Sujet

The Soudan Advance - the Battle of Atbara: the Cameron Highlanders firing..., 1898. Creator: Unknown.

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The Soudan Advance - the Battle of Atbara: the Cameron Highlanders firing..., 1898. '...over the enemy's Zareba, and the Seaforth Highlanders charging through the openings. Facsimile of a Sketch by Corporal Farquharson, C. Company, 1st Seaforth Highlanders. This Sketch shows so much artistic talent that we reproduce it in facsimile.' The Battle of Atbara also known as the Battle of the Atbara River took place during the Mahdist War. Anglo-Egyptian forces defeated 15,000 Mahdists on the banks of the River Atbara. The battle proved to be the turning point in the reconquest of Sudan by the British and Egyptian coalition. From "Illustrated London News", 1898.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM26A15_431

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

18.5Mo (1.4Mo) / 24.4cm x 19.0cm / 2878 x 2243 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Africa people male man men arts art guy British Sudan military war location Armed Forces century empire Britain newspapers press print concept battle B&W firing Army warfare Regiment 19th century black & white black and white B W armed services British Army nineteenth century The Print Collector British Empire Illustrated London News Seaforth Highlanders TGN ILN newspaper Unknown Mahdist War Atbara Atbarah Battle of Atbara 19th-century Battle of the Atbara River The Illustrated London News Northeast Africa John Farquharson Farquharson John Corporal John Farquharson