A diplomatic contrastSourced
War scares at home, a toast on the ground
In 1898, French and British-Egyptian forces met at Fashoda, in present-day South Sudan. Their colonial rivalry stirred a war scare in Europe. The commanders on the ground nevertheless behaved with restraint, even sharing a whisky toast. France eventually withdrew.
The atmosphere at the meeting differed from the uproar far away.
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