The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan
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About This Book
Churchil, l with his powerful insight, tells the tale of how the war changed the fates of England, Egypt and the Arabian peoples in northeast Africa. The River War was Churchill's second published book after The Story of the Malakand Field Force and originally filled two volumes with over 1000 pages in 1899. The River War was subsequently abridged to one volume in 1902.
Chapters (25)
- THE RIVER WAR
- An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan
- (1902 edition)
- CONTENTS
- CHAPTER I: THE REBELLION OF THE MAHDI
- CHAPTER II: THE FATE OF THE ENVOY
- CHAPTER III: THE DERVISH EMPIRE
- CHAPTER IV: THE YEARS OF PREPARATION
- CHAPTER V: THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR
- CHAPTER VI: FIRKET
- CHAPTER VII: THE RECOVERY OF THE DONGOLA PROVINCE
- CHAPTER VIII: THE DESERT RAILWAY
- CHAPTER IX: ABU HAMED
- CHAPTER X: BERBER
- CHAPTER XI: RECONNAISSANCE
- CHAPTER XII: THE BATTLE OF THE ATBARA
- CHAPTER XIII: THE GRAND ADVANCE
- CHAPTER XIV: THE OPERATIONS OF THE FIRST OF SEPTEMBER
- CHAPTER XV: THE BATTLE OF OMDURMAN
- CHAPTER XVI: THE FALL OF THE CITY
- CHAPTER XVII: 'THE FASHODA INCIDENT'
- CHAPTER XVIII: ON THE BLUE NILE
- CHAPTER XIX: THE END OF THE KHALIFA
- APPENDIX B
- DECLARATION RELATIVE TO THE BRITISH AND FRENCH SPHERES OF INFLUENCE IN CENTRAL AFRICA
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