Earl Kitchener Of Khartoum The Story Of His Life Illustrated Edition

Author : Walter Jerrold
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786251574
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Earl Kitchener Of Khartoum: The Story Of His Life [Illustrated Edition] written by Walter Jerrold and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes 8 illustrations. Field Marshal Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl of Khartoum still stands as one of the great generals produced by Britain. His career was marked by great deeds, and great controversies. The son of a military family, he trained at the Royal Military Academy in Woolwich before his first trip to the Middle East surveying in Palestine in 1874. He joined the newly formed Egyptian Army in 1883, which was in reality controlled by the British, and embarked on campaign in Sudan. He was part of the failed Gordon relief expedition in 1884, and learned a great deal of the area, its people and the military problems of fighting in the arid desert. By 1892 he was Sirdar, head of the Egyptian army, he was given command of the expedition to crush the self-appointed Mahdi who had taken control of large parts of Sudan. It was during this campaign that he gained public and Royal attention after the victories of Atbara and Omdurman that crushed the revolt of the Mahdi. He served as Lord Robert’s second in command during the Boer War and served with distinction and much success, although his institution of concentration camps caused great outrage and awful civilian distress. Perhaps his greatest services were during the First World War, as Secretary of State for War, fashioning a great civilian army to fight the militarised hordes of Germany in France and Flanders. He may have gained even greater fame, but was tragically lost at sea when the H.M.S. Hampshire was torpedoed in 1916. An excellent short biography.

Author : Walter Jerrold
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781330994610
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Earl Kitchener of Khartoum written by Walter Jerrold and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Earl Kitchener of Khartoum: The Story of His Life It was not, perhaps, until after the triumphant vindication of his policy as "Sirdar" in Egypt, that the name of Herbert Kitchener became widely known, though for more than twenty years before the final breaking of the Mahdi's power and the completion of the re-conquest of the Soudan, it was familiar to many people as that of a strong, self-reliant young officer of the Engineers who was certain "to be heard of." It was known to those who had studied the progress of affairs in Egypt during the tragic eighties, and it was familiar to those who were interested in the wonderful work achieved in the Holy Land during the seventies by the officers engaged by the Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. During the past sixteen or eighteen years it has become familiar in our mouths as a household word. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Sir George Arthur
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230316581
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Life of Lord Kitchener written by Sir George Arthur and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIV Kitchener's delicate duty during the latter months of 1884 was to keep up communication with Gordon, whose rather fretful messages--more than excusable under the strain and sense of desolation--made difficulties a little more difficult. Gordon, for instance, curiously failed to make allowance for the risks and chances to which the messengers and missives were exposed. Thus (September 24) he complains that the only messengers who ever reach him are his own, whom he had sent out from Khartum; that the British officers "seem to grudge the least expense" in giving him information, or else that "they think it of no importance." He wonders that "men like Kitchener" should "not have more brains than to write merely 'I hope you are well, ' " or "ask silly questions" such as Kitchener's to Stewart, "What can I do for you?" 1 He is vexed that Kitchener, l The reference was, of course, to personal necessaries and comforts. Kitchener in after years told his nephew how he managed to send a message to Gordon asking what he wanted--meaning sponge, tooth-brush, and so on. The answer he received was a long tirade against the Government, asking for troops! Eventually Kitchener got a parcel of necessaries through to him, carefully wrapped up in the latest papers. Gordon, missing this fact, threw away the wrapping, complained of getting no news, and looked upon it as a piece of luck when a servant came to him two days later with the papers. "They are like gold," he wrote, and "gave us far more information than any of the letters. Did K. send them by accident or on purpose?" Chaf.xiy RELATIONS WITH GORDON 103 while announcing the approaching Expedition, omitted to say by what route it was coming. Kitchener, as a matter of fact, scraped up every...

Author : George Walter Prothero
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book A Select Analytical List of Books Concerning the Great War written by George Walter Prothero and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Hedley Le Bas
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484519243
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Lord Kitchener written by Hedley Le Bas and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-23 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Lord Kitchener: Memorial Book The tragedy of Lord Kitchener's death was so sudden, so surrounded by tremendous and dramatic events, that it was impossible at the time to do adequate justice to his memory. This volume has therefore been prepared as a slight memorial to his life and work. It contains tributes from men who write from intimate knowledge of this great man. It contains, further, a complete pictorial record of Lord Kitchener's life, made possible by the generous permissions granted by the various illustrated news papers and by the art publishers and photographers who have with one accord placed their most valuable pictures at our disposal free of any cost. Thanks are also due to Messrs. James Spicer Sons, Ltd., for their helpful gift of paper. It was felt in such a volume no attempt should be made at a formal biography, as so much information which is necessary for such a work is of a confidential nature and could not now be included. That must be left to the future, but I feel sure that readers will be glad to have a complete record of all Lord Kitchener's public utterances since the beginning of the War. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Country Life Illustrated written by and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : British Museum
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1030 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Subject Index of the Modern Books Acquired by the British Museum in the Years ... written by British Museum and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 1030 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : British Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1228 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Subject Index of Modern Books Acquired written by British Library and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 1228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1234 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the British Museum Library written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 1234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : British Museum
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1024 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the Library of the British Museum in the Years ... written by British Museum and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 1024 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: