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FROM KORTI TO KHARTUM

FROM

KORTI TO KHARTUM

A JOURNAL OF THE DESERT MARCH FROM
KORTI TO GUBAT, AND OF THE ASCENT

OF THE NILE IN GENERAL

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108.3

W74

1886

PREFACE TO FOURTH EDITION.

SINCE this Journal was first published, an important article on the battle of Abu Klea has been contributed to the Nineteenth Century Review' by Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. R. Talbot, C.B., 1st Life Guards, who commanded the Heavy Camel Regiment throughout the campaign.

Colonel Talbot has, in his article, taken exception to my use of the word "clubbed," and appears to have thought that I intended to convey the impression that the men of the Heavy Camel Regiment lost their heads,

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