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Lädt ... Battle Story Omdurman 1898von William Wright
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The battle took place at Kerreri, 11km north of Omdurman in the Sudan. Kitchener commanded a force of 8,000 British regulars and a mixed force of 17,000 Sudanese and Egyptian soldiers. He arrayed his force in an arc around the village of Egeiga close to the bank of the Nile, where a gunboat flotilla waited in support, facing a wide, flat plain with hills rising to the left and right. The British and Egyptian cavalry were placed on either flank. Al-Taashi's followers, known as Ansar and sometimes referred to as Dervishes, numbered around 50,000, including some 3,000 cavalry. In a few hours and at a loss of less than 400 officers and men killed and wounded, the Anglo-Egyptian army defeated the 50,000 brave tribesmen who charged their enemy, regardless of the hail of Maxim bullets, many of them armed only with spears, swords and ancient chainmail armour. In concise detail, with orders of battle, maps and over fifty images, the author shows how Omdurman was a superb example of tactics in warfare. First-hand accounts from both sides help the reader to understand all the horrors and glory of that day including the famous charge of the 21st Lancers, often called the last great cavalry charge of the British Army. This was arguably the height of British Empire military dominance. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)962.403History and Geography Africa Egypt; Sudan; South Sudan Sudan [& South Sudan] Sudan & South Sudan Imperialism & Nationalism in the SudanKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt: Keine Bewertungen.Bist das du?Werde ein LibraryThing-Autor. |
Judged as the popular account it tries to be (rather than an Osprey wargamer's guide or an academic history) it's decent, weak on the background to the campaign but pretty good on the battle itself. Wright's sympathies are clearly with his British countrymen, but unlike some popular accounts he makes a good effort to present also the Mahdist perspective, repeatedly invoking the Sudanese historian Ismat Zulfo who interviewed Mahdist survivors long after the battle.