Fire and Sword in the Sudan / A Personal Narrative of Fighting and Serving the Dervishes 1879-1895

A PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF FIGHTING AND SERVING THE DERVISHES. 1879-1895. BY RUDOLF C. SLATIN PASHA, C.B. COLONEL IN THE EGYPTIAN ARMY (INTELLIGENCE DEPT.); FORMERLY GOVERNOR AND COMMANDANT OF THE TROOPS IN DARFUR. TRANSLATED BY MAJOR F. R. WINGATE, C.B., D.S.O., R.A. Director of Military Intelligence, Egyptian Army ; AUTHOR OF MAHDISM AND THE EGYPTIAN SUDAN, TEN YEARS' CAPTIVITY IN THE MAHDI'S CAMP, ETC. ILLUSTRATED BY R. TALBOT KELLY, R.B.A. EDWARD ARNOLD. LONDON: NEW YORK: 37, Bedford Street. 70, Fifth Avenue. 1896.

Copyright, 1896 , By Edward Arnold. University Press: John Wilson and Son, Cambridge, U.S.A.

TO Her Most Gracious Majesty THE QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND AND EMPRESS OF INDIA WHO HAS EVER SHOWN DEEP SOLICITUDE FOR AND GRACIOUS SYMPATHY WITH THE EUROPEAN PRISONERS IN THE SUDAN THIS RECORD OF HIS LIFE IN CAPTIVITY IS BY PERMISSION HUMBLY DEDICATED BY HER MAJESTY'S MOST DEVOTED AND GRATEFUL RUDOLF C. SLATIN


Prompted by the earnest entreaties of my friends rather than by any wish of my own to relate my experiences, I have written these chapters.