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The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan

Churchill, Winston

Read by Mark F. Smith · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Chapters

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01 - The Rebellion of the Mahdi, Part 1 (42:19)
02 - The Rebellion of the Mahdi, Part 2 (42:49)
03 - The Fate of the Envoy, Part 1 (40:26)
04 - The Fate of the Envoy, Part 2 (42:02)
05 - The Dervish Empire (47:57)
06 - The Years of Preparation (42:38)
07 - The Beginning of the War (45:57)
08 - Firket (21:16)
09 - The Recovery of the Dongola Province (53:46)
10 - The Desert Railway (49:55)
11 - Abu Hamed (41:55)
12 - Berber (36:45)
13 - Reconaissance (30:39)
14 - The Battle of the Atbara (29:18)
15 - The Grand Advance (29:20)
16 - The Operations of the First of September (27:35)
17 - The Battle of Omdurman, Part 1 (31:58)
18 - The Battle of Omdurman, Part 2 (45:03)
19 - The Fall of the City (21:47)
20 - The Fashoda Incident (33:51)
21 - On the Blue Nile (44:23)
22 - The End of the Khalifa (42:20)
23 - Appendix (10:00)

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