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With Kitchener To Khartum [Illustrated Edition].

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Steevens, George Warrington
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Francisco : Lucknow Books, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF MAPS.; THE CHIEF EVENTS IN THE ATBARA AND OMDURMAN CAMPAIGNS.; I. -- HALFA TELLS ITS STORY.; The romance of the Sudan in brief-The rise of the Mahdi-The second act of the drama-The first Anglo-Egyptian strategical victory-The defeat of Nejumi-The turning-point of the drama-Convict labour-The taming of the Sudan-The cemetery; II. -- THE EGYPTIAN ARMY. 
505 8 |a The growth of sixteen years-The smallest and best paid of conscriptive armies-The Sudanese battalions-A perennial schoolboy-Inconstant warriors-Polygamy-Uniform and equipment -- Cavalry and artillery -- British officers and native troops-The merits of "SergOne of the highest achievements of our raceIII. -- THE S.M.R.; The deadliest weapon against Mahdism-An impossibility realised-A heavy handicap-The railway battalions-Arab views on mechanics-Engines of shreds and patches-Bimbashi Girouard-An engineering triumph-A subaltern with £2000 a-year-Saloon passengers-A journeyA desert railway station. 
505 8 |a IV -- THE CORRESPONDENT'S PROGRESS. An outcast in the Sudan-The significance of a "line of communications"-The old and the young campaigner-A varied equipment-The buying of camels-An energetic beast-A doubtful testimonial-A waiting game-A hurried departure-A happy thought; V. -- I MARCH TO BERBER.; The hiring of donkeys-Arab deliberation-A wonderful horse -The procession starts-The luxury of angareba-A disreputable caravan-Four miles an hour-The desert treadmill-A camel ride to Berber; VI. -- THE SIRDAR. 
505 8 |a Irrelevant details-The Sudan Machine-The harvest of fifteen years-A stroke of genius-An unsuccessful enterprise-A diplomatic skirmish with the Khedive-Swift, certain, and relentless-A stern regime-A well-trusted general-A legitimate ambition-The Anglo-Egyptian MahdiVII. -- ARMS AND MEN.; Major-General Hunter-The sword-arm of the Egyptian Army -A nineteenth-century crusader-An officer renowned for bravery-A possible new national hero-Lieut.-Col. Hector Macdonald -- Lieut.-Col. Maxwell -- Lieut.-Col. Lewis -- Lieut.-Col. Broadwood-Lieut.-Col. Colonel Wingate; VIII. -- IN THE BRITISH CAMP. 
505 8 |a A great march under difficulties-A gunner's adventure-The boot scandal-Official explanations and admissions-Making the men hard-The general's morning ride-The camp in a duet storm-A badly chosen siteIX. -- FORT ATBARA.; Dinner in the Egyptian camp-Under a roof again-A sand-storm-The Fort-A revelation of Egyptian industry-The Egyptian soldiers on fatigue duty-A Greek café-The gunboat fleet-Crossing the Fourth Cataract-The value of the gunboats-War, blockade-running, and poaching combined.; X. -- THE MARCH OUT. 
500 |a The beginning and end of the Berber season-A palatial house-Berber, old and new-The value of angarebs-The apprehensions of the Greek merchants-A splendid black battalion -The crossing of the luck token-"Like the English, we are not afraid"--A flattering belief. 
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