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- In The River War, Winston Churchill recounts a critical but often overlooked episode from the days when the British Empire was at the height of its power: the operations directed by Lord Kitchener of Khartoum on the Upper Nile from 1896 to 1899, which led to England's reconquest of the Egyptian Sudan.After the 1881 rebellion of the Mahdi had plunged the Sudan into chaos, British attempts to withdraw from the region climaxed in General Gordon's ill-fated attempt to rescue officials, soldiers, and...
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The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan (1899), by Winston Churchill, is a history of the conquest of the Sudan between 1896 and 1899 by Anglo-Egyptian forces led by Lord Kitchener.
- Winston Churchill
- 1899
An army that advanced overland with an enemy-controlled river on its flank was in perpetual, crippling danger of surprise attack from the rear. The rivers were also vital arteries for the Confederate economy, although lines of trade and communication were easily severed by patrolling enemy gunboats.
Here Sir Winston S. Churchill—the same man who would go on to lead the free world through its darkest hours during the second world war—tells the tale of the Anglo-Egyptian reconquest of the Sudan.
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The River War - An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan. When the self-proclaimed Mahdi (“Guided One”) gathered Islamic forces and kicked the Anglo-Egyptians out of the Sudan, he unleashed a backlash.
SectionChapterTime00:42:1900:42:4900:40:2600:42:02In The River War, Winston Churchill recounts the operations directed by Lord Kitchener of Khartoum on the Upper Nile from 1896 to 1899 that led to England's reconquest of the Egyptian Sudan.
Dec 31, 2014 · The river war : an historical account of the reconquest of the Soudan : Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. by. Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965; Rhodes, Francis William. Publication date. 1902. Topics. Sudan -- History. Publisher. London ; New York : Longmans, Green and Co. Collection.
Apr 2, 2002 · All who journey on the Nile, whether in commerce or war, will pay their tribute of respect and gratitude; for the great river has befriended all races and every age. Through all the centuries it has performed the annual miracle of its flood.
