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Fire and Sword in the Sudan A Personal Narrative of Fighting and Serving the Dervishes 1879-1895

Slatin, Rudolf Carl, Freiherr von · Public domain text

230,472 words · about 16 h 8 min to read

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The text of Fire and Sword in the Sudan A Personal Narrative of Fighting and Serving the Dervishes 1879-1895 comes from Project Gutenberg e-text #41035. It is public domain in the United States. Translated by F. R. (Francis Reginald), Sir Wingate. Project Gutenberg’s header and license text are removed, and RedLectern sets the text out for reading on screen; no words of the book are rewritten or summarized. More formats (EPUB, Kindle) · How RedLectern is built

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Author
Slatin, Rudolf Carl, Freiherr von (1857–1932)
Language
English
Subjects
Sudan › History › 1881-1899, Slatin, Rudolf Carl, Freiherr von, 1857-1932, Soldiers › Sudan › Biography, Colonial administrators › Sudan › Biography, Austrians › Sudan › Biography, Mahdism
Length
230,472 words · about 16 h 8 min
Sections
42 reader sections · Table of contents

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Contents (42)
  1. Opening about 1 min
  2. Preface about 4 min
  3. I. INTRODUCTORY under 1 min
  4. Chapter II under 1 min
  5. III. THE GOVERNMENT OF DARFUR under 1 min
  6. Chapter IV under 1 min
  7. V. SPREAD OF THE REVOLT IN SOUTHERN DARFUR under 1 min
  8. VI. THE SIEGE AND FALL OF EL OBEID under 1 min
  9. Chapter VII about 1 min
  10. VIII. HICKS PASHA'S EXPEDITION under 1 min
  11. IX. THE FALL OF DARFUR under 1 min
  12. X. THE SIEGE AND FALL OF KHARTUM about 1 min
  13. XI. EARLY RULE OF KHALIFA ABDULLAHI under 1 min
  14. XII. EVENTS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE SUDAN under 1 min
  15. XIII. THE ABYSSINIAN CAMPAIGN under 1 min
  16. XIV. MAHDIST OCCUPATION OF THE SOUTHERN PROVINCES under 1 min
  17. XV. DISSENSION AND DISCORD under 1 min
  18. XVI. MISCELLANEOUS REMARKS under 1 min
  19. XVII. MISCELLANEOUS REMARKS (continued) under 1 min
  20. XVIII. PLANS FOR ESCAPE under 1 min
  21. XIX. MY FLIGHT under 1 min
  22. XX. CONCLUSION about 1 min
  23. I. INTRODUCTORY about 42 min
  24. II. RESIDENCE IN DARFUR, AND EARLY HISTORY OF THE PROVINCE about 1 h 31 min
  25. III. THE GOVERNMENT OF DARFUR about 49 min
  26. IV. THE KHALIFA'S PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF THE RISE OF THE MAHDI about 38 min
  27. V. SPREAD OF THE REVOLT IN SOUTHERN DARFUR about 35 min
  28. VI. THE SIEGE AND FALL OF EL OBEID about 14 min
  29. VII. VAIN EFFORTS TO STEM THE TIDE OF MAHDISM IN DARFUR about 1 h 12 min
  30. VIII. HICKS PASHA'S EXPEDITION about 23 min
  31. IX. THE FALL OF DARFUR about 53 min
  32. X. THE SIEGE AND FALL OF KHARTUM about 2 h 29 min
  33. XI. EARLY RULE OF KHALIFA ABDULLAHI about 51 min
  34. XII. EVENTS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE SUDAN about 42 min
  35. XIII. THE ABYSSINIAN CAMPAIGN about 43 min
  36. XIV. MAHDIST OCCUPATION OF THE SOUTHERN PROVINCES about 15 min
  37. XV. DISSENSION AND DISCORD about 52 min
  38. XVI. MISCELLANEOUS REMARKS about 42 min
  39. XVII. MISCELLANEOUS REMARKS (continued) about 47 min
  40. XVIII. PLANS FOR ESCAPE about 23 min
  41. XIX. MY FLIGHT about 44 min
  42. XX. CONCLUSION about 32 min

The opening of Preface

Prompted by the earnest entreaties of my friends rather than by any wish of my own to relate my experiences, I have written these chapters.

The few months which have elapsed since my escape have been so much occupied in resuming my official duties, compiling reports, and satisfying the kindly interest displayed by a large number of people in my strange fate, that any attempt at quiet and steady literary work has been almost impossible.

During my captivity I was unable to make any notes or keep any diaries; in writing, therefore, the following pages, I have been dependent entirely on my memory, whilst the whirl of the busy European world and the constant interruptions to which I have alluded, have given me little time to collect my scattered thoughts.

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