British Military Operations in Egypt and the Sudan

Harold E. Raugh

doi:10.5771/9781461657002

Summary

The British Army's campaigns in Egypt and the Sudan from 1882 to 1899 were among the most dramatic and hard-fought in British military history. In 1882, the British sent an expeditionary force to Egypt to quell the Arabic Revolt and secure British control of the Suez Canal, its lifeline to India. The enigmatic British Major General Charles G. Gordon was sent to the Sudan in 1884 to study the possibility of evacuating Egyptian garrisons threatened by Muslim fanatics, the dervishes, in the Sudan. While the dervishes defeated the British forces on a number of occasions, the British eventually learned to combat the insurrection and ultimately, largely through superior technology and firepower, vanquished the insurgents in 1898.

British Operations in Egypt and the Sudan: A Selected Bibliography enumerates and generally describes and annotates hundreds of contemporary, current, and hard-to-find books, journal articles, government documents, and personal papers on all aspects of British military operations in Egypt and the Sudan from 1882 to 1899. Arranged chronologically and topically, chapters cover the various campaigns, focusing on specific battles, leading military personalities, and the contributions of imperial nations as well as supporting services of the British Army. This definitive volume is an indispensable reference for researching imperialism, colonial history, and British military operations, leadership, and tactics.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2008
ISBN-Print: 978-0-8108-5954-8
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4616-5700-2
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 347
Product type: Book Titles

1. Table of Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
3. Preface No access
4. Introduction: Historical Background of British Military Operations in Egypt and the Sudan, 1882–1899 No access
1. A. General Information No access
2. B. Political and International Background No access
1. A. General Information No access
2. B. Arabi Pasha Revolt No access
3. C. Bombardment of Alexandria, 11 July 1882 No access
4. D. Battle of Tel el-Kebir, 13 September 1882 No access
5. E. London Gazette Despatches No access
1. A. Rise of the Mahdi No access
2. B. The Mahdiya No access
1. A. General Information No access
2. B. Battle of Kashgil/Sheikan, 3–5 November 1883 No access
3. C. First Battle of El Teb, 4 February 1884 No access
4. D. Second Battle of El Teb, 29 February 1884 No access
5. E. Battle of Tamai, 13 March 1884 No access
6. F. London Gazette Despatches No access
1. A. General Information No access
2. B. Battle of Abu Klea, 17 January 1885 No access
3. C. Battle of Kirbekan, 10 February 1885 No access
4. D. Battle of Tofrek, 22 March 1885 No access
5. E. Kosheh, November–December 1885 No access
6. F. Battle of Ginnis, 30 December 1885 No access
7. G. London Gazette Despatches No access
6. Military Operations on the Egyptian Frontier, 1886–1895 No access Pages 79 - 80
1. A. General Information No access
2. B. Initial Military Operations No access
3. C. Battle of Omdurman, 2 September 1898 No access
4. D. Fashoda Incident, 18 September 1898 No access
5. E. Battle of Umm Diwaykarat, 24 November 1899 No access
6. F. London Gazette Despatches No access
1. A. General Information No access
2. B. India No access
3. C. Canada No access
4. D. New South Wales/Australia No access
1. A. General Information No access
2. B. Nile River Operations No access
1. A. Cavalry No access
2. B. Artillery No access
3. C. Engineers No access
4. D. Logistics No access
5. E. Signal Support No access
6. F. Medical Support No access
7. G. Postal Operations No access
8. H. War Correspondents and Artists No access
1. A. Field Marshal Viscount Garnet J. Wolseley No access
2. B. Major General Charles G. Gordon No access
3. C. Field Marshal Earl Horatio H. Kitchener No access
4. D. Other Participants: Autobiographies No access
5. E. Other Participants: Biographies No access
6. F. Other Participants: Journals No access
7. G. Other Participants: Letters No access
8. H. Dissertations No access
12. Regimental and Unit Histories No access Pages 219 - 238
1. A. 1882 No access
2. B. 1883 No access
3. C. 1884 No access
4. D. 1885 No access
5. E. 1886 No access
6. F. 1889 No access
7. G. 1896 No access
8. H. 1898 No access
9. I. 1899 No access
1. A. 1882 No access
2. B. 1883 No access
3. C. 1884 No access
4. D. 1885 No access
5. E. 1886 No access
6. F. 1888 No access
7. G. 1889 No access
8. H. 1896 No access
9. I. 1898 No access
10. J. 1900 No access
1. A. England No access
1. A. England No access
2. B. Scotland No access
3. C. Australia No access
4. D. Sudan No access
5. E. Canada No access
6. F. United States No access
Author/Editor Index No access Pages 329 - 346
About the Author No access Pages 347 - 347