The Downfall of the Dervishes or, The Avenging of Gordon

The Downfall of the Dervishes; or, The Avenging of Gordon

In the following pages I have aimed at furnishing some account of the interesting experiences which fell to our lot during the recent campaign in the Sudan. My best thanks are due to several friends for the assistance they have rendered me, and I feel especially grateful to H.H. Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein and Major Stuart-Wortley, C.M.G., for their very kind help in supplying me with much additional and interesting information about the work of the Gunboats and the Friendly Tribes. I must also acknowledge the courteous permission accorded me by the Editor of[viii] the Westminster Gazette to use in the compilation of this book some of the letters which I had previously contributed to the columns of his newspaper. ERNEST N. BENNETT. Hertford College, Oxford, 1st November 1898. [ix] CHAPTER I From Cairo to the Atbara PAGE 1 CHAPTER II From the Atbara to Wad Hamed 56 CHAPTER III The Week before the Battle 105 CHAPTER IV The Battle of Omdurman 156 CHAPTER V Gunboats and Gaalin 203 CHAPTER VI After the Battle 222 MAP AND PLANS [Pg 1] THE DOWNFALL OF THE DERVISHES Towards the end of last July I heard to my great joy, from the editor of the Westminster Gazette, that a permit had been granted me to act as his special correspondent during the forthcoming campaign in the Sudan. Sinister rumours had been afloat for a long time to the effect that the utmost difficulty would be experienced in securing such permission, and several officials at the Foreign Office had warned applicants that even in the event of a formal pass beyond Wady Halfa being accorded, there would be no certainty that correspondents would be allowed to proceed actually to the front. The baselessness of these apprehensions was amply[2] shown by subsequent events. War correspondents in the recent campaign had little to complain of on the score of any curtailment of their liberty of movement, though the Sirdar's subsequent refusal to take any pressmen to Fashoda may have provoked some unreasonable criticism. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 51520
Author: Bennett, Ernest Nathaniel
Release Date: Mar 21, 2016
Format: eBook
Language: English