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Winston Churchill, 1899. The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan (1899), by Winston Churchill, is a history of the conquest of the Sudan between 1896 and 1899 by Anglo-Egyptian forces led by Lord Kitchener. [1] He defeated the Sudanese Dervish forces, led by Khalifa Abdallahi ibn Muhammad, heir to the ...
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An army that advanced overland with an enemy-controlled river on its flank was in perpetual, crippling danger of surprise attack from the rear. The rivers were also vital arteries for the Confederate economy, although lines of trade and communication were easily severed by patrolling enemy gunboats.
2 de abr. de 2002 · The geographer may still in the arrogance of science describe the Nile as 'a great, steady-flowing river, fed by the rains of the tropics, controlled by the existence of a vast head reservoir and several areas of repose, and annually flooded by the accession of a great body of water with which its eastern tributaries are flushed ...
The River War. Winston S. Churchill. 3.99. 762 ratings74 reviews. Here Sir Winston S. Churchill—the same man who would go on to lead the free world through its darkest hours during the second world war—tells the tale of the Anglo-Egyptian reconquest of the Sudan.
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12 de jul. de 2021 · By RONALD I. COHEN. | July 12, 2021. Winston S. Churchill, The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan, 2 vols., 1560 pages, James W. Muller, ed. St. Augustine’s Press, 2021, $150. Limited availability from Chartwell Booksellers and the Churchill Book Collector. (See editor’s comment below.)
15 de feb. de 2015 · The River War-An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan is a classic military history text by Winston Churchill. The reconquest of the Egyptian Sudan was a military achievement remarkable first...
The River War. Winston Churchill. Wildside Press, 2002 - History - 292 pages. This isn't just an account of the battles and the politics; it's the story of the destiny of the people of the...
