Omdurman, 1898: Kitchener's Victory in the Sudan (Osprey Militar

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Omdurman 1898: Kitchener's victory in the Sudan\nby Donald Featherstone\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Donald Featherstone\nTitle: Omdurman 1898: Kitchener's victory in the Sudan\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: African history\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\nPublication year: 1994\nISBN-13: 9781855323681\nISBN-10: 1855323680\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThis volume tells the story of the conquest of the Dervish Empire, culminating at Omdurman: one of the great desert battles in the imperial drama of the Victorian era. This dramatic conflict witnessed hordes of native warriors set against British discipline and firepower, gunboats on the Nile, a dramatic cavalry charge and Kitchener, the Sirdar, as conqueror. This books explores the events, weaponry and leaders .