The Head of the River Column

The Head of the River Column: Royal Engineers and Guards’ Camel Corps Leaving Dongola for the Front. “The Nile Expedition on Sketches by Our Special Artist, Mr. Melton Prior.” Source: Illustrated London News 86 (3 January 1885): 1. This cover page of the first Illustrated London News of the year featured two images about the war in the Sudan. Click on images to enlarge them.

Sending Camels Across the Nile at Dongola

Sending Camels Across the Nile at Dongola.

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Bibliography

Illustrated London News 86 (3 January 1885): 1. Hathi Trust Digital Library online version of a copy in the University of Chicago Library. Web. 21 August 2020.


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