The Memoirs of Major-General Sir Hugh McCalmont
Author: Sir Hugh McCalmont
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Published: 1924
Total Pages: 336
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Author: Sir Hugh McCalmont
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Published: 1924
Total Pages: 336
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Published: 1924
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Sir Hugh McCalmont
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Published: 1924
Total Pages: 295
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Published: 1907
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Sir Hugh MACCALMONT
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Hugh Maccalmont
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Published: 1924
Total Pages: 438
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: William Wright
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2011-11-08
Total Pages: 468
ISBN-13: 0752475843
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1882, the British invaded Egypt in an audacious war that gave them control of the country, and the Suez Canal, for more than seventy years. In 'A Tidy Little War', William Wright gives the first full account of that hard-fought and hitherto neglected campaign, which was not nearly as 'tidy' as the British commander would later claim. Using unpublished documents and forgotten books, including the discovery of General Sir Garnet Wolseley's diaries, Wright highlights how the Egyptian War, climaxing in the dawn battle of Tel-el-Kebir, was altogether a close-run thing. These documents offer an intriguing perspective of the General's handling of the war and his relationship with his war staff. The war was the major combined services operation of the late Victorian era, it saw the Royal Navy sail into battle for the last time in its old glory and the book has the first full account of the Bombardment of Alexandria.
Author: Mike Snook
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2013-12-09
Total Pages: 626
ISBN-13: 1473831733
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the early 1880s the Mahdi unleashed a spectacularly successful jihadist uprising against Egyptian colonial rule in the Sudan. Early in1884 Cairo bowed to British pressure to withdraw. Beyond the Reach of Empire describes how Major General Charles Gordon was despatched to evacuate Khartoum and turn the Sudan over to self-rule. It goes on to explain how and why the mission backfired, and then homes in on Sir Garnet Wolseley's planning and execution of the long-delayed Gordon Relief Expedition which arrived, according to popular myth, only two days after the city had fallen and Gordon had been killed. Colonel Mike Snook's narrative is characterized by scrupulous attention to detail, an instinctive grasp of the period, and an intimate understanding of its setting. The author argues compellingly that the Khartoum campaign was mismanaged from the outset. The outcome is the exoneration of Colonel Sir Charles Wilson, the man cast in the role of scapegoat, and an indictment of Wolseley's generalship over the course of the last and most deeply flawed campaign of his career. Full review available at http://www.warhistoryonline.com/reviews/beyond-reach-empire-wolseleys-failed-campaign-save-gordon-khartoum-review-mark-barnes.html (please copy and paste into your browser) As featured in Wye Local Magazine.
Author: Simon Robbins
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004-12-17
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 1134269684
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book explores how British Army learnt from the pyrrhic victories of 1915-17 and developed the new tactics, leadership and doctrine of combined arms to overcome the tactical stalemate hitherto bedevilling Allied offensives to defeat the