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008 980218r19971962enkabcf 001 0 eng d
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050 4 $aDT156.6$b.C56 1997
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100 1 $aChurchill, Winston,$d1874-1965.
245 14 $aThe river war :$ban account of the re-conquest of the Soudan /$cWinston S. Churchill.
260 $aLondon :$bPrion ;$aNorth Pomfret, Vt. :$bDistributed by Trafalgar Square,$c1997.
300 $axv, 270 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, maps, portraits ;$c22 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
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500 $a"This abridged version first published in 1962"--Title page verso.
500 $aIncludes index.
505 0 $aThe rebellion of the Mahdi -- The fate of the envoy -- The Dervish Empire -- The years of preparation -- The beginning of the war -- Firket, 7th June 1896 -- The recovery of the Dongola Province -- The Desert Railway -- Abu Hamed -- Berber -- Reconnaissance -- The grand advance -- The operations of the first of September -- The Battle of Omdurman, 2nd September 1898 -- The fall of the city -- 'The Fashoda Incident' -- On the Blue Nile -- The end of the Khalifa.
520 $aIn The River War, Winston Churchill recounts the operations directed by Lord Kitchener of Khartoum on the Upper Nile from 1896 to 1899 that led to England's reconquest of the Egyptian Sudan. Churchill was present at the decisive battle of Omdurman, and he wrote this book while he was still a young cavalry officer.
651 0 $aSudan$xHistory$y1881-1899.
651 0 $aSudan$xHistory$y1821-1881.
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776 08 $iOnline version:$aChurchill, Winston, 1874-1965.$tRiver war.$dLondon : Prion ; North Pomfret, Vt. : Distributed by Trafalgar Square, 1997$w(OCoLC)609408752
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