'The War in the Soudan, 1883-1885: Gallant Recapture of the Guns by the Bluejackets at the Battle of Tamanier, March 13, 1884', (1901). The Battle of Tamai (or Tamanieh) in eastern Sudan, was fought between British forces and the Mahdist Sudanese army. 'Blue jacket' was a term for a junior enlisted sailor in a navy. From "The Illustrated London News Record of the Glorious Reign of Queen Victoria 1837-1901: The Life and Accession of King Edward VII. and the Life of Queen Alexandra". [London, 1901]

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