Khartoum Campaign, 1898: Or the Re-conquest of the Soudan (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Sirdar and Khalifa: Or the Reconquest of the Soudan

Bv the overthrow Of Mahdism, the great region Of Central Africa has been Opened to civilisation. From the date of the splendid victory of Omdurman, 2nd September 1898, may be reckoned the creation Of a vast Soudan empire. At so early 3. Stage, it is idle to speculate whether the country will be held as a British possession, or as a province Of Egypt. The land of the blacks, and their truculent Arab despoilers, has the intrinsic qualities that secure distinction. Given peace, it may be expected that the mixed negroid races Of the Upper Nile will prove themselves as orderly and industrious as they are conspicuously brave. Whoever rules them wisely, will have the control of the best native tribes Of the Dark Continent, the raw material of a mighty state. This, too, is foreshadowed; the dominant power in Central Northern Africa, if no farther afield, will have its capital in Khartoum, Ethiopia will soon stretch out her hands unto God.

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