Omdurman 1898 Kitchener's Victory in the Sudan

Name: Omdurman 1898 Kitchener's Victory in the Sudan
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ISBN: 9780275986315

ISBN-10: 0275986314

ISBN-13: 9780275986315

Edition: 2005

Authors: Donald Featherstone

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This volume tells the story of the conquest of the Dervish Empire: the Dongola-Berber campaign, Firket and Atbara, culminating at Omdurman, one of the great desert battles in the imperial drama of the Victorian era - hordes of native warriors set against British discipline and firepower, gunboats on the Nile, a dramatic cavalry charge and Kitchener, the Sirdar, as conqueror. The opposing armies and their leaders are investigated, showing that the fanaticism of the Ansar was no substitute for the modern weaponry of the Anglo-Egyptian army. The appearance and use of the Maxim machine gun, first introduced into the British army in 1891, is studied, as is the basic weaponry of the Mahdist…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 96
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English