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

by Winston Churchill

THE RIVER WAR

An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan

(1902 edition)

By Winston S. Churchill

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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]

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THE SOUDAN
--to illustrate the military operations--
1896-1898

|* Wady Halfa
/
(The Nile) /
_/
|
\_
/
| __* Abu Hamed
| _/ \
Dongola *\ _/ \ Suakin *
\ Merawi / \
\ */ \
\_ _ / \ Berber
\*
/\__ (The Atbara River)
_/ \_
Metemma */ \
/
|
Omdurman */
Khartoum /*\_
| \_
| \_ (The Blue Nile)
\ \
KORDOFAN \
|
(The White Nile)