Sudan 1880 & 90s

[paulr]

I'm aware of a New South Wales contingent that arrived in red tunics and blue trousers. I didn't know there were any New Zealanders involved

[Maenoferren]

I'm aware of a New South Wales contingent that arrived in red tunics and blue trousers. I didn't know there were any New Zealanders involved

My bad, I meant New South Wales....
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[paulr]

My bad, I meant New South Wales....
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They're from the WEST Island

[Maenoferren]

I just purchased the armchair general's books as PDF.
They cover 1883-1885 in the first volume and 1886 -1899 in the second a good selection of maps, illustrations and OOB.

[Leman]

Wish I'd done that. I have Volume 1 on Kindle and it's a right dog's breakfast, with about 20% of the illustrations and maps being split up into horizontal strips by the text.

[Maenoferren]

Wish I'd done that. I have Volume 1 on Kindle and it's a right dog's breakfast, with about 20% of the illustrations and maps being split up into horizontal strips by the text.

I feel your pain! I have something similar on mine...

[Maenoferren]

For some random reason I was looking up the various machine guns of the wars. I got to Gatling and on Wikipedia it places them as being used in various wars and conflicts. The Anglo Egyptian war is not mentioned(it does, however, mention it in the main text)...    Strangely enough I was just looking at some of the sketches from the Sudan and the Gatling appears in a number of them, Baker lost some in his defeat and these were used in El Teb against the British. It makes on wonder how much damage would have been done against the Square if they hadn't been silenced along with the other heavy ordnance.