Hicks Pasha and the Government: A Few Words in Defence of an Old Comrade.

Published by London: Edward Stanford, 1884

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First edition, uncommon, just 6 copies on Library Hub, WorldCat adds just one copy in the Netherlands, no copies in the USA. This copy inscribed, "With the Author's Compts., Dunlugas, 9 Aug. 1884". Defence of the conduct of Hicks Pasha in the "débâcle" (ODNB) at Kashgil, referred to as either Battle of El Obeid, or the Battle of Shayka, by a fellow veteran of the Bombay Army; "As an old brother officer, anxious to maintain the honour and credit of my friend and comrade, and on behalf of those left to mourn the loss of one who no longer lives to defend himself, I have put together some extracts from the Blue Books, Egypt 1883 and 1884, and from official and private documents in Hicks's own handwriting, leaving the world to judge.". Hicks's force of 8,000 Egyptian regulars, 1,000 bashi-bazouk cavalry, 100 tribal irregulars, and 2,000 camp followers was described by Winston Churchill in The River War as "perhaps the worst army that has ever marched to war". Raugh, British Military Operations in Egypt and the Sudan, 481. Octavo. Sewn in the original printed, pale blue, light card wrappers. A liitte rubbed and slightly stained on the wrappers, light browning, but overall very good.…

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Title
Hicks Pasha and the Government: A Few Words in Defence of an Old Comrade.
Author
MacLEOD, William Edmonstone.
Publisher
London: Edward Stanford, 1884
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