OMDURMAN 1973 by Phillip Ziegler 1973 SUDAN HORN OF AFRICA MILITARY HISTORY
POB#56988
TITLE: Omdurman 1973 Full Red
AUTHOR: Phillip Ziegler
PUBLISHER: London: Collins
DATE: 1973
EDITION: First Edition. Raugh 810
DESCRIPTION: 241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
CONDITION NOTES: FINE/VERY GOOD. Price clipped dust jacket. Nice copy.
BINDING: Brown cloth.
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CHAPTERS:
Prologue --
The years of preparation --
The grand advance --
The final march --
"There will be a battle" --
The day of the gunboats --
The eve of battle --
The assault on El Egeiga --
"A close shave for the camel corps" --
The charge of the 21st Lancers --
Macdonald's brigade stands firm --
The the walls of the citadel --
Flight of a demi-god --
Surely now he is avenged".
