Upper Nile river basin and thereby exclude Britain from the Sudan.
Date
1898
Credit line
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Reference
ARP23A10_290
License type
Rights managed
Available size
60,0Mb (5,4Mb) / 13,0in x 18,0in / 3894 x 5385 (300dpi)