Dictionary of Battles From the Earliest Date to the Present Time (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Dictionary of Battles From the Earliest Date to the Present Time Fought January 19, r885, between British tr00ps under Sir Herbert Stewart, and a large force of Mahdists. The Mahdists attacked a short dis tance from the Nile, and the British square moved towards the river, repelling all assaults successfully till they reached the Nile. The British losses were rzr, including Sir Herbert Stewart. Mortally wounded. This action is also known as the battle of Gubat. 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.