KHARTOUM CAMPAIGN 1898 OR THE RE-CONQUEST OF SOUDAN

First edition of an authoritative history of the British Army participation in the Mahdist War, by an eye-witness to the Soudan campaign. Publisher's original light brown cloth with gilt illustration and titles to the upper board and spine. With a tissue-guarded frontispiece and 29 further illustrations throughout the text. Four maps. A very good copy, the binding firm with a little bumping at the spine tips and a lightly rolled spine. The contents, a little shaken, with a previous owner's name to the front pastedown, another to the front endpaper and mild spotting to the prelims, are otherwise clean throughout.

Bennet Burleigh, was hired in 1881 by the London Telegraph to cover the war in Sudan. He was a correspondent for the Central News Agency during the bombardment of Alexandria in 1882 and was the first to report the failure of the Gordon relief expedition, which led to the slaughter of the Khartoum garrison. He also covered the Boer War and the Russo-Japanese War, writing several books on his conflict reporting experiences.