'The Battle of Omdurman: The Defence of the Khalifa's Black Flag', 1898, (c1900). Episode during the Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan. 'Colonel Long opened fire from the 32nd Field had little effect on the Dervishes, who continued to advance with their usual dash and storm was met with a concentrated fire from all arms of our left wing; before its withering blast the followers of the Prophet fell like the ripe wheat reserve force of Dervishes, hidden by a rocky eminence, swooped down on our right flank, under the black banner of the were
'The Battle of Omdurman: The Defence of the Khalifa's Black Flag', 1898, (c1900). Episode during the Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan. 'Colonel Long opened fire from the 32nd Field had little effect on the Dervishes, who continued to advance with their usual dash and storm was met with a concentrated fire from all arms of our left wing; before its withering blast the followers of the Prophet fell like the ripe wheat reserve force of Dervishes, hidden by a rocky eminence, swooped down on our right flank, under the black banner of the were 15,000 of them, against the two Soudanese brigades and their battery of end broke and fled, leaving the field white with jibba-clad '. From "Cassell's History of England, Vol. IX". [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne]
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