Dul Madoba

Battle of Dul Madoba
	Part of Dervish Movement
	; British camel troopers in 1913, between Berbera and Odweyne in British Somaliland.
Date	4 August 1913
Location	Dul Madoba, British Somaliland
Result	Dervish victory
Belligerents
British Somaliland	Dervish Movement
Commanders and leaders
Richard Corfield †	Mohamed Abdullah Hassan
Strength
110 Somaliland Camel Constabulary	2,750
Casualties and losses
36 killed; 21 wounded; 24 deserted	395 killed

The Battle of Dul Madoba was an engagement between British forces and the Dervish movement on 4 August 1913. During the battle, Ibraahin Xoorane (English: Ibrahim Hoorane) killed Richard Corfield. A native Somali account of the battle is found in the poem Annagoo Taleex naal.

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