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

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PREFACE.

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

TRANSLATOR'S NOTE.

CONTENTS.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

FIRE AND SWORD IN THE SUDAN.

CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.

CHAPTER II. RESIDENCE IN DARFUR, AND EARLY HISTORY OF THE PROVINCE.

CHAPTER III. THE GOVERNMENT OF DARFUR.

CHAPTER IV. THE KHALIFA'S PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF THE RISE OF THE MAHDI.

CHAPTER V. SPREAD OF THE REVOLT IN SOUTHERN DARFUR.

CHAPTER VI. THE SIEGE AND FALL OF EL OBEID.

CHAPTER VII. VAIN EFFORTS TO STEM THE TIDE OF MAHDISM IN DARFUR.

CHAPTER VIII. HICKS PASHA'S EXPEDITION.

CHAPTER IX. THE FALL OF DARFUR.

CHAPTER X. THE SIEGE AND FALL OF KHARTUM.

CHAPTER XI. EARLY RULE OF KHALIFA ABDULLAHI.

CHAPTER XII. EVENTS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE SUDAN.

CHAPTER XIII. THE ABYSSINIAN CAMPAIGN.

CHAPTER XIV. MAHDIST OCCUPATION OF THE SOUTHERN PROVINCES.

CHAPTER XV. DISSENSION AND DISCORD.

CHAPTER XVI. MISCELLANEOUS REMARKS.

CHAPTER XVII. MISCELLANEOUS REMARKS ( continued ).

CHAPTER XVIII. PLANS FOR ESCAPE.

CHAPTER XIX. MY FLIGHT.

CHAPTER XX. CONCLUSION.

INDEX.

Transcriber's Notes

FIRE AND SWORD IN THE SUDAN.



FIRE AND SWORD IN THE SUDAN


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


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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