British Military Operations in Egypt and the Sudan: A Selected Bibliography

by Harold E. Raugh Jr.

Overview

The British Army's campaigns in Egypt and the Sudan from 1882 to 1899 were among the most dramatic and hard-fought in British military history. In 1882, the British sent an expeditionary force to Egypt to quell the Arabic Revolt and secure British control of the Suez Canal, its lifeline to India. The enigmatic British Major General Charles G. Gordon was sent to the Sudan in 1884 to study the possibility of evacuating Egyptian garrisons threatened by Muslim fanatics, the dervishes, in the Sudan. While the dervishes defeated the British forces on a number of occasions, the British eventually learned to combat the insurrection and ultimately, largely through superior technology and firepower, vanquished the insurgents in 1898.

British Operations in Egypt and the Sudan: A Selected Bibliography enumerates and generally describes and annotates hundreds of contemporary, current, and hard-to-find books, journal articles, government documents, and personal papers on all aspects of British military operations in Egypt and the Sudan from 1882 to 1899. Arranged chronologically and topically, chapters cover the various campaigns, focusing on specific battles, leading military personalities, and the contributions of imperial nations as well as supporting services of the British Army. This definitive volume is an indispensable reference for researching imperialism, colonial history, and British military operations, leadership, and tactics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780810859548
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	05/02/2008
Pages:	378
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Harold E. Raugh, Jr. currently serves as the Command Historian, U.S. Army V Corps, Heidelberg, Germany. He is a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel of Infantry, the author or editor of five previous military history books and over 700 articles and book reviews, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     ix
Preface     xiii
Introduction: Historical Background of British Military Operations in Egypt and the Sudan, 1882-1899     xvii
Overview     1
General Information     1
Political and International Background     9
British Expedition to Egypt, 1882     17
General Information     17
Arabi Pasha Revolt     24
Bombardment of Alexandria, 11 July 1882     27
Battle of Tel el-Kebir, 13 September 1882     29
London Gazette Despatches     31
Rise of the Mahdi, 1881-1885, and the Mahdiya, 1885-1899     35
Rise of the Mahdi     35
The Mahdiya     40
Egyptian Army and Suakin Operations, January 1883-April 1884     49
General Information     49
Battle of Kashgil/Sheikan, 3-5 November 1883     52
First Battle of El Teb, 4 February 1884     53
Second Battle of El Teb, 29 February 1884     54
Battle of Tamai, 13 March 1884     54
London Gazette Despatches     55
Gordon Relief Expedition, 1884-1885, and Suakin Operations, 1885     59
General Information     59
Battle of Abu Klea, 17 January 1885     71
Battle of Kirbekan, 10 February 1885     72
Battle of Tofrek, 22 March 1885     72
Kosheh, November-December 1885     73
Battle of Ginnis, 30 December 1885     74
London Gazette Despatches     74
Military Operations on the Egyptian Frontier, 1886-1895     79
Reconquest of the Sudan, 1896-1899     81
General Information     81
Initial Military Operations     87
Battle of Omdurman, 2 September 1898     88
Fashoda Incident, 18 September 1898     92
Battle of Umm Diwaykarat, 24 November 1899     100
London Gazette Despatches     100
Imperial Contributions     103
General Information     103
India     103
Canada     104
New South Wales/Australia     106
Other Naval Operations     115
General Information     115
Nile River Operations     116
Miscellaneous Aspects     119
Cavalry     119
Artillery     119
Engineers     119
Logistics     122
Signal Support     123
Medical Support     123
Postal Operations      124
War Correspondents and Artists     131
Autobiographies, Biographies, Journals, and Letters     135
Field Marshal Viscount Garnet J. Wolseley     135
Major General Charles G. Gordon     142
Field Marshal Earl Horatio H. Kitchener     163
Other Participants: Autobiographies     170
Other Participants: Biographies     183
Other Participants: Journals     211
Other Participants: Letters     213
Dissertations     216
Regimental and Unit Histories     219
Published Soldiers' Letters     239
1882     239
1883     244
1884     244
1885     245
1886     247
1889     248
1896     248
1898     248
1899     252
Selected Notices and Illustrations from Contemporary Periodicals     253
1882     253
1883     265
1884     266
1885     273
1886     274
1888     274
1889     274
1896     274
1898     275
1900      276
Government and Official Documents     277
England     277
Personal and Unofficial Documents     305
England     305
Scotland     323
Australia     325
Sudan     326
Canada     327
United States     327
Author/Editor Index     329
About the Author     347

Editorial Reviews

The strengths of the volume lie in the sheer range of the coverage, encompassing political, diplomatic, religious, journalistic and social aspects of these operations; the level of detail which will please most readers; and a helpful section on goverment, official, personal and unofficial documents held in the major repositories within the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, the Sudan and the United States. This is welcome source of reference that is easy to use, often fascinating in its wealth of detail, and comprehensive in its coverage of all the major personalities and the military operations themselves.

Military History

Following a very good introductory overview of the events, he[Raugh] divides his bibliography into various chapters that include the various events during this time frame....A thorough bibliography....The more than 3,000 annotated entries and several hundred documents constitute a massive undertaking and the result is a most impressive collection....this is a valuable tool.

American Reference Books Annual

This selected bibliography enumerates and generally describes and annotates hundreds of contemporary current and hard to find books, journal articles, government documents, and personal papers on all aspects of British military operations in Egypt and the Sudan from 1882 to 1899. Arranged chronologically and topically, chapters cover the various campaigns, focusing on specific battles, leading military personalities, and the contributions of imperial nations as well as supporting services of the British Army. This definitive volume is an indispensable reference for researching imperialism, colonial history, and British military operations, leadership and tactics.

The Review of Austrian Economics

This selected bibliography enumerates and generally describes and annotates hundreds of contemporary current and hard to find books, journal articles, government documents, and personal papers on all aspects of British military operations in Egypt and the Sudan from 1882 to 1899. Arranged chronologically and topically, chapters cover the various campaigns, focusing on specific battles, leading military personalities, and the contributions of imperial nations as well as supporting services of the British Army. This definitive volume is an indispensable reference for researching imperialism, colonial history, and British military operations, leadership and tactics.

Sudan Wars Study Group Newsletter Zeriba

Following a very good introductory overview of the events, he[Raugh] divides his bibliography into various chapters that include the various events during this time frame....A thorough bibliography....The more than 3,000 annotated entries and several hundred documents constitute a massive undertaking and the result is a most impressive collection....this is a valuable tool.

American Reference Books Annual (ARBA)