{"product_id":"khartoum-campaign-1898-re-conquest-of-the-soudan","title":"Khartoum Campaign, 1898; or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKhartoum Campaign, 1898; or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy Bennet Burleigh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWar correspondent Bennet Burleigh's illustrated eyewitness account follows the Anglo-Egyptian campaign from its preparations and advance along the Nile to the Battle of Omdurman, Khartoum, and the Fashoda affair.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten soon after the events, the book combines reporting from the field with military detail, personal observation, official dispatches, photographs, and maps. This carefully prepared EPUB retains the original illustrations and plans while adding modern navigation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e EPUB\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Nile Book Store digital edition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistorical content note:\u003c\/strong\u003e This work presents colonial warfare and Sudanese people through a British correspondent's nineteenth-century perspective and includes period language and images that may be disturbing or offensive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA public-domain work, newly prepared for modern reading by Nile Book Store.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.04em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#8b7355;margin:26px 0 10px 0;\"\u003eExcerpt\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cblockquote style=\"border-left:3px solid #c9a25a;margin:0;padding:2px 0 2px 18px;font-style:italic;color:#3a332a;line-height:1.6;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is an easier and kindlier duty to set forth facts than to proclaim opinions and pronounce judgments. Before Tel-el-Kebir was fought in September 1882 and the Egyptian army beaten and disbanded, the insurrection headed by the Mahdi or False Prophet had begun. In the disrupted condition of affairs which succeeded Arabi Pasha's defeat by British arms the dervish movement made further rapid progress.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo Sir Evelyn Wood, V.C., at the close of 1882, was assigned the task, as Sirdar or Commander-in-Chief of the Khedivial troops, of forming a real native army.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Bennet Burleigh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50148253761784,"sku":"EN-25504","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0802\/4798\/0280\/files\/cover-khartoum-campaign-1898.png?v=1786559099","url":"https:\/\/nilebookstore.com\/ar\/products\/khartoum-campaign-1898-re-conquest-of-the-soudan","provider":"Nile Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}