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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.
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.
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 · All who journey on the Nile, whether in commerce or war, will pay their tribute of respect and gratitude; for the great river has befriended all races and every age. Through all the centuries it has performed the annual miracle of its flood.
12 de jul. de 2021 · The River War: a singular achievement. Winston Churchill remains strikingly well-known for an individual dead almost sixty years. Moreover, he is referred to by world leaders and commentators in the press almost every week. Relatively less known are his early histories and memoirs.
With the image of the heroic General Charles Gordon dying at Khartoum, the British public was ready to support a war to reclaim the lost territories. And when the political time was right, a British-Egyptian-Sudanese expedition led by the redoubtable Herbert Kitchener set out to do just that.
8 de feb. de 2022 · At heart, The River War is the story of Britain’s last great imperial war against indigenous foes. After Omdurman, Britain was condemned, for the most part, to fight Europeans—first in South Africa, and then, far more devastatingly, on the fields of Flanders.
