Nyam Nyams was found massed to oppose the column, but retired on its determined advance on the 7th. Yambio's village was occupied, with Yambio fleeing into the bush. On the 8th a column under the late Lieutenant Fell (late R.N.) advanced, located Yambio himself, and dispersed his force again after a slight skirmish. That evening three columns went out to effect the capture of the Sultan, which was successfully accomplished by Major Carter's column, Yambio receiving a mortal wound in the skirmish, of which he died that night. By Yambio's death the country was relieved of a barbarous and cruel despotism which had pressed heavily on the people for many years. It was, therefore, hailed with satisfaction, as was evidenced by the numbers who, in a short time, came in gladly to Government and further resistance ended.
Talodi (25 May - 17 June 1906) Eight clasps awarded to British officers but none to British other ranks.
During 25-27 May 1906, there was a local uprising at Talodi in the Nuba Mountains, known as the Abu Rufas uprising, when a group of rebels led by Abu Rufas killed the Mamur, 30 men from the XIIth Sudanese, as well as nine merchants, during an attack on the local garrison. On 2 June El Miralai O'Connell Bey, Governor of Kordofan, left El Obeid with a force of 150 men of XIIth Sudanese, together with 380 of the Camel Corps. However, on hearing of the attack, the Mek Rahal of Kadugli, the Mek Hamid Abu Sakin of Miri, and the Mek Bosh of Gedir, all went to the help of the beleaguered garrison. They arrived on the same day that O'Connel Bey left El Obeid, and after inflicting some seven dead and taking 100 prisoners, drove the rebels to Eliri. El Miralai O'Connell Bey's force reached Talodi on 12 June and Eliri on the 15th, where, having taken to the hills, the rebels were defeated with a loss of some 350 men. The garrison was restored to strength and the military force returned to El Obeid.
Only eight British officers took part in the expedition:
Captain (Local Major) J. R. O’Connell, Shropshire Light Infantry Major C. H. Leverson, 18th Hussars Captain A. J. B. Percival, D.S.O., Northumberland Fusiliers Captain H. M. Hutchinson, D.S.O., Connaught Rangers Captain H. H. S. Romilly, D.S.O., Scots Guards Captain C. V. B. Stanley, Royal Army Medical Corps Captain G. J. Ryan, D.S.O., Royal Munster Fusiliers Lieutenant B. W. Y. Danford, Royal Engineers
Katfia (1-2 May 1908)
The somewhat unusual, but not unprecedented, step was taken to only grant the Medal without clasp to those who did not already possess the Khedive’s Medal, and to only award clasps to those who already held it. So four Medals without clasp, and 16 Medal clasps only were awarded to British officers of the Egyptian Army, and a further 58 Medals without clasp to the officers and men of the 1st Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, who comprised the British company of the Camel Corps patrolling the area at the time.
The rebellion of Abdel Kader Mohammed Imam Wad Habuba of the Blue Nile in 1908 was responsible for the Talodi clasp. Wad Habuba, the name by which he is commonly remembered, had taken part in the battle of Toski under the flag of the Emir Wad el Negumi and been taken prisoner. He had been interned in Cairo and in due course permitted to return to the Sudan, where he promptly joined the Dervish forces in Dongola. After the reoccupation in 1896, he returned to Omdurman, and although he was not actually present at the battle of Omdurman, he was doing his utmost in the Gezira to collect men and supplies for the Khalifa. With the passing of the years he acquired a reputation for generosity which, combined with his known religious zeal and fervour, added considerably to his local prestige.
On 29 April it was reported to the Manur of Messalamia that Imam Wad Habuba was now calling himself the Prophet Isa (Jesus Christ, who is also revered in Islam) and had expressed his intention of opposing the Government. He had located himself at a small village called Tugr. However, Wad Habuba also let it be known that if the representatives of the Government would visit him he would discuss his grievances with them. Mr. Scott-Moncrieff, Senior Inspector, Blue Nile Province, and the Mamur of Kamlin set out with two policemen to meet him, and leaving their escort a short distance from the village the two officials proceeded alone, and dismounting at Wad Habuba’s house went inside. Almost immediately they were attacked and were killed. The bodies were thrown out, and the assembled people began shouting, waving their swords and spears, and riding the camels of the officers; from these movements the two policemen, who were a long way off, concluded that they had been murdered, and returned at once to Katfia to report what they had seen. Sheikh Abdalla Musaid then sent one of the villagers to Tugr to inquire whether the news was true, and having seen the bodies he returned.
News of the murder was at once sent to Messalamia, where Captain McEwen received it and at once sent it on by mounted messenger to Major Dickinson, to whom it was delivered at Wad Medani at 8 a.m. on 30 April. By 9 a.m. a company of the XIIIth Sudanese Battalion, and a Maxim, under Captain Logan, had started, whilst Major Dickinson himself proceeded with all speed to Messalamia, where he arrived at 3 p.m. the same day. At 4 p.m. on 1 May the troops and Major Dickinson, accompanied by Mr. Bonham-Carter, the Legal Secretary, who was on a tour of inspection, and Judge Peacock, in charge of the Land Settlement, left Messalamia and reached Katfia at 5.30 p.m. that evening. Captain McEwen and the Mumur of Kamlin - Yuzbashi (Captain) Mohhamed Effendi Fahmi Yakut - had already arrived there, had taken over 31 policemen previously collected there by the two murdered officers, and had gathered all possible information regarding the positions of the rebels, who, it was ascertained, had dug a regular trench round Abdel Kader's house at Tugr, and had given out that they intended to await the advance of the troops at that place. Consequently Major Dickinson decided to attack them at daylight the next morning, and, if possible, kill or capture the entire band. However during the very dark night the rebels made a surprise all-out attack on the government camp. The police, who were on the left, were completely taken by surprise and suffered very seriously, many being actually killed in their sleep, including the officer in command. The detachment of the XIIIth Sudanese Battalion stood their ground and the attack melted away. The government force had 10 men plus seven camp followers killed, and 20 plus four camp followers wounded. The wounded included Mr. Bonham-Carter, the legal Secretary.
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