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Title: The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan

Author: Winston Churchill


Release date: January 1, 2004 [eBook #4943]
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Language: English

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THE RIVER WAR

An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan

(1902 edition)

By Winston S. Churchill

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