189: Corfield's Last Stand: Britain's War with the Mad Mullah in Somaliland

Send me a messageThe Last Stand of Richard Corfield: Britain's War with the Mad MullahIn August 1913, deep in the arid interior of British Somaliland, Captain Richard Corfield led a force of camel-mounted troopers into what would become one of the most dramatic—and overlooked—clashes of Britain’s colonial wars. Outnumbered nearly 30 to 1, Corfield and the Somaliland Camel Constabulary faced the full might of the Dervish forces led by the enigmatic and defiant Mohammed Abdullah Hassan—dubbed by the British as the “Mad Mullah.”Related PodcastsSir Adrian Carton de Wiart (The Soldier They Couldn't Kill)John Gough: The Only British Family Awarded 3 Victoria CrossesPlease Support My ShowBecome A PatronMake A DonationSupport the show