hosh-ben-naga

Updated: August 6, 2026

The flotilla exerted itself to harass the Dervishes and impede the transportation; but although several sailing-boats and other river craft were captured, Mahmud succeeded in moving his whole army to Shendi by the 28th of February. His own headquarters were established at Hosh-ben-Naga, a little village about five miles further south.

Winston Churchill - The River War : An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan