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Quite bonkers, and news to me. This must have been one of the more grandiose campaigns of the Victorians.
by zeristor 7y ago
Quite bonkers, and news to me. This must have been one of the more grandiose campaigns of the Victorians.
- peteretep 7y agoThere is — of course — a relevant Flashman book
- zatertip 7y agoThe Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan was quite grandiose too.
- JackFr 7y agoWinston Churchill (a lieutenant at the time) participated in the last calvary charge by the British Army at Battle of Omdurman. https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1957-04-4-1 https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1957-04-4-1 It's amazing to realize that Churchill's army commission was granted by Queen Victoria and the last government he was in was under Queen Elizabeth II.