Fire and Sword in the Sudan
Subtitle: A Personal narrative of Fighting and Serving the Dervishes
Contributors: Rudolf C. Slatin (Translator)
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: August 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 700
ISBN-13: 9780766174047
Subjects: Land forces & warfare; World history: c 1750 to c 1900; History - General History; History; History: American; Sudan; Africa - East
First sentence: IN July, 1878, when serving as lieutenant in H. I. H. the Crown Prince Rudolph's regiment, the 19th Foot, on the Bosnian frontier, I received a letter from General Gordon, inviting me to come to the Sudan and take service with the Egyptian Government, under his direction.