Dictionary of Battles / From the Earliest Date to the Present Time

by Thomas Benfield Harbottle

Trinidad (Wars of the French Revolution).

This island was captured from the French, without resistance, by a naval and military expedition under Admiral John Harvey and Sir Ralph Abercrombie, February 17, 1797.

Trinkitat (Soudan Campaigns).

Fought March 29, 1884, when the British, 4,000 strong, under General Graham, totally defeated 6,000 Mahdists, under Osman Digna, after five hours' severe fighting. The British casualties amounted to 189 killed and wounded; the Mahdists lost about 2,000. This action is also known as the Battle of El Teb.