EGYPTIAN SOUDAN

Dongola 1896 & The Nile Expedition 1897-1898

von W. Dennistoun Sword, Henry S. L. Alford

418 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This book chronicles the death of General Gordon at Khartoum and Kitchener's 1896-1898 campaigns to reconquer Sudan. It traces Sudan's history, from Egyptian conquest and Khartoum's rise as a slave market to Gordon's doomed defence and the delayed relief of 1885. The narrative details the Dongola expedition of 1896 and the Nile campaign culminating at Omdurman, highlighting strategy, battles, and British involvement. Two appendices provide comprehensive officer rolls, force organisation, and a roll of honour for those who fell, making this an authoritative account of one of Britain's most dramatic colonial campaigns. The book chronicles the death of General Gordon at Khartoum and Kitchener's 1896-1898 campaigns to reconquer Sudan. It traces Sudan's history, from Egyptian conquest and Khartoum's rise as a slave market to Gordon's doomed defence and the delayed relief of 1885. The narrative details the Dongola expedition of 1896 and the Nile campaign culminating at Omdurman, highlighting strategy, battles, and British involvement. Two appendices provide comprehensive officer rolls, force organisation, and a roll of honour for those who fell, making this an authoritative account of one of Britain's most dramatic colonial campaigns.his book includes a rapid sketch of the history of Sudan, a narrative of the Dongola expedition of 1896, and a full account of the Nile expedition of 1897-1898. The first part describes the early days of the country, its conquest by the Egyptian Khedive, Mahomed Ali, the foundation of Khartoum and its place as the great central slave market. The involvement of the British in suppressing this trade brought Gordon to Khartoum, subsequently the scene of his death in January 1885 when Khartoum was taken by the Mahdi. A relief force arrived two days too late - and withdrew to Egypt leaving the Mahdi in control. Eventually the decision was taken to reconquer the Sudan and, in 1896, Kitchener, the Sirdar of Egypt, was given the task. The account of the two years it took forms the main part of this book, culminating in the battle of Omdurman. There are two very informative appendices, the one provides the organization of the forces of the Dongola and Nile expeditions with a complete nominal roll of all the officers, the other is the roll of honour of British officers, WOs, NCOs and Men who lost their lives in the campaign.

• Reihe: No Series Linked
• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Geschichte Militärgeschichte
• ISBN: 9781474540308
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 21.05.2024
• Größe: 216 x 140 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press