Introductory Material from the 1894 Encylopædia Britanica Unless Otherwise Noted
- Soodan, Soudan, or Sudan (from the 1856 Imperial Gazetteer)
- The Geography of the Sudan
- The Geology of the Sudan
- The Climate, Vegetation, and Animals of the Sudan
- Western and Central Soudan
Sudan & the Battle for Khartoum as Reported in the 1885 The Illustrated London News
- “The Nile Expedition” (3 January)
- “The Nile Expedition” (10 January)
- “The Nile Expedition” (24 January)
- “The Nile Expedition” (31 January)
- “The Nile Expedition” (7 February)
- “Another Great Battle in Egypt. Our Success Complete” (14 February)
- “The Khartoum Expedition: The Fall of Khartoum” (14 February)
- “General Charles George Gordon” — Obituary and Analysis of the Situation (14 February)
Navigating the Nile and Its Rapids
- Sail Boats: The 1st Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment Pushing Forward at the Hannek Cataract
- Five Scenes from the Nile Expedition: Sailboats and Camel Saddles
- Steamships: Departure of Lord Wolsley from Ambukol — The Mudir of Bidding Good-Bye
- Boats and Naval Vessels on the Nile near Khartoum (I)
- Small Steam-powered Boats Pulling Groups of Boats Carrying Troops
- Lord Wolsey’s Steamer Being Towed Up the Rapids
- Pulling a Boat through the Rapids of the Great Cataract
Other Material on the Sudan & the Nile Expedition
- “A Scrimmage in a Border Station” — The death of William Cameron in the Sudan
- “You Broke the British Square”: The Battle of Tamai, 13 March 1884
- A Bivouac in the Desert and a Desert March Two O’Clock in the Morning
Selected Articles and Illustrations on the War for the Sudan
- A Column of Troops Starting across the Desert.
- Three Scenes at Gakdul Wells on the Desert March
- An Alarm in the Desert the Desert. Advanced Guard Called Back to the Main Body
- Royal Engineers Building a Fort at Korti
- Buller’s Retreat from Metammeh to Korti: the Enemy Pursuing and Attacking at Abou Klea Wells
- The Battle of Kerbekab: General Earle’s Troops Attacking the Enemy
- Portraits of Those Killed and Wounded
Newspapers and Periodicals on Britain’s Actions in Egypt and the Sudan
- “England in Egypt” (1884 Westminster Review)
- No One Knew Why They Were Fighting (1884 Westminster Review)
- “There was no enemy, and no war, but we had to fight”: Gladstone's Ministry & Egypt (1885 Quarterly Review)
- Fanaticism in the Soudan (Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine 1884)
Newspapers and Periodicals on Suppressing the African Slave Trade
- A Selection from “Slavery and the Slave Trade” (1881 Macmillan’s Magazine)
- Slavery in West Central Africa” (1894 Macmillan’s Magazine)
Places
- Views of the Nile & Khartoum from Sketches by Lieutenant Colonel J. A. Grant
- Views of Karthoum from Photographs
- Karthoum, the Isle of Tuti, and Korti
- Four Scenes at Wady Halfa, General Wolsey’s Headquarters
- Five O’Clock Tea with the Hospital Sisters at Wady Halfa
The Camel Corps
- The First Drill of the Camel Corps at Assouan and Two Other Illustrations
- Camel Corps Forming Square to Receive Enemy’s Attack
- Royal Engineers and Guards’ Camel Corps Leaving Dongola for the Front
Ancient and Modern Technologies Used in the War in the Sudan
Bibliography
Blackie, Walker Graham. The Imperial Gazetteer: A General Dictionary of Geography, Physical, Political, Statistical and Descriptive. 4 vols. London: Blackie & Son, 1856. Internet Archive. Online version of a copy in the University of California Library. Web. 31 July 2020.
“Egypt.” The Encylopædia Britanica or Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black: 1842. VIII, 458-560. Hathi Trust Digital Library online version of a copy in the University of Chicago Library. Web. 13 August 2020.
Robinson, Ronald, John Gallagher, and Alice Denny. Africa and the Victorians: The Climax of Imperialism (1961). Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Books, 1968.
“Soudan.” The Encylopædia Britanica or Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature. 9th ed. Philadelphia: Maxwell Sommervile: 1894. 25 vols. Hathi Trust Digital Library online version of a copy in the University of New York Public Library. Web. 20 August 2020.
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