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Post by Bromhead24 on May 22, 2005 20:31:33 GMT -5
I thought we should expand from just the Zulu war to all of England's colonial wars.
Egypt and the Sudan
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Post by MrLouisiana on May 22, 2005 20:38:23 GMT -5
I know little of their colonial wars, but I know much of their defense of Egypt during the Napoleonic wars...but neither the time nor the place, eh?
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Post by Bromhead24 on May 22, 2005 20:49:30 GMT -5
once this topic gets started, i'll ask to open up a Nepoleonic wars topic.
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Post by Greg C. on May 23, 2005 6:40:18 GMT -5
once this topic gets started, i'll ask to open up a Nepoleonic wars topic. done! |
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Post by Bromhead24 on May 26, 2006 18:53:07 GMT -5
 Above: Officers of the 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards at Windsor Castle on 19 February 1885 before leaving for the sudan. Below: Officers of the same battalion a few weeks later at Suakin. Most have now grown beards and have a more relaxed look.  |
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Post by Bromhead24 on May 28, 2006 9:19:47 GMT -5
Below: Charles George Gordon, Governor of the Sudan's Equatorial Province from 1874 and Governor-General of the whole Sudan from 1877-79 in his Egyptian uniform of that office.  Below: LtCol J.D. Hamill Stewart, 11th Hussars, who was sent to report on the Sudan in 1882 and accompanied Gordon to Khartoum in 1884  |
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Post by Bromhead24 on May 28, 2006 9:33:27 GMT -5
Below: A modern photo of Gordons Palace at Khartoum.  |
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