![]() ![]() ![]() He was not alone in this, because in a time generally of peace, many British Army officers wanted experience of battle to further their careers. The River War was subsequently abridged to one volume in 1902.Īware that there was a war in Sudan, Churchill was determined to be part of it. The River War was Churchill's second published book after The Story of the Malakand Field Force, and originally filled two volumes with over 1,000 pages in 1899. The first, two volume, edition includes accounts of Churchill's own experiences as a British Army officer during the war, and his views on its conduct. He defeated the Sudanese Dervish forces, led by Khalifa Abdallahi ibn Muhammad, heir to the self-proclaimed Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad who had vowed to conquer Egypt and drive out the Ottomans. ![]() The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan (1899), by Winston Churchill, is a history of the conquest of the Sudan between 18 by Anglo-Egyptian forces led by Lord Kitchener. ![]()
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