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With Kitchener To Khartum [Illustrated Edition].
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Francisco :
Lucknow Books,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.
- 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.
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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.