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| Author | Winston Churchill |
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| Illustrator | Angus McNeill |
| Language | English |
| Subject | conquest of Sudan (1896–1899) |
| Genre | Military history |
| Publisher | Longmans, Green and Co. |
Publication date | 1899 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Hardcover |
| Pages | 400 |
| OCLC | 2704682 |
| LC Class | DT108.5 .C56 1899 |
The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan (1899), by Winston Churchill, is a history of the conquest of the Sudan between 1896 and 1899 by Anglo-Egyptian forces led by Lord Kitchener.[1] He defeated the Sudanese Dervish forces, led by Khalifa Abdallahi ibn Muhammad, heir to the self-proclaimed Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad, who had vowed to conquer Egypt and drive out the Ottomans. The first, two-volume, edition includes accounts of Churchill's own experiences as a British Army officer during the war, and his views on its conduct.
The River War was Churchill's second published book after The Story of the Malakand Field Force, and originally filled two volumes with over 1,000 pages in 1899. The River War was subsequently abridged to one volume in 1902.
- ^ Churchill, Winston (1899). The River War Vol. I (1st ed.). London: Longmans, Green & Co. p. vii, Preface.