| Title |
Khartoum 1898 |
| Reference |
GBR/0115/Y3042C |
| Creator |
? Gregson, Francis, fl 1898, war correspondent |
| Covering Dates |
1898 |
| Extent and Medium |
233 images in 1 album |
| Repository |
Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library |
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| Content and context |
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According to a letter from Lt. Gen. Sir Sidney Clive, 27 March 1956, the photographs were taken by a wealthy civilian named Francis Gregson who accompanied the expedition. However, other names have been put forward. (Clive's letter is kept with the album).
An album bound in padded red leather with 'Khartum 1898' in gold on the front. The photographs have printed captions. The album documents Kitchener's campaign from the massing of forces in Egypt to the taking of Khartoum and includes the battles of Atbara and Omdurman. The photographs are of indifferent quality, but form an important historical record.
Purchased from W. Smith for 30s., 1954.
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Access and Use
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Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Khartoum 1898, Y3042C |
| Further information |
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Correspondence between the Royal Empire Society's Secretary-General and Lieut.-General Sir Sidney Clive is stored with the album.
Also kept with the album is a head and shoulders portrait of 'Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales'. Printed on silk (?) material, the portrait measures approximately 256 x 405 mm. Printed in the top left corner is: 'Supplement to 'The Gentlewoman', Christmas Number' and in the bottom right is: 'By gracious permission. From a portrait painted specially for 'The Gentlewoman' by Lafayette'. It is unclear whether this was once part of the photograph album.
Indexed
This collection level description was entered by KS using information from the original typescript catalogue.
This collection is available on microfiche: Africa, fiche numbers 19-20.
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| Index Terms |
| Africa |
| Egypt |
| Sudan |
| Gregson, Francis (fl 1898) war correspondent |
| RCS/Y3042C contains: |
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1
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The Sirdar, Maj-Gen. Gatacre, Lieut R. Brooke, 7th Hussars, Capt. Watson, K.R.R, A.D.C. 163 x 113 mm. A view showing the group at the start of the campaign. Exact location unknown. The Sirdar, General Kitchener, faced the camera. The other figures have their backs to the viewer. Major General Sir William F. Gatacre was in command of the British Brigade on the Nile. Lieutenant (later Colonel) Ronald George Brooke was Gatacre's orderly during the Atbara and Khartoum campaigns. Captain (later Lieut. Colonel) James Kiero Watson was one of Kitchener's ADCs. He served in the same position in the Boer War and was later (1905-14) 1st ADC to the Khedive.
Good condition.. |
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2
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Slatin Pasha and Col. Sir F. Wingate, K.C.M.G. 117 x 138 mm. A view showing Rudolf Slatin and Colonel Wingate standing together some time after the former's escape from the Mahdi. Slatin, who had returned to the Sudan at Gordon's invitation in 1879, was Governor of Darfur until his capture by the Mahdi in December 1883. He escaped from imprisonment at Omdurman in February 1895, largely through Wingate's efforts. Slatin later worked during the campaign as Wingate's Assistant Director of Intelligence.
Good condition.. |
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3
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Sternwheelers at Assouan [i.e. Aswan]. 163 x 114 mm. A view showing one of the boats used to transport troops to Wadi Halfa, moored at Aswan.
Good condition.. |
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4
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Col. Wingate and Staff, Lord Edward Cecil, A.D.C. 162 x 113 mm. A group portrait of six officers, with Wingate and Cecil standing at the right. Major Cecil was one of the Sirdar's ADCs.
Fair condition.. |
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5
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Capt. von Tiedemann, German Military Attaché. 78 x 78 mm. A view showing Captain Adolf von Tiedemann (1865-1915) standing at the bottom of a flight of steps (at Aswan ?). Tiedemann was an officer with Peters' Emin Pasha Expedition and served as an observer during the Dongola Expedition. |
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6
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Count Calderari, Italian Military Attaché. 78 x 78 mm. A view showing Count Calderari standing on a flight of steps (at Aswan ?). Presumably Calderari was the Italian observer on the expedition.
Fair condition.. |
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7
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Mohammed Fadi, Spy, imprisioned and mutilated by Khalifa. 78 x 78 mm. A view showing Mohammed Fadi on a flight of steps (at Aswan ?). His right hand and left foot have been chopped off.
Fair condition.. |
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8
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Bishareen Arabs. 78 x 78 mm. A view showing three Arabs standing against a rocky background (at Aswan ?). The Bisharin are part of the mountain people known collectively as Beja, a group which also includes the Hadendowa.
Fair condition.. |
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9
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Officers' Quarters, Assouan [i.e. Aswan]. 78 x 78 mm. An exterior view of the officers' quarters at Aswan, a bungalow with a garden in the foreground.
Fair condition.. |
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10
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Philæ. 78 x 78 mm. A view of 'Pharaoh's Bed', a temple on the island of Philae south of Aswan, with the Nile in the foreground.
Good condition.. |
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11
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Philæ. 78 x 78 mm. A view showing the pylons of the Temple of Isis on Philae, with the Nile in the foreground.
Fair condition, slight yellowing.. |
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12
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Philæ. 78 x 78 mm. A distant view of Philae showing the Temple of Isis and 'Pharaoh's Bed'.
Fair condition.. |
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13
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Abu Simbel. 79 x 79 mm. A view showing the colossal statues of Rameses at Abu Simbel, with the Nile in the foreground.
Poor condition, considerable yellowing.. |
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14
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Col. Wingate leaving train. 79 x 79 mm. A view showing Wingate and a group of army officers disembarking. Exact location unknown, possibly near Atbara (although the railway did not get to Atbara itself until July 1898, three months after the battle of Atbara).
Fair condition.. |
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15
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Col. Wingate leaving train. 78 x 78 mm. With Wingate talking to an Arab. Possibly near Atbara. |
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16
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Baggage. 79 x 79 mm. A view showing Arab porters unloading baggage from a train (near Atbara ?).
Good condition, apart from slight yellowing along one edge.. |
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17
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Soudan [i.e. Sudan] Military Railway. Count Calderari and Col. Sir F. Wingate, K.C.M.G. 157 x 105 mm. A view showing Calderari and Wingate standing in front of railway trucks on the Soudan (Sudan) Military Railway. Exact location unknown. |
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18
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First Class sleeping car. 157 x 107 mm. A view showing soldiers inside a railway truck (fitted out with beds), presumably on their way to Atbara.
Fair condition.. |
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19
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Junction of the Atbara and the Nile at Atbara Camp. 158 x 107 mm. A view looking across the junction of the Rivers Atbara and Nile, with the tents of the army encampment visible in the distance.
Fair condition.. |
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20
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Sirdar's House in Atbara Fort. 157 x 196 mm. An exterior view of Kitchener's headquarters at Atbara, a long low single storied building with a thatched roof.
Fair condition.. |
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21
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Native paddling down on a log. 162 x 104 mm. A view showing an Arab on a raft on the Nile. Exact location unknown.
Fair condition.. |
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22
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A Wood Depôt. 162 x 104 mm. A view showing local workers under the supervision of an English officer, working in an outdoor wood store. Exact location unknown, probably Atbara.
Good condition.. |
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23
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The Queen's own Cameron Highlanders leaving Darmali, February 26th. 163 x 116 mm. A view showing Cameron Highlanders outside the walls of Darmali on their way to Atbara. Darmali lies between Berber and Atbara.
Good condition.. |
26 Feb. 1898 |
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24
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Camerons and Seaforths burying their dead after the Battle of Atbara, April 8th. 163 x 116 mm. A view showing soldiers of the Camerons and Seaforths digging graves. The British Brigade (composed of Royal Warwicks, Lincolns, Seaforths and Camerons) lost five officers and 21 men in the action, the Egyptian Brigade lost 57 men. Mahmoud's losses are estimated at 3000 or more. |
8 Apr. 1898 |
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25
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Mahmoud in his bloodstained Jibba, just captured at Battle of the Atbara, April 8th. Escort of 10th Sondanese Battalion. 162 x 115 mm. A view showing Mahmoud in the centre of a group of Sudanese soldiers. The bloodstains on his Jibba are from a bayonet wound in his left leg. Mahmoud was imprisoned at Rosetta and died in 1906.
Good condition.. |
8 Apr. 1898 |
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26
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Mahmoud being questioned by Col. Wingate. 161 x 114 mm. A view showing Mahmoud and Colonel Wingate, with a camera on a tripod in the background. Whether the questioning by Kitchener mentioned by Sandes has been confused with this incident, or whether this is a separate event, is unclear (1937, p.218-219).
Good condition.. |
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27
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Hadendowahs at Berber. 159 x 120 mm. A view showing a group of Hadendowah Sudanese, with an Egyptian military policeman in the foreground. Whether these are captured or friendly Hadendowah is not specified. The Mahdi's forces evacuated Berber after their defeat at Abu Hamed and Kitchener's forces occupied the town on August 31 1897. These men may have been left behind by the Mahdi.
Good condition.. |
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28
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Capt. Bainbridge, E.A., East Kent Regiment, cross-examining. 161 x 121 mm. A view showing Captain Bainbridge questioning a gesticulating Arab. Exact location unknown.
Good condition.. |
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29
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Officers, Lancashire Fusiliers, with red roses, commemorating the battle of Minden, August 1st, in Kasr el Nil Barracks, Cairo. 161 x 108 mm. A view showing an unidentified group of officers in the barrack square, wearing red roses to commemorate the defeat of the French at Minden on August 1st 1759.
Good condition.. |
1 Aug. 1898 |
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30
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1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards, parading at Cairo. 161 x 101 mm. A blurred print. A view showing a group of Grenadier guards on the Parade Ground. After the success of the Battle of the Atbara, the army moved northwards to summer quarters. During the months of July and August they were reinforced by a brigade formed from the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, the Lancashire Fusiliers and other units. On August 24 this strengthened army of over 22,000 men moved southwards to start the second phase of the campaign.
Good condition.. |
July 1898-Aug. 1898 |
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31
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Grenadier Guards kit inspection [Cairo ?]. 162 x 102 mm. A view showing a group of soldiers standing outside their tents with their equipment at their feet.
Good condition.. |
July 1898-Aug. 1898 |
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32
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Grenadier Guards leaving Cairo Station. 162 x 109 mm. A view looking along the station platform, with Grenadier Guards boarding the train.
Good condition.. |
July 1898-Aug. 1898 |
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33
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Lieut J. Chaytor Brinton, 2nd Life Guards, attached to 21st Lancers, leaving Abbasiyeh [i.e.Al `Abbasiyah], Cairo. 150 x 137 mm. A rather blurred view showing Lieutenant John Chaytor Brinton talking to, and gesticulating at an unseen person. Brinton, who was severely wounded at Khartoum, went on to serve in South Africa and the Great War.
Good condition.. |
July 1898-Aug. 1898 |
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34
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The Marquis of Tullibardine. Royal Horse Guards. 150 x 136 mm. A view showing the Marquis of Tullibardine standing outside a tent.
Fair condition, some yellowing along one edge.. |
July 1898-Aug. 1898 |
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35
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Steamer with 21st Lancers between Assouan [i.e. Aswan] and Wadi Halfa. 163 x 114 mm. A very blurred photograph showing troops being transported south to the Sudan to join Kitchener's army.
Fair condition.. |
July 1898-Aug. 1898 |
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36
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Steamer with 21st Lancers between Assouan [i.e. Aswan] and Wadi Halfa. 163 x 114 mm. A very blurred photograph showing soldiers leaning on the deck rails of a steamer.
Poor condition, some fading.. |
July 1898-Aug. 1898 |
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37
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Steamer conveying 21st Lancers. 154 x 111 mm. Showing troops being transported south to join Kitchener's army.
Poor condition, some yellowing.. |
July 1898-Aug. 1898 |
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38
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Mahmoud in Wadi Halfa prison, August 10th. 101 x 120 mm. A view showing Mahmoud dressed in a white tunic and turban standing against a wall in the prison two days after the Battle of Atbara.
Poor condition, some yellowing and fading.. |
10 Aug. 1898 |
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39
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Entrance to the Prison. 79 x 79 mm. A view showing the entrance to Wadi Halfa prison with a Sudanese sentry in the foreground and prisoners visible in the courtyard beyond the gate.
Good condition.. |
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40
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Convicts carrying baggage. 78 x 78 mm. A view showing chained convicts carrying soldiers' baggage through the streets of Wadi Halfa.
Good condition.. |
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41
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Convicts carrying baggage. 80 x 82 mm. A view showing chained convicts carrying soldiers' baggage through the streets of Wadi Halfa. |
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42
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Captain von Tiedemann, German Military attaché. 78 x 80 mm. A view showing von Tiedemann in full military uniform with plumed hat standing on a jetty on the banks of the Nile. Tiedemann uses a copy of this illustration in his own book (1906) and it is there entitled 'Der Verfasser im Paradeanzug für die Gordonfieir' (the author in full dress uniform for the Gordon ceremony).
Good condition.. |
4 Sep. 1898 |
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43
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Entraining 21st Lancers. 78 x 78 mm. A view showing horses of the 21st Lancers being pulled into freight trucks at Wadi Halfa.
Good condition.. |
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44
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21st Lancers leaving Wadi Halfa. 77 x 76 mm. A blurred print showing soldiers of the 21st Lancers on board open railway wagons at Wadi Halfa.
Good condition.. |
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45
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Major C. A'Court, R.B., Brigade-Major, Col Villiers Hatton, C.B., Grenadier Guards, on his donkey, the Colonel's Bugler. 164 x 108 mm. A view showing the above-name figures on the parade ground at Atbara Camp during the field day. Colonel (later Major-General) Hatton was in command of the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards during the campaign. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Atbara Camp, August 15th'.
Good condition.. |
15 Aug. 1898 |
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46
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Lieut J.A. Morrison, Lieut M. Gurdon-Rebow, Lieut. Charles Corkran, Capt. the Hon. W. Cavendish, Grenadier Guards. 164 x 108 mm. A view showing this group of officers standing on an open plain at Atbara. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Atbara Camp, August 15th'.
Fair condition.. |
15 Aug. 1898 |
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47
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Field Day, Grenadier Guards. Col. Hatton on donkey. Lieut E.F.O. Gascoigne, D.S.O., Adjutant. 165 x 108 mm. A view showing Hatton and Gascoigne seated on donkeys with soldiers of the Grenadier Guards in front of them. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Atbara Camp, August 15th'.
Good condition.. |
15 Aug. 1898 |
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48
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Northumberland Fusiliers and Grenadier Guards. Lieut Gascoigne, DSO, Adjutant on his donkey. 164 x 109 mm. A blurred print showing a long row of kneeling soldiers with Hatton and Gascoigne on their donkeys behind. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Atbara Camp, August 15th'.
Fair condition.. |
15 Aug. 1898 |
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49
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The 21st Lancers. 159 x 112 mm. A slightly blurred print showing a group of horses and men of the 21st Lancers.
Fair condition.. |
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50
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Their Bivouac at Megawieh, August 20th. 160 x 108 mm. A view from the Nile looking towards the palm-shaded camp of the 21st Lancers, on advance south from Atbara towards Wad Hamed.
Good condition.. |
20 Aug. 1898 |
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51
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Atbara Fort. 76 x 76 mm. A distant and indistinct view of the Atbara camp from the river.
Fair condition.. |
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52
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Ed Damer. 76 x 77 mm. An indistinct view of a boat on the Nile at Ed Damer, a few miles south of Atbara.
Good condition.. |
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53
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Submerged islands. 76 x 77 mm. A view showing submerged islands, with vegetation visible above the water. Exact location unknown, presumably between Ed Damer and Shendi.
Good condition.. |
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54
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Shendy [i.e. Shendi]. 76 x 77 mm. A very indistinct view showing the river bank at Shendi which lies south-east of Metamma on the eastern bank of the Nile. Shendi is about halfway between Atbara and Khartoum.
Good condition.. |
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55
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Metemmeh [i.e. Metemma]. 76 x 76 mm. A distant and uninformative view of the riverbank at Metemma.
Fair condition, some yellowing.. |
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56
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Boat with Dervish refugees. 77 x 77 mm. A view from the shore showing a distant boat on the Nile.
Fair condition.. |
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57
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View from Wad Hamed [i.e. Wad Hamid]. 77 x 76 mm. A view looking along the Nile from Wad Hamid.
Fair condition.. |
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58
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Shipping at Wad Hamed [i.e. Wad Hamid]. 75 x 77 mm. A view looking along the Nile towards the masts of the Dhows moored at Wad Hamid.
Fair condition.. |
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59
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The Maxim Battery, Royal Irish Rifles. 165 x 99 mm. A view showing the Maxim Gun Battery at action stations with other units group in the background. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Wad Hamed Camp. Sirdar's Review, August 25th'.
Good condition.. |
25 Aug. 1898 |
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60
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The Pipers, 4th Egyptian Battalion, playing 'Highland Laddie'. 165 x 97 mm. A view showing the pipers marching, led by an officer on horseback with other troops in the background. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Wad Hamed Camp. Sirdar's Review, August 25th'.
Fair condition.. |
25 Aug. 1898 |
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61
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4th Egyptian Battalion. 78 x 80 mm. A blurred print showing units of the 4th Egyptian Battalion with officers on horseback beside them. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Wad Hamed Camp. Sirdar's Review, August 25th'.
Good condition.. |
25 Aug. 1898 |
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62
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4th Egyptian Battalion. 79 x 79 mm. A very blurred print showing the pipers of the 4th Egyptian Battalion. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Wad Hamed Camp. Sirdar's Review, August 25th'.
Fair condition.. |
25 Aug. 1898 |
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63
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Jaalins. 78 x 79 mm. A distant view of a company of Jaalins marching towards a rocky outcrop, presumably near Wad Hamid. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Wad Hamed Camp. Sirdar's Review, August 25th'. |
25 Aug. 1898 |
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64
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Jaalins. 80 x 80 mm. A view showing a group of Sudanese warriors marching, their rifles carried loosely over their shoulders. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Wad Hamed Camp. Sirdar's Review, August 25th'. |
25 Aug. 1898 |
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65
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Jaalins. 80 x 79 mm. A view showing a small group of Sudanese warriors. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Wad Hamed Camp. Sirdar's Review, August 25th'. |
25 Aug. 1898 |
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66
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Jaalins. 79 x 79 mm. A rear view of a group of Jaalins on parade. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Wad Hamed Camp. Sirdar's Review, August 25th'. |
25 Aug. 1898 |
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67
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Sirdar and staff. 77 x 82 mm. A view showing Kitchener and his staff on horseback. Individual figures are not identifiable. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Wad Hamed Camp. Sirdar's Review, August 25th'.
Good condition.. |
25 Aug. 1898 |
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68
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Sirdar and staff. 78 x 79 mm. A view showing Kitchener and his staff on horseback. Individual figures are not identifiable. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Wad Hamed Camp. Sirdar's Review, August 25th'.
Good condition.. |
25 Aug. 1898 |
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69
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With captured Egyptian flag. 151 x 88 mm. A view showing a row of Jaalin warriors, one waving an Egyptian flag. Presumably this photograph and the following images were taken after they had rebelled against the Mahdi. Centred around the town of Metemma, the Jaalins, under the dominance of the Baggareh, had fought for the Mahdist cause but in June 1897 they revolted against Dervish authority and Mahmoud (later captured at the battle of Atbara) was sent by the Khalifa to quell the rebellion. This resulted in a massacre of Jaalins at Metemma on July 1 1897. In the later stages of the campaign the Jaalins fought with the English forces.
Fair condition.. |
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70
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Parade. 150 x 87 mm. A rather blurred print showing a line of Jaalin warriors on parade.
Fair condition, some fading.. |
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71
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War Dance. 163 x 118 mm. A view showing a group of Jaalin warriors dancing, waving swords and beating a drum.
Good condition.. |
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72
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War Dance. 165 x 117 mm. A view showing a group of Jaalin warriors dancing, waving swords and beating a drum.
Fair condition, slight yellowing.. |
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73
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Jaalins. 160 x 98 mm. A view showing a line of Jaalin warriors on parade with Sudanese infantrymen.
Good condition.. |
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74
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Jaalin chiefs. 159 x 113 mm. A view showing an unidentified group of Jaalin chiefs with their camels, equipment and rifles.
Fair condition, some dirtmarking.. |
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75
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Jaalin women kneading bread. 157 x 113 mm. A view showing a group of Jaalin women kneading dough on the ground beside a makeshift shelter.
Good condition.. |
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76
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The Ababdehs and Sheik of Murat. 160 x 110 mm. A view showing the Sheik of Murat standing in the foreground with a row of Ababda tribesmen of the northern Sudan, armed and mounted on camels, beyond.
Fair condition, slight fading.. |
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77
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Gunboat 'Sultan' at Wad Hamed [i.e. Wad Hamid]. 158 x 114 mm. A view showing the 1898 class twin-screw gunboat 'Sultan' moored at Wad Hamid. A flotilla of ten gunboats under the command of Cdr Colin Keppel was used as part of Kitchener's force in his advance up the Nile towards Omdurman.
Fair condition.. |
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78
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The Quay. 158 x 114 mm. A view looking along the quay at Wad Hamid with a gunboat moored in the distance and an Arab squatting in the foreground.
Fair condition.. |
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79
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Sick Convoy. Corpl. F. Walters, Queen's Company, 1st Batt. Grenedier Guards. Captain Austin R.A.M.C. Trooper, 21st Lancers. 160 x 114 mm. A view showing a group of soldiers at the quayside at Wad Hamid.
Good condition.. |
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80
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Sick Convoy. Corpl. F. Walters, Queen's Company, 1st Batt. Grenedier Guards. Captain Austin R.A.M.C. Trooper, 21st Lancers. 160 x 114 mm. A close-up view of the three men at the quayside at Wad Hamid.
Good condition.. |
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81
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Band of Lincolnshire Regiment playing 'Gondoliers'. 162 x 111 mm. A view showing the Lincolnshire Regiment band with the audience seated on the ground in the foreground.
Good condition.. |
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82
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The audience. 159 x 112 mm. A view showing a large company of soldiers listening to the band of the Lincolnshire Regiment.
Good condition.. |
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83
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Zobeir Pasha's son and suite just escaped from Omdurman. 159 x 181 mm. Showing the group standing in the bush after capture by the British.
Good condition.. |
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84
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Zobeir's son. 79 x 80 mm. Showing Zobeir's son standing alone. |
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85
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Royan Island. 78 x 78 mm. A view showing Sudanese troops loading baggage on the shores of Royan Island (exact location unknown, presumably one of the Nile islands of Wad Hamid).
Fair condition.. |
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86
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The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. 151 x 114 mm. A slightly blurred view showing a column of kilted Cameron Highlanders marching out of Wad Hamid. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Leaving Wad Hamed'.
Fair condition.. |
24 Aug. 1898–1898 |
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87
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Capt. McLean and G Company. 150 x 115 mm. A view showing Captain McLean marching beside 'G' Company Cameron Highlanders as they leave Wad Hamid. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Leaving Wad Hamed'.
Good condition.. |
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88
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Private Arthur Watts. Private Smith. Private Macdonald. 152 x 113 mm. A view showing the three named Cameron Highlanders marching out of Wad Hamid with Sudanese troops. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Leaving Wad Hamed'.
Fair condition, some yellowing.. |
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89
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Camerons mounted. 153 x 114 mm. A view showing two Cameron Highlanders riding a camel on the advance from Wad Hamid. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Leaving Wad Hamed'.
Fair condition, some yellowing.. |
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90
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Grenadiers in camp at Wad Hamed [i.e. Wad Hamid]. 76 x 76 mm. A rear view of a group of Grenadier Guards outside their tents at Wad Hamid.
Fair condition, some yellowing.. |
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91
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Bivouacking at El Hajir. 77 x 76 mm. A view showing Grenadier Guards bivouacked at El Hajir on the west bank of the Nile opposite the main depot at Jebel Rowiyan.
Fair condition.. |
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92
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The bashful Adjutant, Grenadier Guards. 76 x 77 mm. A photograph of the Guards Adjutant (? Lieut. Ernest Gascoigne) holding a fly whisk in front of his face.
Fair condition, some yellowing.. |
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93
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Packed up. 76 x 76 mm. A view showing Sudanese porters loading up luggage onto camels.
Fair condition.. |
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94
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On the march. 76 x 76 mm. A view showing a group of Sudanese soldiers on the march with a camel train loaded with equipment.
Fair condition.. |
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95
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The baggage column. 76 x 77 mm. A slightly blurred view showing Cameron Highlanders marching beside loaded camels.
Good condition.. |
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96
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The sick. 77 x 77 mm. Showing soldiers in the sick convoy waiting to board boats at Wad Hamid.
Good condition.. |
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97
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Egyptian Camel Corps. 76 x 77 mm. A view showing a section of the Camel Corps on the move out of Wad Hamid.
Fair condition.. |
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98
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Deserted village. 76 x 76 mm. A view looking across fields towards a deserted village, presumably between Wad Hamid and Omdurman.
Good condition.. |
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99
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Kerrori Village. 76 x 76 mm. A view showing the mud houses of the village of Kerrori. Possibly in the Karari Hills north of Omdurman.
Good condition.. |
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100
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[View on the Nile]. 78 x 77 mm. An uncaptioned print showing a view from the river looking towards the fort on the shore, with hills beyond.
Good condition.. |
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101
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[View on the Nile]. 76 x 78 mm. An uncaptioned print showing a view looking along the river with steeply sloping hills beyond.
Fair condition.. |
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102
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1st Battalion Grenadier Guards awaiting the Dervish attack. 81 x 83 mm. Showing lines of men seated on the ground awaiting the start of the Battle of Omdurman. In fact they were not to see action that day. At midday a bombardment of Omdurman was commenced and the rest of the day was spent making preparations for the expected Dervish attack the following dawn.
Good condition.. |
1 Sep. 1898 |
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103
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1st Battalion Grenadier Guards awaiting the Dervish attack. 164 x 83 mm. Showing lines of men seated on the ground awaiting the start of the Battle of Omdurman.
Good condition.. |
1 Sep. 1898 |
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104
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1st Battalion Grenadier Guards awaiting the Dervish attack. 81 x 83 mm. Showing lines of men seated on the ground awaiting the start of the Battle of Omdurman.
Good condition.. |
1 Sep. 1898 |
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105
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1st Battalion Grenadier Guards awaiting the Dervish attack. 153 x 83 mm. Showing lines of men seated on the ground awaiting the start of the Battle of Omdurman.
Good condition.. |
1 Sep. 1898 |
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106
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1st Battalion Grenadier Guards awaiting the Dervish attack. 153 x 83 mm. Showing lines of men seated on the ground awaiting the start of the Battle of Omdurman.
Good condition.. |
1 Sep. 1898 |
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107
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1st Battalion Grenadier Guards awaiting the Dervish attack. 153 x 83 mm. Showing lines of men seated on the ground awaiting the start of the Battle of Omdurman.
Good condition.. |
1 Sep. 1898 |
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108
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1st Battalion Grenadier Guards awaiting the Dervish attack. 153 x 83 mm. Showing lines of men seated on the ground awaiting the start of the Battle of Omdurman.
Good condition.. |
1 Sep. 1898 |
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109
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The Dervishes advancing. 160 x 115 mm. A view looking west over the battlefield of Omdurman. Unfortunately little can be seen of the advancing Dervishes except clouds of dust in the distance.
Good condition.. |
2 Sep. 1898 |
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110
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First sight of the Dervish force. 162 x 118 mm. A view showing three scouts watching the approaching Dervish army through binoculars.
Good condition.. |
2 Sep. 1898 |
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111
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The Grenadiers during the fight. 76 x 76 mm. View looking over the heads of the soldiers, past the protective thorn zariba and towards the battlefield. The fact that nothing can be seen of the enemy indicates how little chance the Dervishes had against modern weapons of getting close enough to make their numbers and courage tell. The second bombardment of the town had begun at daybreak. At 6 am scouts reported that the enemy were advancing and at 6.50 am the 32nd Field Battery opened fire at a range of 2700 yards on the Dervishes. The Dervishes retreated at around 8 am leaving some 2000 dead on the battlefield.
Good condition.. |
2 Sep. 1898 |
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112
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The Grenadiers during the fight. 76 x 76 mm. View looking over the heads of the soldiers, past the protective thorn zariba and towards the battlefield.
Good condition.. |
2 Sep. 1898 |
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113
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The Grenadiers during the fight. 76 x 76 mm. View looking over the heads of the soldiers, past the protective thorn zariba and towards the battlefield.
Good condition.. |
2 Sep. 1898 |
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114
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Within 600 yards of zeriba [fence constructed of thorn-bushes]. 166 x 117 mm. A view showing dead and wounded dervishes on the Omdurman battlefield after the first phase of the battle. With the hill of Jebel Surkab in the background.
Fair condition, slight yellowing.. |
2 Sep. 1898 |
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115
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After the first fight. 88 x 158 mm. A very blurred and indistinct view showing dead and wounded dervishes.
Fair condition.. |
2 Sep. 1898 |
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116
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During the second fight. 160 x 89 mm. A view looking out over the battlefield during the second phase, with dervish corpses lying in the foreground. The second phase was a much more hard won affair during which there were many perilous moments, especially when the Khalifa brought up his Black Flag army to strike at Kitchener's right flank as his Green Flag army came down from the hills to the north. The two armies did not coincide and by 11.30 am the remnants of the Khalifa's armies had been driven off to the desert in the west, utterly broken.
Fair condition, some yellowing.. |
2 Sep. 1898 |
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117
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After it. 165 x 114 mm. A view showing a section of the battlefield after the second phase, the ground littered with dervish corpses. The Khalifa lost a staggering 11,000 men killed and 16,000 wounded at Omdurman. Anglo-Egyptian losses totalled 48 killed and 382 wounded. (However, the Mahdist losses have been, and continue to be, a matter for dispute). |
2 Sep. 1898 |
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118
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Looting after battle. 165 x 114 mm. A view showing two Egyptian soldiers looting arms and valuables from the dead dervishes on the battlefield of Omdurman. The customary Egyptian practice of looting the dead after battle was one of the many aspects of the campaign for which Kitchener was later criticised.
Good condition.. |
2 Sep. 1898 |
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119
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Close to zeriba [fence constructed of thorn-bushes]. 160 x 98 mm. A view showing a dervish corpse near the British lines.
Good condition, apart from slight yellowing along one edge.. |
2 Sep. 1898 |
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120
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Is he moving?. 122 x 122 mm. A view showing a man, possibly a correspondent, beside his camel watching a wounded dervish on the battlefield. Another aspect of the battle that came in for later criticism was the killing of wounded dervishes. In many cases, however, there was little else the advancing army could do since throughout all the Sudan campaigns it was dervish practice to fight to the death and several men were killed and wounded while attempting to help the fallen.
Fair condition, some yellowing.. |
2 Sep. 1898 |
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121
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[During the battle]. 82 x 70 mm. An uncaptioned print showing an indistinct view looking down on an army unit firing during the battle, with clouds of smoke drifting up from their guns.
Fair condition.. |
2 Sep. 1898 |
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122
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Like snowdrifts. 82 x 67 mm. A view showing Sudanese soldiers walking among the piles of dead dervishes in their white jibbas on the battlefield of Omdurman.
Fair condition, some yellowing.. |
2 Sep. 1898 |
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123
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The Sirdar leaving the battlefield with his own flag, and the Khalifa's black banner carried in rear. 151 x 123 mm. A view showing Kitchener and his staff leaving the battlefield on horseback on the march to occupy the town of Omdurman (also known as Umm Durman).
Fair condition.. |
2 Sep. 1898 |
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124
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The first batch of prisoners leaving battlefield. 160 x 115 mm. A view showing a party of dervishes in white jibbas marching from the battlefield under armed escort.
Good condition.. |
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125
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Prisoners passing the 'Mihrab', the Khalifa's prayer house. 150 x 133 mm. A view showing prisoners marching past the Khalifa's mosque in Omduran. The building shows the effect of Kitchener's bombardments before the battle. This building was part of the large mirhab, or open air mosque.
Good condition.. |
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126
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Within the open air mosque enclosure. 161 x 114 mm. A view showing dervish prisoners being marched through the muddy mirhab enclosure with a Sudanese soldier guarding them (right of print).
Good condition.. |
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127
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Within the open air mosque enclosure. 164 x 115 mm. A view showing dervish prisoners seated under crude awnings in the mirhab at Omdurman.
Good condition.. |
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128
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Funeral of the Hon. Hubert Howard. 153 x 133 mm. A view showing officers standing by the body of a victim of Omdurman. Howard was a Times Correspondent killed by British shell in Omdurman. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman, September 3rd'.
Good condition.. |
3 Sep. 1898 |
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129
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The Rev. Reginald Moseley reading the burial service. 153 x 133 mm. A view showing Rev. Moseley reading the service, partially obscured by an officer in the foreground. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman, September 3rd'.
Poor condition, yellowing and fading.. |
3 Sep. 1898 |
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130
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Grave of Captain Guy Caldecott, Warwickshire Regiment, and of 21st Lancers. 159 x 107 mm. A view showing the grave of Captain Caldecott and two 21st Lancers with lines of soldiers in the background. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman, September 3rd'.
Good condition.. |
3 Sep. 1898 |
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131
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Graves of Seaforth Highlanders. 154 x 133 mm. A view showing two graves. The nearer grave is that of a private soldier, D. Johnstone. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman, September 3rd'.
Good condition.. |
3 Sep. 1898 |
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132
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General view: ruins of Austrian Mission Church. 155 x 89 mm. A blurred and indistinct view from the Blue Nile looking towards the bank. The mission church lay to the west of Gordon's palace. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Khartum, September 4th'. After the occupation of Omdurman, during which there were a few minor skirmishes, and the freeing of the Khalifa's prisoners, Kitchener sailed down to Khartoum the following day to perform the ceremony seen in Y3042C/137-139.
Fair condition.. |
4 Sep. 1898 |
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133
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Distant view of Gordon's palace and grounds. 155 x 88 mm. A view from the Blue Nile looking towards Gordon's palace on the river bank. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Khartum, September 4th'.
Fair condition, some dirt-marks.. |
4 Sep. 1898 |
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134
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The Palace and one of Gordon's cannon. 152 x 122 mm. A view from the riverbank showing the gutted palace with Gordon's cannon beside the wall of the building. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Khartum, September 4th'.
Good condition.. |
4 Sep. 1898 |
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135
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Gunboat 'Melik': Disembarkation of the Sirdar. 152 x 121 mm. A view showing the gunboat 'Melik', carrying Kitchener to Khartoum, about to moor at the riverbank next to Gordon's palace. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Khartum, September 4th'.
Poor condition, some fading and dirt-marks.. |
4 Sep. 1898 |
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136
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Grenadier Guards landing; ruins of Government buildings in background. A view showing a unit of Grenadier Guards marching towards Gordon's Palace for the flag-raising ceremony.
Fair condition, slight staining.. |
4 Sep. 1898 |
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137
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10 a.m. At the right of the flagstaff, Lieut Staveley R.N., Capt. Watson, K.R.R., A.D.C. On the left the Sirdar's Egyptian A.D.C. 158 x 130 mm. A view showing the flag-raising ceremony at Gordon's palace which took place on September 4th. Two flagpoles have been mounted on the ruined palace. By the right hand pole stand Lieutenant (later Admiral) Cecil Staveley and Captain (later Lieut. Col) James Watson. By the left hand pole stand the Sirdar's Egyptian ADC and Bertram Mitford (later Major General). In the foreground massed soldiers face inwards towards the ruined walls of the palace. A rear view of Capt Von Tiedemann, ornate in the white uniform of the Cuirassiers, can be seen. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Khartum, September 4th'. |
4 Sep. 1898 |
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138
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'God save our Gracious Queen'. 167 x 132 mm. A view showing the English and Egyptian flags being raised over the palace. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Khartum, September 4th'.
Good condition.. |
4 Sep. 1898 |
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139
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Three cheers for the Queen. 163 x 133 mm. A view after the flags have been raised with the troops cheering. This ceremony was followed by a short religious service and then the playing of Gordon's favourite hymn 'Abide with me', by the band of the 11th Sudanese. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Khartum, September 4th'.
Good condition.. |
4 Sep. 1898 |
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140
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Courtyard of Gordon's Palace, with tank in which he had goldfish, and a fountain. 156 x 114 mm. A view looking towards the arches of the palace courtyard with rubble piled high on the ground and Gordon's pool in the foreground. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Khartum'.
Good condition.. |
4 Sep. 1898 |
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141
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Gordon's garden. 155 x 113 mm. A view showing a portion of the overgrown palace gardens at Khartoum. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Khartum'.
Good condition.. |
4 Sep. 1898 |
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142
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His reception room. 156 x 126 mm. A view showing Gordon's reception room, open to the sky and with piles of rubble on the floor. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Khartum'.
Good condition.. |
4 Sep. 1898 |
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143
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His business room. 155 x 126 mm. A view showing part of the archway leading to the ruins of Gordon's business room. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Khartum'.
Good condition.. |
4 Sep. 1898 |
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144
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Staircase on which Gordon was killed. 88 x 88 mm. A view showing part of the ruins of the staircase on which the invading dervish killed Gordon on January 26 1885. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Khartum'. |
4 Sep. 1898 |
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145
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View from the roof of the palace, which he watched for Relief Expedition. 132 x 89 mm. A view looking along the Nile from the palace. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Khartum'.
Fair condition, some yellowing.. |
4 Sep. 1898 |
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146
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Ruins in Khartum [i.e. Khartoum]. 79 x 81 mm. A view looking along towards unidentified ruins in Khartoum. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Khartum'.
Good condition.. |
4 Sep. 1898 |
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147
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Bell of the Mission Church. 49 x 63 mm. A view showing the shattered bell of the Austrian Mission Church with the walls of the building behind. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Khartum'.
Good condition.. |
4 Sep. 1898 |
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148
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Gordon's telescope, held up by a trooper of 21st Lancers and by Private George Barnfield, Queen's Company, Grenadier Guards, the Colonel's Orderly. 111 x 166 mm. A view showing the two soldiers holding up the telescope for the camera. Gordon in the last days of the siege spent many hours alone on the palace roof, watching both his own fortifications and the movements of the Mahdi's army. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Khartum'.
Good condition.. |
4 Sep. 1898 |
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149
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Gordon's glass candle sconces, held up by Lieut Murray-Threipland, Grenadier Guards. 185 x 115 mm. A view showing Lieut William Murray-Threipland holding the candle sconces in a rubble-strewn palace courtyard. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Khartum'.
Good condition.. |
4 Sep. 1898 |
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150
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Mahdi's tomb. 150 x 115 mm. A view looking across the mihrab towards the shell pocked tomb of the Mahdi. This damage was done during the bombardment of September 1st, the day before the battle, with howitzers firing 50lb shells using the new high explosive 'Lyddite'. The tomb, a beehive shaped building decorated inside in green and chocolate brown, was erected by the Khalifa. Around the tomb itself were protective railings taken from the Austrian Mission Church. Kitchener realising the potency of the tomb as an object of veneration among the Sudanese, ordered its destruction and the throwing of the Mahdi's bones into the Nile. This demolition was undertaken by Major W.S. Gordon, General Gordon's nephew. Kitchener later ordered the Mahdi's head to be buried at Wadi Halfa. The tomb itself has since been rebuilt and many Sudanese believe it to still contain the Mahdi's remains. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Good condition.. |
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151
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The Khalifa's entrance gate to it. 151 x 130 mm. A closer view of the Mahdi's tomb showing the entrance from the mirhab. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Good condition.. |
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152
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Capt. Hon. W. Cavendish on his camel. 150 x 130 mm. A view showing Captain (later Brigadier General) William Cavendish on a camel in front of the damaged tomb of the Mahdi. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Good condition.. |
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153
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The Mahdi's iron mosque. 151 x 131 mm. A view showing the ruins of the Mahdi's mosque, constructed out of wood and corrugated iron. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Good condition.. |
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154
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Gateway to Khalifa's house; bodies of dervishes killed by shells. 152 x 107 mm. A view showing the entrance to the Khalifa's house which stands next to the Mahdi's iron mosque. Several corpses lie among the rubble outside the entrance. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Good condition.. |
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155
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The Khalifa's house. 78 x 79 mm. A view showing the courtyard and verandah of the Khalifa's house in Omdurman. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Good condition.. |
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156
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The chief door into Mahdi's tomb. 78 x 78 mm. A view showing the shell marked wall and doorway to the Mahdi's tomb. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Good condition.. |
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157
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Railings round tomb, which were formerly in the Mission Church of Khartum [i.e. Khartoum]. 77 x 77 mm. A view inside the Mahdi's tomb showing the iron railings taken from the Austrian Mission Church. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Good condition.. |
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158
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Railings round tomb, which were formerly in the Mission Church of Khartum [i.e. Khartoum]. 77 x 77 mm. A view inside the Mahdi's tomb showing the iron railings taken from the Austrian Mission Church. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Good condition.. |
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159
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The Khalifa's harem (the only two-storied building in Omdurman [i.e. Umm Durman]), in which one of his wives was killed by a shell. 152 x 108 mm. An exterior view of the two storey brick building from the courtyard. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Good condition.. |
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160
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The Khalifa's 'Mihrab' or prayer house. 78 x 79 mm. A distant view of the partially ruined building.
Good condition.. |
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161
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Chief street in Omdurman [i.e. Umm Durman]. 78 x 79 mm. A view looking along the wide unsurfaced street that leads to the Mahdi's tomb and the Khalifa's house with Sudanese in the foreground and mud houses beyond. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Good condition.. |
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162
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The market. 78 x 79 mm. A view looking towards the market in Omdurman, busy with Sudanese. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Fair condition.. |
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163
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Defiant Baggaras made prisoner. 74 x 77 mm. A view showing members of the Baggara tribe under the guard of Sudanese soldiers. Presumably these people are inhabitants of Omdurman rather than members of the Khalifa's army since they are not wearing jibbas. The dome of the Mahdi's tomb can be seen in the background. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Fair condition.. |
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164
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The market. 149 x 87 mm. A view showing the Sudanese in the market at Omdurman. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Good condition.. |
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165
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The gallows: crowd round the body of the last man hanged by the Khalifa. 159 x 109 mm. A view showing a crowd of Sudanese women clustering round the gallows at Omdurman. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Good condition.. |
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166
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The slave market place. 149 x 95 mm. A view showing the open market place, surrounded by mud walls and entrance gateway. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Fair condition, slight yellowing along one edge.. |
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167
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A fellow prisoner of Neufeld in Yakoub's courtyard. 160 x 109 mm. A view showing a newly released fellow-prisoner of Neufeld's in Yakoub's courtyard (Yakoub was a half-brother of the Khalifa). This man is probably Ibrahim Fawzi Pasha. Originally a cadet in the Egyptian administration in the Sudan, in 1874 he served under Gordon in Equatoria. Emin Pasha took his place when he was convicted of irregularities and for a time he was Arabi Pasha's chief of Police in Cairo (1882). Again employed by Gordon, he was in charge of the Egyptian forces during the siege of Khartoum. During his imprisonment he ran a coffee shop in Omdurman and spent some years in jail with Neufeld. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Good condition.. |
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168
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Charles Neufeld in Jibba and chains, and a fellow prisoner. 114 x 134 mm. A view showing Neufeld and an unidentified Sudanese prisoner sitting in chains in the prison courtyard at Omdurman. Neufeld was captured by Mahdist forces in 1887 while accompanying a caravan of arms into the Sudan. He remained in prison, often in chains as seen here, until the relief of Omdurman in 1898. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Good condition.. |
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169
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C. Neufeld with his black wife and children. 157 x 107 mm. A view showing Neufeld, his Abyssinian wife Umm es Shole, two children and an unidentified prisoner. Neufeld was originally married to an English girl in 1880. On his caravan journey to the Sudan he had with him a servant Hasseena who later became his Muslim wife. Hasseena however had a penchant for theft as well as 'other undesirable proclivities' (she finally ended up in a brothel in Berber) and Neufeld divorced her. In her place he married Umm es Shole rather than the Khalifa's choice of a legally French National, a marriage Neufeld considered would be 'binding' and hence bigamous. Neufeld apparently had a daughter by Umm es Shole named Bakhita but the fate of mother and daughter is unknown. Neufeld did not take them back to Cairo with him on his release. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Good condition.. |
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170
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C. Neufeld in the German attaché's clothes. 183 x 106 mm. A view showing Neufeld standing in a doorway in Yakoub's courtyard wearing a white suit belonging to Captain von Tiedemann, the German military attache and observer. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Good condition.. |
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171
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The Khalifa's relations imprisoned by him in the prison courtyard. 157 x 106 mm. A view showing an unidentifed group of Sudanese prisoners in the prison courtyard in Omdurman. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'. |
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172
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Sister Teresa Gregolini with her baby and Greek husband Kokorombo. She was Lady Superior of the Convent at El Obeid and captured there in 1883. 153 x 96 mm. A view showing the couple with their child in Omdurman after their release in 1898. Sister Teresa was at the Convent in Dilling, five days march south of El Obeid and was captured by Mahdist forces under Mek Omar in September 1882. During her captivity in Omdurman, the Khalifa ordered that all women should be married. Unlike most of the other nuns, Sister Teresa obeyed this injunction and married a Greek named Kokoromba, by whom she had two children. She remained in the Sudan for some time after her release in 1898, eventually returning to Verona where she died in 1931 (Farwell 1967, p.208-209 and 327). The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Fair condition.. |
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173
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Greek family, prisoners from Khartum [i.e. Khartoum], 1885. 78 x 79 mm. A view showing a man and wife and their three children in Omdurman after their release. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Fair condition, some yellowing.. |
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174
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Greek families from Khartum [i.e. Khartoum]. 79 x 79 mm. A view showing two Greek families in Omdurman after their release. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Good condition.. |
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175
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One of Neufeld's jailers, in the prison yard. 79 x 79 mm. A view showing one of the jailers in the prison yard at Omdurman. Whether or not this is Idris es Salier, the most well-known of Neufeld's jailers is unknown. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Good condition, apart from slight yellowing at the edges.. |
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176
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Yakoub's House. 78 x 78 mm. A view showing the courtyard and entrance to Yakoub's house in Omdurman. Yakoub, a half brother of the Khalifa, was killed during the Battle of Omdurman. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Good condition.. |
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177
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Dervish prisoners moving guns in the arsenal. 166 x 96 mm. A view showing dervishes at work in the arsenal courtyard under the supervision of Sudanese soldiers. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Good condition.. |
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178
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Father Guiseppe Rognotto, captured at El Obeid. 80 x 80 mm. A view showing Guiseppe Rognotto ('Beppo') in a courtyard in Omdurman after his release. Rognotto was a colleague of Sister Teresa Gregolini at the mission at Dilling. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Good condition.. |
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179
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C. Neufeld and fellow prisoner. 79 x 79 mm. A view showing Neufeld and an unidentified Sudanese prisoner sitting in chains in the prison courtyard at Omdurman. Behind them a building can be seen. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Good condition.. |
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180
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Carriage, made in Paris, given to Ismail Pasha, Governor of Soudan, covered in scarlet cloth, on the box seat 'superfine broadcloth made in Germany'. 79 x 79 mm. A view showing Ismail Pasha's covered carriage. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Fair condition.. |
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181
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Another carriage from Khartum found in the arsenal. 78 x 78 mm. A view showing a carriage. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'. |
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182
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The Khalifa's arsenal, an English dog cart found in it. 161 x 105 mm. A view showing the entrance to the arsenal with a small carriage standing in the courtyard. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Good condition.. |
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183
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Baggara Emir killed. 161 x 105 mm. A view showing the corpse of the Emir of the Baggara tribe lying on an angareb (a wooden framed bed) in a courtyard in Omdurman. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Fair condition, some fading in at edges.. |
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184
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Bodies of Baggaras. 79 x 79 mm. A view showing stripped and looted Baggara corpses on the battlefield at Omdurman. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Fair condition, one large retouched patch.. |
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185
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Dervish steamer 'Telawaia' [i.e. Tewfikiya] bringing news of foreigners at Fashoda. 79 x 79 mm. A view showing the paddle steamer moored off Omdurman. The steamer arrived on September 7 unaware that Omdurman had fallen to Kitchener. On questioning, the dervishes aboard stated that they had been fired on at Fashoda by troops under European command and Kitchener realised that Marchand and his men had reached Fashoda before him. This was the start of the Fashoda Incident which came close to bringing England and France to war and which resulted in the name of Fashoda being changed to Kodok. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Fair condition.. |
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186
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Rifle Brigade camp. 158 x 105 mm. A slightly blurred view of the Rifle Brigade camp at Omdurman, showing tents and soldiers. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Good condition.. |
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187
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Officers' Mess, 1st Batt Grenadier Guards. 153 x 114 mm. A view showing Grenadier Guards seated at a table under an awning. Their names are listed as: ' Lieut. E. Seymour. Lieut. F. Swaine. Lieut.-Col. F. [later Lt Gen Sir Francis] Lloyd. Lieut. E. Verschoyle. Lieut. G. Russell. Capt. Murray-Threipland. Lieut. H. Stucley. Lieut. [later Lt General Sir] Sidney Clive. Lieut. E. Trotter. Lieut. F. Hervey-Bathurst. Capt. W. Marshall'. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Good condition.. |
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188
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Officers' Mess, 1st Batt Grenadier Guards. 161 x 113 mm. A view showing Grenadier Guards seated at a table under an awning. Their names are listed as: ' Lieut. E. Seymour. Lieut. F. Swaine. Lieut.-Col. F. [later Lt Gen Sir Francis] Lloyd. Lieut. E. Verschoyle. Lieut. G. Russell. Capt. Murray-Threipland. Lieut. H. Stucley. Lieut. [later Lt General Sir] Sidney Clive. Lieut. E. Trotter. Lieut. F. Hervey-Bathurst. Capt. W. Marshall'. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Good condition.. |
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189
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Grenadier Guards 1st Batt. Officers' Mess waiters and cook. 161 x 112 mm. A view showing a group of five private soldiers standing beside a pile of crockery in the Omdurman camp. They are named as: 'Private E.S. Howe, Queen's Coy. Private J. Packham, Queen's Coy. Private H. Tallant, No. 6 Coy. Private M. Allen, No. 8 Coy. Private W. Gallier, No. 6 Coy'. The Nile can be seen in the background. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Good condition.. |
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190
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Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion, cooks. 154 x 88 mm. A group portrait of 17 private soldiers in the Omdurman camp. With the Nile in the background. The soldiers are named as: 'Lieut. G. Powell, Quartermaster. Privates T. Williams, No. 2 Coy. C. Hughes, No. 8 Coy. J.C. Smith, No. 6 Coy. H. Clothier, No. 5 Coy. A Florence, No. 4 Coy. W. Ball, No. 3 Coy. T. Young, No. 5 Coy. Privates J. McKenna, No. 7 Coy. H. Edwards, No. 6 Coy. P. Malony, No. 8 Coy. Sergt. J.C. Brooke, Master Cook. Privates J. Dunne, No. 7 Coy. T.Morris, Queen's Coy. S. Gifford, No. 2 Coy. H.G. Sheldrake, No. 4 Coy. Bat. Butcher. J. McLeane, No. 3 Coy'. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Good condition.. |
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191
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Col. Villiers Hatton, C.B., commanding 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards. 158 x 125 mm. A view showing Colonel (later Major General) Hatton standing beside a tent in the Omdurman camp, with the Nile in the background. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Good condition.. |
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192
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Lieut.-Col. F. Lloyd, D.S.O., and Lieut. F. Hrrvey-Bathurst, Grenadier Guards. 160 x 126 mm. A view showing Lloyd and Bathurst standing outside a tent in the Omdurman camp, with the Nile in the background. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Fair condition, some yellowing at edges.. |
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193
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[Omdurman group]. 163 x 136 mm. A view showing two Arabs, three soldiers of the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards and a pony. The group are named as: ''Tommy'. Private Edward Godfrey, No. 4 Coy, 1st Batt. Grenadier Guards. Native Groom. Private Thomas Hart, No. 4 Coy. Pony 'Malabrigo'. 1st Batt. Grenadier Guards. Lieut. [later Brigadier General Sir Ernest] E.F.O. Gascoigne, Adjutant, D.S.O.'. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Good condition.. |
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194
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[Omdurman group]. 163 x 169 mm. A view showing two Arabs, three soldiers of the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards and a pony. The group are named as: ''Tommy'. Private Edward Godfrey, No. 4 Coy, 1st Batt. Grenadier Guards. Native Groom. Private Thomas Hart, No. 4 Coy. Pony 'Malabrigo'. 1st Batt. Grenadier Guards. Lieut. [later Brigadier General Sir Ernest] E.F.O. Gascoigne, Adjutant, D.S.O.'. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Good condition.. |
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195
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Lieut. Sir Robert Filmer, Bart., Major Hon. G. Legh, Lieut. Sidney Clive and Private F.C. Jones, No 5 Company. 156 x 134 mm. A view showing the three officers standing outside a tent in the Omdurman camp, with Private Jones in the background. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Good condition, apart from slight fading at the edges.. |
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196
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Lieut. G.D. Jeffreys with lioness cub, found in Yakoub's house. Capt Wilfred Marshall and his servant, Private Currell, Queen's Company. 159 x 134 mm. A view showing Lieut (later Baron) Jeffreys with the cub on a lead, watched by Capt Marshall and with Private Currell in the background. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Fair condition, slight yellowing along top edge.. |
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197
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Sept. 8th 6.0 a.m. 'Three cheers for the Queen'. Grenadiers and Camerons cheering Her Majesty's gracious telegram, read out by Maj.-Gen. Gatacre C.B. 159 x 115 mm. A rear view showing the two groups of soldiers raising their helmets to the Queen's message of congratulations on the Battle of Omdurman. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Good condition.. |
8 Sep. 1898 |
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198
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Our very own extra special correspondent. 159 x 115 mm. A view showing an unidentified war correspondent standing beside a makeshift tent. This is presumably Gregson (the supposed photographer of the album). The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Good condition.. |
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199
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Maxim Battery R.A., Capt. Smeaton, R.A ., leaving Omdurman [i.e. Umm Durman]. 161 x 111 mm. A view showing Captain Charles Oswald Smeaton supervising English soldiers and Sudanese porters in the loading of maxim guns aboard a Nile boat at Omdurman.
Good condition.. |
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200
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Maxim battery's gyassa tied up at Nasri Island. 160 x 134 mm. A view showing a crowd of Sudanese and English soldiers gathered around the moored gyassa (a large dhow). Nasri Island lies in a curve of the Nile north of Wad Hamid, below the 5th Cataract.
Good condition.. |
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201
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Maxim battery being towed by steamer. 162 x 138 mm. A view from a barge which is being towed alongside the maxim battery's gyassa (a large dhow) by a steamer.
Good condition.. |
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202
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Maxim guns on barge. 72 x 79mm. A view showing maxim guns tied down in a barge.
Good condition.. |
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203
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Unloading. 72 x 79 mm. A view showing Royal Artillerymen and Sudanese gathered round a moored gyassa (a large dhow), probably at Nasri Island.
Fair condition, slight yellowing along one edge.. |
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204
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The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders leaving Atbara. 155 x 127 mm. A view showing a trainload of Camerons leaving Atbara, with an officer standing on the platform in the foreground.
Fair condition, some fading and yellowing in from edges.. |
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205
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Toilet whilst train stopped at Abu Hamed. 155 x 128 mm. A view showing Cameron Highlanders washing and shaving on the platform at Abu Hamid on the journey north.
Good condition.. |
14 Sep. 1898 |
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206
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Cameron Highlanders: breakfast at Abu Hamed, Sept 14th. 156 x 128 mm. A view showing a group of Camerons having breakfast on the station platform at Abu Hamed. 'Lieut. Hon. A. Maitland' is identified in the foreground.
Fair condition, some yellowing.. |
14 Sep. 1898 |
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207
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Cameron Highlanders; breakfast at Abu Hamed, Sept 14th. 166 x 128 mm. A view showing a group of Camerons having breakfast on the station platform at Abu Hamed. Identifed figures are 'Capt. J. Campbell, Adjutant', 'Capt. MacFarlan' and 'Lieut. Sandilands'.
Good condition.. |
14 Sep. 1898 |
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208
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1st Battalion Cameron Highlanders at Wadi Halfa. 169 x 113 mm. A view showing a unit of Camerons on parade in a barrack square at Wadi Halfa.
Good condition.. |
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209
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Cameron Highlanders: officers on steamer. 149 x 118 mm. A view showing a group of officers on the deck of a steamer. They are identified in the as 'Capt. MacFarlan. Lieut. MacEwen. Capt. J. Campbell'.
Fair condition, slight fading along two edges.. |
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210
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The men cleaning kits on the barges. 114 x 156 mm. A view showing men of the Cameron Highlanders cleaning kit aboard a crowded double-decker transport barge on the journey back to Egypt.
Good condition.. |
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211
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The men cleaning kits on the barges. 114 x 156 mm. A view showing men of the Cameron Highlanders cleaning kit aboard a crowded double-decker transport barge on the journey back to Egypt.
Good condition.. |
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212
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Camerons disembarking at Assouan [i.e. Aswan]. 152 x 138 mm. A view showing Camerons leaving one of the double-decker transport barges.
Good condition.. |
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213
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Bivouac at Luxor. 153 x 114 mm. A view showing Camerons and stacked rifles at Luxor Station.
Good condition.. |
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214
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'Wassa'. 158 x 139 mm. A view showing the Camerons' dog Wassa, with soldiers in the background.
Fair condition, some yellowing at edges.. |
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215
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Cleaning up after 9 months dirt. 74 x 76 mm. A view showing Camerons washing from a boat on the Nile.
Good condition.. |
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216
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Cleaning up after 9 months dirt. 78 x 78 mm. A view showing Camerons in a transport barge cleaning their kit.
Good condition.. |
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217
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Camerons breakfasting at Luxor Station. 154 x 114 mm. A view showing troops eating their breakfast at Luxor station platform, with their rifles stacked in rows in front of them.
Good condition.. |
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218
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Camerons breakfasting at Luxor Station. 154 x 126 mm. A view showing troops eating their breakfast at Luxor station platform, with their rifles stacked in rows in front of them.
Good condition.. |
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219
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'Wassa', the Battalion dog, belonging to nobody, but went through Atbara and Omdurman battles. 155 x 127 mm. A view showing 'Wassa', a small mongrel, standing on two cases in the foreground, with Cameron Highlanders and Sudanese in the background. Presumably at Luxor Station.
Good condition.. |
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220
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'Wassa', the Battalion dog, belonging to nobody, but went through Atbara and Omdurman battles. 155 x 127 mm. A view showing 'Wassa', a small mongrel, standing on two cases in the foreground, with Cameron Highlanders and Sudanese in the background. Presumably at Luxor Station.
Good condition.. |
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221
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The Camp. 153 x 113. A view showing soldiers in the Sidi Gabr camp with tents in the background. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'The Grenadiers at Sidi Gabr, near Alexandria'.
Good condition.. |
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222
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The Camp. 170 x 95 mm. A view showing tents of the Grenadiers at Sidi Gabr with buildings in the background. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'The Grenadiers at Sidi Gabr, near Alexandria'.
Good condition.. |
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223
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Cleaning kit by the sea shore. 153 x 114 mm. A view showing Grenadier Guards on the beach at Sidi Gabr with tents pitched at the left of the print. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'The Grenadiers at Sidi Gabr, near Alexandria'.
Good condition.. |
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224
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Guard mounting. 170 x 95 mm. A view showing a detachment of sentries on parade at Sidi Gabr with tents in the background. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'The Grenadiers at Sidi Gabr, near Alexandria'.
Good condition.. |
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225
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Lieut. Sidney Clive, Mess President. 160 x 116 mm. A view showing Lieut. (later Lt General Sir) Sidney Clive in the camp at Sidi Gabr, near Alexandira, with soldiers and tents in the background.
Good condition.. |
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226
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Lieut. E. Trotter. 161 x 116 mm. A view showing Lieut. Edward Trotter standing in front of tents at Sidi Gabr, near Alexandria.
Fair condition, some yellowing.. |
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227
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Lieut. F. Hervey-Bathurst, Lieut. Hubert Crichton, Lieut. E. Seymour. 169 x 95 mm. A view showing three Grenadier officers standing at the entrance to a tent at Sidi Gabr, near Alexandria.
Good condition.. |
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228
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Relieving sentries. 80 x 80 mm. A view showing a detachment of sentries marching to take up their posts.
Good condition.. |
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229
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Flight of Lieut. Hon. E.D. Loch, D.S.O. 80 x 80 mm. A blurred view showing Loch running from the camera between two tents at Sidi Gabr, near Alexandria. Loch is also a possible candidate for photographer of this album.
Poor condition, fading and yellowing.. |
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230
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The wounded arriving in Cairo. 159 x 146 mm. A view showing wounded soldiers in a covered cart in Cairo.
Good condition.. |
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231
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Father Brindle, D.S.O. R.C. Chaplain. 82 x 58 mm. A view showing Father Robert Brindle, a white-bearded figure wearing a large pith helment, standing in the desert. Brindle's DSO was awarded for services in the field during the Egyptian campaign.
Fair condition, some yellowing.. |
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232
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Lieut. H.C.B. Hopkinson, Seaforth Highlanders. 79 x 79 mm. A view showing Henry Hopkinson on the deck of a ship about to return to England. Hopkinson is walking with the aid of sticks having been wounded during the Battle of Omdurman. Hopkinson was in charge of the rearguard of the Camel Corps during the retreat from the Mahdist onslaught in the Kerriri hills north of the main battlefield. Hopkinson later served as Provost Marshall and Military control Officer in Alexandria during World War I.
Good condition.. |
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Lieut. the Hon. R. Molyneux, Royal Horse Guards, and Lieut. Winston Spencer-Churchill, 4th Q.O. Hussards. 100 x 146 mm. A view showing Molyneux and Churchill on the deck of a ship about to return to England. Molyneux, whose right arm is in a sling, and Churchill both took part in the famous charge of the 21st Lancers at Omdurman, a charge that made a regiment the popular heroes of Omdurman, but which was rightly condemned in military circles (and by the Sirdar himself) as a costly mistake. 'The populace has glorified the charge of the 21st for its indisputable heroism; the War Office will hardly be able to condemn it for its equally indisputable folly. That being so, it is the less invidious to say that the charge was a gross blunder. For cavalry to charge unbroken infantry, of unknown strength, over unknown ground, within a mile of their advancing infantry, was as grave as tactical crime as cavalry could possibly commit... the British cavalry in the charge itself suffered far heavier losses than it inflicted. And by its loss in horses practically put itself out of action for the rest of the day...' (Steeven 1898).
Good condition.. |
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